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Shishin Junsei Ben Meyers

SUNDAY PROGRAM ONLINE

* On Zoom *

Sunday, July 17 - 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 Shishin Junsei Ben Meyers.

Zoom meeting (starts Zoom)

Shishin Junsei Ben is a San Francisco Bay Area native. Ben has been practicing Soto Zen since 2010 after a diagnosis of PPMS. Until age 20 Ben saw much of Europe but was continuously drawn to Japan and Japanese art and stories. The topic of Ben's talk is "Religion - What it means, and how we relate as Americans inundated with Christian ideals."

OUR SCHEDULE

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

  • 10:40 kinhin  (walking meditation)

  • 10:50 zazen

  • 11:20 service

  • 11:40 talk

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: July 10
Carolyn Dille
Later Event: July 20
Kobun Memorial Sesshin