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.
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.
- 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.