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Sunday Program : Existence: A Conversation Between Two Teachers

  • Jikoji Zen Center 12100 Skyline Boulevard Los Gatos, CA, 95033 United States (map)

Zazen - Service - Dharma talk • LuNCH

• At Jikoji ZEN Center & ONLINE (ZOOM) •

Shoho Michael Newhall Roshi is the Emeritus Abbot of Jikoji Zen Center. He was ordained by  Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi, and transmitted by Jakko Eso Vanja Palmers. Prior to his installation as Jikoji’s Resident Teacher, he taught art and Buddhism at Naropa University, the Art Institute of Chicago, and other universities in the midwest. He has led sesshins and meditation workshops at Zen centers in the U.S. and Europe. Shoho has also practiced and studied with Keibun Otogawa in Japan, Dainin Katagiri Roshi, and Tenshin Reb Anderson.

Pamela Chobun Nenzen Brown was introduced to meditation practice in 1976. Forty years later, as her father was declining with a neurodegenerative disease, she decided to stay seated. Pamela met Sensei Gary Koan Janka, and practiced with and served Koan Sensei's Santa Barbara Zen Center. Koan lay ordained Nenzen and later introduced her to Jikoji Zen Center where she was ordained in Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi's lineage by Shoho Michael Newhall. She received dharma transmission from Jakko Eso Vanja Palmers at Felsentor, Switzerland in 2022.

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MEDITATION INSTRUCTION is available at 9.45 a.m.*

*Due to the limited size of our zendo, we have only 20 seats available for meditation instruction, offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
*Late arrivals may be prohibited from entry once the introductory session has begun.

SUNDAY PROGRAM SCHEDULE & ADDITIONAL DETAILS

phones & bottles are NOT allowed inside the Zendo


ONLINE ETIQUETTE

To help maintain the intimacy and integrity of an in-person gathering, we ask online attendees to observe the following practices;

  1. Sign in using your real name. Anonymous participation online will not be permitted.

  2. Keep the microphone muted unless speaking during discussion periods.

  3. Maintain zendo silence during meditation while waiting for the discussion period.

  4. Keep the camera on and maintain facial visibility during the discussion period.