SUNDAY PROGRAM ONLINE
* On Zoom *
Sunday, August 9 - 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 David Shapiro.
OUR SCHEDULE
10:00 a.m. zazen (sitting meditation)
10:40 kinhin (walking meditation)
10:50 zazen
11:20 service
11:40 talk
David Shapiro became a student of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche in 1973, and studied with him until his death in 1987. David was the founding director of the Milwaukee Dharma Study Group, now the Shambhala Center, and was a practicing internist for over 3 decades. He is currently involved with the Light of Berotsana Translation Group and continues to practice within the context of Tibetan Buddhism.For the last few years he has been involved in the translation and publication of a number of works involving the many stories of Gesar of Ling, the national epic of Tibet.
David's talk will discuss Groundlessness, a concept in the Buddhist lexicon that spans a vast array of possibilities. We have a fundamental notion of what it is to be without certainty in this life that we live, but what is the actual experience of groundlessness, wherein one’s own idea of self itself dissolves? What might this experience portend for those who risk all to venture there? While a dismal conclusion might be obvious, there perhaps is more to it than that. Herein lies the notion of cheer.
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.