SUNDAY PROGRAM ONLINE
* On Zoom *
Sunday, August 16 - 10am-12:30pm
Zazen - Service - Dharma Talk
Jikoji remains closed for now, but our Sunday Program is going online. Join us from wherever you are, in our virtual zendo, for a morning of meditation, service, and a Dharma Talk.
Our Dharma Talk this week will be by Dean Williams of Crooked River Zen Center in Cleveland, OH.
Dean has titled the talk he will be giving “Imagine: This Very Moment, God Is.” Paying homage to John Lennon, and with a nod to Brad Warner, author of “There Is No God and He Is Always With You”, a book that he has not yet read but whose title he loves, this will be an exploration to see if Zen and God might possibly be able to learn to play together without fighting. For a number of years Dean was actively involved with the major interfaith group in Cleveland, InterAct Cleveland, serving on its board and as co-chair of their inter-religious affairs committee, until its closure due to lack of funding. He has many fond memories of some wonderful play dates over those years.
About Dean
Sensei Dean Williams is the guiding teacher of the Crooked River Zen Center in Cleveland, Ohio. His interest in Zen Buddhism began in the early 70s when he was working on his BA in philosophy. He began formal zen practice in 1997. He was lay ordained in 2000, ordained as a Buddhist chaplain in 2001, and as a priest in 2003, all while studying with Sojun Diane Martin, the resident teacher at Udumbara Zen Center in Evanston, IL. In 2006 he served as shuso during the fall practice period at Udumbara.
Dean received dharma transmission in 2014 from Shoho Michael Newhall, the abbot of Jikoji Zen Center in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California, making him a dharma holder in the Kobun Chino lineage
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.
- Sign in using real name.
- Keep microphone muted unless speaking during discussion periods.
- Maintain zendo silence during meditation periods and while waiting for discussion period to begin.
- Keep camera on and maintain facial visibility during discussion period.
- Anonymous participation online will not be permitted, as it would not be permitted in person.
OUR SCHEDULE
10:00 a.m. zazen (sitting meditation)
10:40 kinhin (walking meditation)
10:50 zazen
11:20 service
11:40 talk