Jikoji Retreat Center, 12100 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos, CA 95033, phone: (408) 741-9562
History of Sunday Speakers
History of Sunday Program Speakers at Jikoji
See also biographies of Guest Teachers/Speakers
2013
- Meido Barbara Anderson's series of dharma talks over four weeks portrays basic guiding "mantras" for the integration of Zen practice with daily living.
- Dec. 23 2012, I Don't Know.
- Dec. 30 2012, I'm Sorry, with examples from flowers and the Tea Ceremony.
- January 6 2013, Thank You, with examples from Everything.
- January 13 2013, I Love You.
- Jan 20 - Karin Sigmund, Awakening Within, as part of her weekend workshop on Lucid Dreaming and Dream Yoga
- Jan 27 - Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, ordained monk, and civil/tunnel engineer
- Feb. 3 - Shoho Michael Newhall, Jikoji's resident teacher, after his annual time away from Jikoji
- Feb. 10 - Angie Boissevain, founder of Floating Zendo and Jikoji's ex-Director, as part of Nehan-e Sesshin - February 9 to February 16
- Feb. 17 - Hollis DeLancey, Jikoji Archives manager, ex-Board President, ex-Treasurer, and ex-Resident of this land, ordained by Kobun
- February 24 - Gerow Reese, Jikoji Resident and landscape artist, calligraphy and tea ceremony teacher
- March 3 - John Lowney, Long time sangha member, amateur calligrapher and fall 1988 ango shusso
- March 10 - Misha Merril, head teacher for Zen Heart Sangha
- March 17 - donnalynn chase, life coach, workshop facilitator, artist, and haiku poet.
- March 24 - Jill Kaplan, priest at Zen Heart Sangha
- March 31 - Meido Barbara Anderson, "I forgive you", fifth in a series of 4 talks.
- April 7 - Ian Forsberg, priest at Hokoji, concluding Tanjo-e Sesshin on Buddha's Birthday
- April 14 - Gonzalo, a guest at Jikoji and a Chilean clinical psychologist exploring the interrelation of meditation and psychology
- April 21 - Peter Szydlowski, naturalist and wanderer, leading a discussion on topics suggested by Judy Cosgrove
- April 28 - Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, ordained monk, and civil/tunnel engineer, "Ritual and Zazen"
- May 5 - Shinshu Roberts, co-founder/teacher of Ocean Gate Zen Center, Capitola, CA. Transmitted in the Suzuki Roshi lineage.
- May 12 - Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind, on Mother's Day!
- May 26 - Gonzalo Brito, a guest at Jikoji and a Chilean clinical psychologist exploring the interrelation of meditation and psychology,
- June 2 - Koan Gary Janka, a teacher in Maezumi Roshi's lineage, also serving as a prison chaplain
- June 9 - Ryan Brandenberg, director of Jikoji 1994 - 2004, "Between the Relative and the Absolute: What is Kindness?"
- June 16 - Meido Barbara Anderson, basic guiding "mantras" for the integration of Zen practice with daily living
- June 23 - Meido Barbara Anderson, last talk before her return to O-An Zendo in Julian, Pennsylvania
2012
- Jan 1- Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji
- Jan 8 - Dan Zigmond, frequent teacher at Jikoji, father, software engineer, writer, contributing editor
- Jan 15 - Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, ordained monk, and civil/tunnel engineer.
- Jan 22 - Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind Sangha
- Jan 29 - Misha Merril, head teacher for Zen Heart Sangha
- Feb 5 - Angie Boissevain, as part of Nehan-e sesshin. Angie was Jikoji's first director and os founding teacher of Floating Zendo
- Feb 12 - Peter Shireson, lay teacher, zen priest, and practice leader at Empty Nest Zendo in the Sierra Foothills.
- Feb 19 - Karin Sigmund, Jikoji Resident, Shika and frequent Tenzo
- Feb 26 - Hozan Alan Senauke, Vice Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center and former Executive Director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF)
- March 4 - Abijah Crabtree, a frequent Resident at Jikoji, see Fat Free Buddha
- March 11 - Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, ordained monk, and civil/tunnel engineer.
- March 18 - Kokyo Henkel, Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center.
- March 25 - Shoho Kerstin Kuebast, ex-Shuso at SFZC's Green Gulch, currently associated with Santa Cruz Zen Center.
- April 1 - Steve Tracey, a writer, school teacher, and ordained priest at Jikoji who recently trained at Tasajara
- April 8 - Ian Forsberg, priest at Hokoji on the last day of Tanjo-e Sesshin and Buddha's Birthday celebration
- April 15 - Barbara Anderson, priest at Oan-zendo in Pennsylvania
- April 22 - Toku Ho Cliff Isberg, a monk and Jikoji oversight manager whose Talks are usually outlined.
- April 29 - Shoho Michael Newhall, Jikoji's resident teacher and Chief Priest.
