In addition to meditating in nature, activities such as forest bathing and guided journeys will help us attune to our deeper selves through a deeper connection with the more-than-human world.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Join us as we honor the memory of Jikoji founder Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Join us for a special Sesshin led by Chiezan Kyle Tomczyk .
Led by Guiding Teacher Oshin Jennings, Denko-e Sesshin is part of a cycle of four traditional sesshins initiated by Kobun, Jikoji's founder.
Rohatsu is the traditional winter sesshin commemorating Buddha’s enlightenment.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Awakening with Interdependence, The Sensual World, and Blossoming Diversity. Led by Ben Connelly. Please join us for this special Sesshin.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
A weekend workshop to dive into meditation and somatic movement
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Tanjo-e Sesshin is part of a cycle of four traditional sesshins initiated by Kobun, Jikoji's founder, celebrating the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
An experiential journey into the Daoist spirit of Zen and the Shinto heart of Ceremonial Tea/
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Our Sunday Program is a weekly "open house" and a great way to become familiar with Zen practice and get to know Jikoji. Join us for instruction, meditation, dharma talk, social lunch, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.
Zazenkai is a full-day immersion into intensive, silent practice, a 1-day retreat alternating periods of sitting meditation with walking meditation.
Please join us for a Dharma talk by Guiding Teacher Pamela Chobun Nenzen Brown
Led by Guiding Teacher Pamela Chosen Nenzen Brown, Nehan-e Sesshin is part of a cycle of four traditional sesshins initiated by Kobun, Jikoji's founder.
Please join us for a special Parinirvana Ceremony followed by a Dharma talk by Guiding Teacher Pamela Chobun Nenzen Brown
Please join us for a Dharma talk by Jikoji resident, Gerow Reece
An evening and a day to plunge into using the Chinese brush to explore some basic terms in ideographic form.
On Sunday, February 4th at 10am, during the usual first sit of the Jikoji Sunday program, Jikoji will host a special ritual to honor women ancestors.
Join us for our regular Sunday program. This week’s talk is by Rev. Taikan Yanasak.
Please join us for a Dharma talk by Guiding Teacher Pamela Chobun Nenzen Brown
Please join us for a special Sunday Program Jukai Ceremony! Sensei Ōshin Jennings and Sensei Nenzen Brown will serve as Preceptors.
Led by OSHIN JENNINGS & NENZEN BROWN, this special Jukai Sesshin will culminate in a Jukai Ceremony with Zen practitioners from Jikoji Zen Center, No Barriers Zen, & Santa Barbara Zen Center.
Join us for an evening of meditation, celebration, & ceremony to welcome in the New Year!
