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Shogen Andy Danielson

SUNDAY PROGRAM

* At Jikoji & On Zoom *

Sunday, April 30th, 2023 - 10am-12:30pm

Zazen - Service - Dharma Talk


Our Dharma Talk this week will be by Guest Teacher Shogen Danielson

Inspired by a trip to India and Nepal in 1996, Shogen, then Andy, picked up a copy of Huston Smith's ‘The World's Religions’ only to discover that he was Buddhist. After his first stint in the US Peace Corps in Africa, where he began sitting and studying Buddhist teachings, he resettled in the San Francisco Bay Area seeking the Treasure of Sangha. He found it at the San Francisco Zen Center in 2001 where he met his teacher, Teah Strozer. He ordained as a priest with her in 2008, was head monk at Tassajara Zenshin-ji in 2013 and received Dharma Transmission from Teah Roshi in 2022. His formal education includes a B.S.in Engineering Physics with a minor in Astronomy and a M.S. in Physics and Astronomy. After many years in residential Zen, practice at both Tassajara and City Center, he left the monastery to take the practice into the world as a chaplain. He is one of the guiding teachers at the Monterey Bay Zen Center. He loves Buddhadharma, nature, music and sharing life with his children.

We ask for a $20 donation to cover the costs of our Sunday Program. Payment can be made via the donate button on our website or in person at our donation box.

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Zoom meeting (starts Zoom)

OUR SCHEDULE

  • 9:45 am zazen instruction

  • 10:00 am zazen (sitting meditation)   

  • 10:40 kinhin  (walking meditation)

  • 10:50 zazen

  • 11:20 service

  • 11:40 talk

  • 12:30 lunch

ONLINE ZENDO ETIQUETTE

To help maintain as best we can the intimacy and integrity of an in-person gathering, we ask all who join us online to please observe the following practices.

  1. Sign in using real name.
  2. Keep microphone muted unless speaking during discussion periods.
  3. Maintain zendo silence during meditation periods and while waiting for discussion period to begin.
  4. Keep camera on and maintain facial visibility during discussion period.
  5. Anonymous participation online will not be permitted, as it would not be permitted in person.
Earlier Event: April 23
Poetry & Zen
Later Event: May 1
JIKOJI CLOSED FOR THE WEEK