- May 6 - Peter Szydlowski, with Charles Ewing and Ingrid Medris (as part of Just Sitting and Walking Weekend)
- May 13 - Karin Sigmund, Jikoji Resident, Shika and frequent Tenzo, after re-visiting China
- May 20 - Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind Sangha
- May 27 - donnalynn chase, life coach, workshop facilitator, corporate refugee, artist, and haiku poet.
- June 3 - Kokyo Henkel, Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center, (as part of Genzo-e Sesshin).
- June 10 - Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, ordained monk, and civil/tunnel engineer.
- June 17 - Cliff Isberg, ordained monk and an administrator at Jikoji.
- June 24 - Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji
- July 1 - Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind Sangha
- July 8 - Beata Chapman, zen priest with Russian River Sangha
- July 15 - Gene Bush, Administrator and one of the dharma leaders for Santa Cruz Zen Center
- July 22 - Meido Barbara Anderson, priest at Oan-zendo in Pennsylvania
- July 29: All-day Sunday Celebration including 11 am ceremony, remembering Kobun Chino Roshi.
- Aug. 5 - Misha Merril, head teacher for Zen Heart Sangha
- Aug. 12 - Angie Boissevain, Roshi, as part of Floating Zendoi Sesshin.
- Aug. 19 - Shoho Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji
- Aug. 26 - Meido Barbara Anderson, priest at Oan-zendo in Pennsylvania
- Sept. 2 - Karin Sigmund, Jikoji Resident, Shika and frequent Tenzo, on fearlessness in practice
- Sept. 9 - Kathy, Jikoji Resident, mom and grandmother, on perception in practice, and common misperceptions.
- Sept. 16 - donnalynn chase, life coach, workshop facilitator, corporate refugee, artist, and haiku poet
- Sept. 23 - Dale Verkuilen, author of "Tending the Fire: An introspective Guide to Zen Awakenings"
- Sept. 30 - Peter, an avid hiker, traveler, and "grampa" of five, reflects on Kobun's teachings, acceptance, and on Ellen Warburton's many influences on Jikoji.
- Oct. 7 - Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, ordained monk, and civil/tunnel engineer
- Oct. 14 - Jorge Morales will give a "progress report" on the 25 years since he lived at Jikoji three years, was ordained as a priest by Kobun in
1987, and served as shuso for a full practice period.
- Oct. 21 - Michael Newhall and Val Szymanski, concluding Denko-e sesshin
- Oct. 28 - Alan Stacy, who volunteers
as a docent at Tor House in Carmel, the former home of the poet
Robinson Jeffers, will speak on Buddhist tangents in Jeffers'
poetry.
- Nov. 4 - Cliff Isberg, Basic Principles: Milarepa's "Song of the Six Perfections" and Dogen's "The Point of Zazen"
- Nov. 11 - Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji
- Nov. 18 - Kokyo Henkel, Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center
- Nov. 25 - Peter Szydlowski, with Charles Ewing and Ingrid Mednis, Zendo Without Walls
- Dec. 2 - John Lowney, Long time sangha member, amateur calligrapher and shusso for the fall 1988 ango period
- Dec. 9 - Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji, concluding Rohatsu Sesshin.
- Dec. 16 - Steve Tracey, a writer, school teacher, and ordained priest at Jikoji who recently trained at Tasajara
- Dec. 23 - Dan Zigmond, frequent teacher at Jikoji, father, software engineer, writer, contributing editor
- Dec. 30 - Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, ordained monk, and civil/tunnel engineer.
2011
- January 2, 2011— Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji
- January 9, 2011— donnalynn chase, life coach, workshop facilitator, corporate refugee,
artist, Jikoji board member, and haiku poet.
- January 16, 2011— Hozan Alan Senauke, Vice Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center
and former Executive Director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF)
- January 23— Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind Sangha
- January 30— Ju San Cliff Isberg, a recently ordained monk and an Administrator
for Jikoji, on Mind, and Awakening
- February 6— Dan Zigmond, frequent teacher at Jikoji, father, software engineer, writer, contributing editor; and continuing in the afternoon with Gerow Reece and others beginning a study of
Jung's "Red Book" (see Activities)
- February 13; Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, ordained monk, and civil/tunnel engineer.
- February 20 concluding Parinirvana Sesshin; Angie Boissevain, Jikoji's first director and founding teacher of FLoating Zendo
- February 27; Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind
- March 6; donnalynn chase, life coach, workshop facilitator, corporate refugee,
artist, Jikoji board member, and haiku poet.
