
"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

"The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while."
Kobun Chino Otogawa

WHEN OPENING FULLY
TO THE FLOW OF A WORD
BOTH DIRECT AND OBLIQUE PAST EXPERIENCES OF -
AND CONNECTIONS WITH -
THE WORD WILL SURFACE
SUCH HAPPENINGS ENERGIZE
THE BRUSH'S DANCE
AND IN-FORM MEANING.
IF THE ENERGY OF SOME WORD
SEEMS TO FAIL
DROP IT - AT LEAST FOR NOW.

Calligraphy Weekend with Gerow Reece
On the weekend of June 31st to July 1st (Friday through Sunday), come deepen your weekend practicing calligraphy with a brush. Delve into both East Asian and Western calligraphy--developing sensitivity to line and space, and awareness in both eye and hand. Gerow Reece is known not only as a long-time Zen practitioner and beloved member of Jikoji's community, but as a calligrapher and Japanese ceremonial tea server. He can often be seen on the grounds with a wide-brimmed hat as he works patiently to shape and care for Jikoji's gardens; always a warm greeting at the ready. We are excited to host Gerow as he offers us careful instruction of joining Zen and the arts, with his customary blend of gentleness, aesthetic curiosity, and good-natured humor. Read more here...
June 21-24
GENZO-e Sesshin
Exploring the world of Dogen's Zen with Kokyo Henkel.
July 7 – ALL DAY
SUNRISE Zazenkai
A one day intensive retreat with Doug Jacobson.
june 24, 2-4pm
SCIENCE & BUDDHISM
Discussion of the book "Behave" with Saeko & Laurent Ginistet.