* At Jikoji & Over Zoom *
Tanjo-e Sesshin
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 28th.
All are welcome! Please sign up below to register for the Sesshin. Oryoki meals are provided. You can request Oryoki instructions when registering, and we also recommend this video overview.
Those attending will be asked to help with some of the duties during sesshin, help with doan-ryo, help in the kitchen, help with serving meals and cleanup.
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Led by Chuck Hutchcraft
Chuck is a Soto Zen priest, licensed clinical social worker, and psychotherapist. His teaching and therapy practice are informed by Buddhist and Western psychologies and somatic awareness. Chuck began Zen practice in 1991 and was ordained in the Katigiri Roshi lineage in 2005 by Sojun Diane Martin, guiding teacher of the Udumbara Zen Center in Evanston, IL. He received dharma transmission in the Kobun Chino lineage from Sensei Dean Williams in 2019. Chuck is guiding teacher of grassroots Zen and mindfulness communities in northern and central Illinois. He is certified as a mindfulness teacher by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
SCHEDULE
Sunday 4/7
4:00 Arrival/settle
5:00 Welcoming Tea
5:30 Dinner and Cleanup
7:00 Zazen
7:40 Kinhin
7:50 Zazen
8:20 Opening Remarks
8:30 Refuges/9 Bows
9:00 Lights Out
Sunday 4/7
4:00 Arrival/settle
5:00 Welcoming Tea
5:30 Dinner and Cleanup
7:00 Zazen
7:40 Kinhin
7:50 Zazen
8:20 Opening Remarks
8:30 Refuges/9 Bows
9:00 Lights Out
Monday 4/8 - Saturday 4/13
5:30 Wake-up bell
6:00 Zazen
6:40 Robe Chant/Kinhin/Oryoki Instruction
6:50 Zazen
7:30 Service
7:45 Break/Breakfast/Clean-up/Break
9:30 Zazen
10:10 Kinhin
10:20 Dharma Talk
11:00 Samu/Soji
11:50 Bell to end Samu
12:00 Lunch/Clean-up/Break
1:45 Zazen
2:15 Kinhin
2:30 Tea
3:00 Dharma Dialogue
3:45 Zazen
4:25 Kinhin
4:35 Break/Dinner/Clean-up
6:30 Zazen
7:10 Kinhin
7:20 Zazen
8:00 3 Refuges/9 Bows/Quiet time
9:00 Lights Out
Sunday 4/14
6:00 Wake-up bell
6:30 Ceremonial Tea
7:30 Closing Circle
8:00 Breakfast
8:45 Clean up
9:30 Clean, Reset Rooms
Sunday Program
ONLINE ETIQUETTE
To help maintain the intimacy and integrity of an in-person gathering; we ask online attendees to observe the following practices;
Sign in using your real name. Anonymous participation online will not be permitted.
Keep the microphone muted unless speaking during discussion periods.
Maintain zendo silence during meditation while waiting for the discussion period.
Keep the camera on and maintain facial visibility during the discussion period.