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Ben Connelly

SUNDAY PROGRAM

* At Jikoji & on Zoom *

Sunday, May 14th 10am-12:30pm

Zazen - Service - Dharma Talk

Our Dharma Talk will be by Guest Teacher, Ben Connelly!

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.

** Please check back here shortly before
the event for the Zoom link.
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Zoom meeting (starts Zoom)

OUR SCHEDULE

  • 10:00 a.m. zazen (sitting meditation)   

  • 10:40 kinhin  (walking meditation)

  • 10:50 zazen

  • 11:20 service

  • 11:40 talk

Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police training and addiction recovery groups. He works with multifaith groups focused on intersectional liberation, racial justice, and climate justice. Ben serves the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, travels to teach across the United States, has written for Tricycle and Lion’s Roar magazines, and is author of Inside the Grass Hut, Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara, Vasubandhu's "Three Natures", and Mindfulness and Intimacy.

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.
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