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Ōshin Jennings

SUNDAY PROGRAM

* At Jikoji & on Zoom *

Sunday, February 12th, 2023- 10am-12:30pm

Zazen - Service - Dharma Talk

Our Dharma Talk this week will be by Ōshin Jennings.

** 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

Ōshin Jennings is the founder of No Barriers Zen, a Zen Buddhist community in Washington, DC and online. Ōshin is the first known Deaf Buddhist priest and received Dharma transmission from Shoho Michael Newhall in 2022. He has made it his mission to use his experiences as a Deaf and disabled practitioner to help make meditation practices and the Dharma more accessible. Ōshin is also a psychotherapist and artist, and he is working on translating the sutras into ASL with his community.

https://nobarrierszen.org

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: February 5
Nehan-e Sesshin
Later Event: February 19
John Jones