- March 13; Angie Boissevain, head teacher of Floating Zendo sangha and ex-director of Jikoji
- March 20; Konho Robert Jackson, of " A Quiet Mind
- March 27; Kokyo Henkel, Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center
- April 3; Gaelyn Godwin, Head Teacher at Houston Zen Center
- April 10; Ian Forsberg, Head Teacher of Jikoji's sister temple Hokoji, in Taos New Mexico, as part of Buddha's birthday party concluding Tanjo-e sesshin
- April 17; Dan Zigmond, frequent teacher at Jikoji, father, software engineer, writer, contributing editor
- April 24; Shoho Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji
- May 1; Shoho Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji
- May 8; donnalynn chase, life coach, workshop facilitator, corporate refugee,
artist, Jikoji board member, and haiku poet
- May 15; Shoho Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji
- May 22; Dan Zigmond, frequent teacher at Jikoji, father, software engineer, writer, contributing editor
- May 29; Angie Boissevain, Jikoji's first director and the Floating Zendo's head teacher
- June 5; Kokyo Henkel, Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center, concluding the Spring Study Sesshin.
- June 12; Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, ordained monk, and civil/tunnel engineer.
- June 19; Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind
- June 26; Misha Merril, head teacher for Zen Heart Sangha
- July 3; Gerow Reese, Jikoji Resident and landscape artist, calligraphy and tea ceremony teacher
- July 10; Hozan Alan Senauke, Vice Abbot of the Berkeley Zen Center
and former Executive Director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF)
- July 17; Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind
- July 24; donnalynn chase, life coach, workshop facilitator, corporate refugee, artist, and haiku poet
- July 31; Dan Zigmond and Shoho Michael Newhall, concluding Zazen-kai commemorating Kobun Otogawa Roshi
- August 7; Karin Sigmund, Jikoji Resident, Shika and frequent Tenzo
- August 14; Toku Ho Cliff Isberg, a recently ordained monk and an Administrator for Jikoji
- August 21; Angie Boissevain, as part of the ongoing Floating Zendo sesshin
- August 28; Kaz Tanahashi, a renowned translator of Dogen and a noted artist, as part of his Calligraphy and Zen Workshop
- September 4; Shoho Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji, on Right View
- September 11; Peter Szydlowski, occasional teacher at Jikoji, part of a weekend of "just sitting and hiking"
- September 18; Viveka, Teacher of FWBO and Ratna Sangha
- September 25; Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind
- October 2; Bata Chapman, zen priest with Russian River Sangha
- October 9; Misha Merril, head teacher for Zen Heart Sangha
- October 16; Kokyo Henkel, Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center
- October 23; Shoho Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji, as part of Denko-e Sesshin
- October 30; Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind
- November 6; Dan Zigmond, frequent teacher and Board member at Jikoji, father, software engineer, writer, contributing editor
- November 13; Konho Robert Jackson, of " A Quiet Mind
- November 20; Shoho Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji
- November27; Gerow Reese, Jikoji Resident and landscape artist, calligraphy and tea ceremony teacher
- Dec. 4; Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind, as part of the ongoing Rohatsu Sesshin
- Dec. 11 Steve Tracey, a recently ordained priest who spent some time this year at Tasajara zen monastery.
- Dec 18- Jim Hutt, Phd. is a psychologist, therapist, and counselor in practice in Menlo Park
- Dec 25 - Santa Claus
- Jan 1- Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher at Jikoji
- Jan 8 - Dan Zigmond, frequent teacher at Jikoji, father, software engineer, writer, contributing editor
- Jan 15 - Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, ordained monk, and civil/tunnel engineer.
- Jan 22 - Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind Sangha
- Jan 29 - Misha Merril, head teacher for Zen Heart Sangha
2010
- January 3 — Mark Gonnerman, PhD
- January 10 — Reverend Val Szymanski — one-day sesshin
- January 17 — donnalynn chase
- January 24 — Shoka Myogen, Kathryn Stark
- January 31 — Shoho Kerstin Kuebast
- February 7 — Dan Zigmond
- February 14 — Angie Boissevain — Nehan-e sesshin
- February 21 — Michael Newhall
- February 28 — Michael Newhall
- March 7 — Camella Nair — Yoga for Meditators Retreat
- March 14 — Carolyn Atkinson — one-day sesshin (or workshop)
