* At Jikoji & Over Zoom *
Tanjo-e Sesshin 2022
Wednesday, April 6 - Sunday, April 10
Tanjo-e will be held at Jikoji and also online over Zoom. We welcome and encourage your practicing with us either in person or via the Zoom link.
Led by Jikai Carolyn Dille and Kaizan Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Guiding Teachers.
Tanjo-e Sesshin is part of a cycle of four traditional sesshins initiated by Kobun, Jikoji's founder.
Jikoji gladly gathers each spring to practice together and to celebrate the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha during Tanjo-e Sesshin. All are invited to join the joy and ease of zazen meditation, the support of sangha and community, and the beauty surrounding the temple. A special family and children’s celebration ceremony with tea and cake and offerings to the baby Buddha will be held on Sunday, April 10 at 2 pm.
Jikoji welcomes your participation for the entire sesshin, or any part of it you can join!
All are welcome!
Click here for a detailed schedule!
Tanjo-e Zoom Link (opens Zoom)
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Cost:
The cost of attending the sesshin in person is $60/per overnight, and $25/per day for daytime visits (with no overnights.)
Questions?
Please feel free to call Jikoji 408-741-9562 or email us at info@jikoji.org.
SESSHIN TEACHERS
Jikai Carolyn Dille has been a dedicated student of Buddhist practices for 30 years in the Soto Zen and the Early Buddhist Insight traditions. She began teaching in dharma communities in 1998 and has studied with a variety of teachers in the United States and Asia. She holds dharma transmission from Angie Enji Boissevain in the Phoenix Cloud lineage and graduated from Spirit Rock’s CDL program.
Carolyn is a poet, writer, and founding editor of Leaping Clear, www.leapingclear.org, a digital magazine of the arts featuring artists with meditative and contemplative practices. On occasion, she offers retreats and workshops that integrate meditation and artistic expression.
Kaizan Doug Jacobson began practicing Zen in Minneapolis in 1974 with Dainin Katagiri Roshi, and had Jukai in 1977. A householder, father, contractor, and civil engineer, Doug received priest ordination in 2010, and transmission in 2015, from Shoho Michael Newhall at Jikoji Zen Center. He currently serves Jikoji as one of its Guiding Teachers, and also assists prisoners with Buddhist practice. Doug also helps maintain and develop infrastructure at Jikoji, where he enjoys getting his hands dirty as a mode of Zen practice.
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 visibility during discussion periods.
- Anonymous participation online is not allowed, as it would not be in person.