- March 21 — Ellen Richter
- March 28 — Shoho Michael Newhall
- May 16 — Michael Newhall — Annual Sangha Day
- May 23 — Shoho Kerstin Kuebast
- May 30 — Michael Newhall
- June 6 — Dan Zigmond, Board member and visiting teacher at Jikoji
- June 13 — Mark Gonnerman
- June 20 — Michael Newhall — Dharma Study Retreat
- June 27 — Robert Jackson, of " A Quiet Mind
- July 4 — Kokyo Henkel, Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center
- July 11 — Peter Szydlowski, ex-Board President and teacher at Jikoji
- July 18 — Dan Zigmond, Board member and visiting teacher at Jikoji
- July 25 — Doug Jacobson, Resident and recently ordained zen priest
- August 1 — Michael Newhall and Dan Zigmond— Kobun's Memorial Sesshin & Ceremony
- August 8 — Shoho Kerstin Kuebast, Santa Cruz Zen Center
- August 15 — Steve Tracey, artist, recently ordained at Jikoji
- August 22 — Angie Boissevain — Floating Zendo Sesshin
- August 29 — Misha Merrill, teacher of Zen Heart Sangha, zazenkai (one day sitting) with afternoon study on Japanese Tea Ceremony
- September 5 — Val Szymanski, founding teacher of Bamboo in the Wind zen community
- September 12 — Michael Newhall and Sokuzan Bob Brown of the Michigan SokukoJi Buddhist Community, Shuso Ceremony and
Ordination as part of the Zen Form and Ceremony Workshop (see Activities)
- September 19 — Shoho Michael Newhall, continuing in the afternoon with Gerow Reece and others beginning a study of
Jung's "Red Book" (see Activities)
- September 26 — Gerow Reece, calligraphy teacher, host for ceremonial tea and Jikoji resident
- October 3 — Cliff Isberg, beginning a way-seeking mind series of talks
- October 10 — Angie Boissevain, head teacher of Floating Zendo sangha and ex-director of Jikoji
- October 17 — Dan Zigmond, Board member and visiting teacher at Jikoji
- October 24 — Michael Newhall, as part of the Denko-e Sesshin (see Activities)
- October 31 — Mark Gonnerman, founding director of the Aurora Forum at Stanford University
- November 7 — Grace Myoan Schireson, as part of a zazenkai (one—day sitting) on the Female Ancestors
- November 14 — Doug Jacobson, Jikoji Resident, way-seeking mind series
- November 21 — Michael Newhall, Resident Teacher
- November 28 — Kokyo Henkel, is the Head Teacher at Santa Cruz Zen Center
- December 5 — Gerow Reese, Jikoji Resident, on Jikoji's relations with the Native American sweat lodge traditions
- December 12— Mike and Peter, as part of Rohatsu Sesshin, see Activities
- December 19— Jennifer Hohman, Jikoji Resident, way seeking mind series
- December 26— Greg Campbell, Jikoji Resident, way seeking mind series
- December 31— New Year's Eve Potluck (6 pm), then Practice and Ceremony,
2009 Sunday Program Schedule at Jikoji
January 4 – Steve Tracy
January 11 – donnalynn chase one-day
sesshin
January 18 – Michael Newhall
January 25 – Dan Zigmond
February 1 – Christina Palmer Sewing Retreat
February 8 – Angie Boissevain Nehan-e
sesshin
February 15 – Michael Newhall
February 22 – Peter Szydlowski
March 1 – Peter Szydlowski
March 8
– Camella Nair Yoga for Meditators
Retreat
March 15
– donnalynn
March 22
– Michael Newhall
March 29 – Carolyn Dille
April 5
– Michael Newhall
April 12
– Ian Fosberg Buddha’s Birthday Celebration
April 19
– Dan Zigmond
April 26
– Michael Newhall
May 10 -- donnalynn
May 17 -- Michael/Annual Sangha Day
May 24 -- Michael Newhall
May 31 -- Dan Zigmond
June 7 -- Michael Newhall -- Dharma Study Retreat
June 14 -- Michael Newhall
June 21 -- Michael Newhall
June 28 -- Misha Merrill --
Afternoon study on Japanese Tea Ceremony
July 5 -- Michael Newhall
July 12 -- Peter Szydlowski
July 19 -- donnalynn chase
July 26 -- Dan Zigmond -- Kobun's Memorial Sesshin & Ceremony
August 2 -- Val Szymanski
August 9 -- Angie Boissevain --
Floating Zendo Sesshin
August 16 -- Michael Newhall
August 23 -- Dan Zigmond
August 30 -- Michael Newhall
September 6 – donnalynn chase – Autumn Haiku
Workshop
September 13 – Michael Newhall
September 20 – Michael Newhall
September 27 – Peter Szydlowski
October 4 – Michael Newhall – Denko-e &
Jennifer Homan’s Jukai
October 11 – donnalynn chase
October 18 – Michael Newhall
October 25 – Jennifer Block
- November 1 – Angie Boissevain
– One-Day Sit & Start of Ango (Practice
Period)
- Nov. 8 — Dan Zigmond, Ango Practice Period
- Nov. 15 — Shoho Michael Newhall
- Nov. 22 — Dan Zigmond, Ango
- Nov. 29 — Shoho Michael Newhall
- Dec. 6 — Dan Zigmond, Ango - Rohastsu
- Dec. 13 — Shoho Michael Newhall
- Dec. 20 — Shoho Kerstin Kuebast
- Dec. 27 — Cliff Isberg, PhD
See the Sesshins Info page for more information about sesshins.
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