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Jikoji Zen Center

VISIT
Schedule A Visit
Events Listing
Events Calendar
Daily Zazen
Sunday Program
Retreats & Rentals
ENGAGE
Donate
Newslettter
Feedback
Residency
Work Study
Jizo Gardening
Related Centers & Sanghas
TEACHINGS
Jikoji's Teachers
Kobun - Jikoji Founder
Speaker Talks
Zen Traditions
Teaching Blog
Science Discussions
ABOUT
About Jikoji
FAQs
History and Archives
Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging
MORE
Photos
Archives
Jikoji Bylaws
Jikoji Community Agreements
Jikoji Conflict Resolution Policy
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Zazenkai with Nenzen Sensei
Sep 19
Zazenkai with Nenzen Sensei

Zazenkai is a full day immersion into intensive, silent practice, a deeper meditation, a one-day retreat alternating periods of sitting mediation with walking meditation. Zazenkai is a wonderful way to discover the basics of intensive practice.

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 Sunday Program with Nick Robinson
Sep 20
Sunday Program with Nick Robinson

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

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Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece
Sep 22
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece

Ceremonial tea becomes a way of focused listening, moving, and savoring. This tea form has accompanied Zen practice for centuries, giving and receiving impetus from that association.

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Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Sep 22
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
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Sunday Program with David Shapiro
Sep 27
Sunday Program with David Shapiro

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

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Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece
Sep 29
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece

Ceremonial tea becomes a way of focused listening, moving, and savoring. This tea form has accompanied Zen practice for centuries, giving and receiving impetus from that association.

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Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Sep 29
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
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 Sunday Program w/Koun Sensei
Oct 4
Sunday Program w/Koun Sensei

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

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Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece
Oct 6
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece

Ceremonial tea becomes a way of focused listening, moving, and savoring. This tea form has accompanied Zen practice for centuries, giving and receiving impetus from that association.

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Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Oct 6
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
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 Sunday Program with Misha Koun Sensei
Oct 11
Sunday Program with Misha Koun Sensei

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

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Denko-e Sesshin with Koun Misha
Oct 12
Denko-e Sesshin with Koun Misha

Denko-e Sesshin is part of a cycle of four traditional sesshins initiated by Kobun, Jikoji's founder.

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Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Oct 13
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
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 Sunday Program w/Koun Sensei
Oct 18
Sunday Program w/Koun Sensei

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

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Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece
Oct 20
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece

Ceremonial tea becomes a way of focused listening, moving, and savoring. This tea form has accompanied Zen practice for centuries, giving and receiving impetus from that association.

Read more →
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Oct 20
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
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 Sunday Program w/Tetsuho Christopher Kolon
Oct 25
Sunday Program w/Tetsuho Christopher Kolon

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

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Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece
Oct 27
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece

Ceremonial tea becomes a way of focused listening, moving, and savoring. This tea form has accompanied Zen practice for centuries, giving and receiving impetus from that association.

Read more →
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Oct 27
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
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NO SUNDAY PROGRAM
Nov 1
NO SUNDAY PROGRAM

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

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Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece
Nov 3
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece

Ceremonial tea becomes a way of focused listening, moving, and savoring. This tea form has accompanied Zen practice for centuries, giving and receiving impetus from that association.

Read more →
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Nov 3
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
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Calligraphy Workshop with Gerow Reece
Nov 6
Calligraphy Workshop with Gerow Reece

An evening and a day to plunge into using the Chinese brush to explore some basic terms in ideographic form.

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 Sunday Program w/Gerow Reece
Nov 8
Sunday Program w/Gerow Reece

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

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Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece
Nov 10
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece

Ceremonial tea becomes a way of focused listening, moving, and savoring. This tea form has accompanied Zen practice for centuries, giving and receiving impetus from that association.

Read more →
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Nov 10
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Read more →
Zazenkai with Koun Misha
Nov 14
Zazenkai with Koun Misha

Zazenkai is a full day immersion into intensive, silent practice, a deeper meditation, a one-day retreat alternating periods of sitting mediation with walking meditation. Zazenkai is a wonderful way to discover the basics of intensive practice.

Read more →
Sunday Program with Nenzen Sensei
Nov 15
Sunday Program with Nenzen Sensei

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

Read more →
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece
Nov 17
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece

Ceremonial tea becomes a way of focused listening, moving, and savoring. This tea form has accompanied Zen practice for centuries, giving and receiving impetus from that association.

Read more →
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Nov 17
Fall Reading Group: No-Self and the Modern Mind
Read more →
Sunday Program with Nenzen Sensei
Nov 22
Sunday Program with Nenzen Sensei

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

Read more →
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece
Nov 24
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece

Ceremonial tea becomes a way of focused listening, moving, and savoring. This tea form has accompanied Zen practice for centuries, giving and receiving impetus from that association.

Read more →
 Sunday Program with Koun Sensei
Nov 29
Sunday Program with Koun Sensei

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

Read more →
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece
Dec 1
Tea Lessons w/Gerow Reece

Ceremonial tea becomes a way of focused listening, moving, and savoring. This tea form has accompanied Zen practice for centuries, giving and receiving impetus from that association.

Read more →
Sunday Program with Nenzen Sensei
Dec 6
Sunday Program with Nenzen Sensei

Our Sunday Program is a great way to familiarize yourself with Zen practice and Jikoji. Join us for a morning of instruction, meditation, dharma talks or special events, social tea, a sense of community (sangha), and access to beautiful open spaces.

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View fullsize Celebrating the joyful ordination of Ehō Shōun (Assembly Phoenix, Cloud Voice) Devin Drobka on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in the loving presence of sangha and family at Jikoji. Heartfelt congratulations on this meaningful new chapter of practice,
View fullsize From Thursday, July 23, to Sunday, July 26, Jikoji held its annual Kobun Memorial Gathering. The weekend was filled with conversation and fellowship in celebration and memory of Kobun Chino Otogawa. 

There were lectures on Kobun’s teachings, a
View fullsize We are grateful to Kōun Misha Merrell Sensei for the donation of an ancient, beautiful, and impressive Buddha statue. This is a gift of a gift, originally to Kōun from her late student and friend Hao. The statue, an embodiment of compassion and wisdo
View fullsize Sangha remembering Kobun at Kobun Memorial Gathering and celebrating Devin at his priest ordination!
View fullsize Join us from Thursday, July 23, to Sunday, July 26, as we spend an extended weekend honoring the memory of Jikoji’s founder, Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi. Our Kobun Memorial Sesshin is held at Jikoji and will be available over Zoom. 

We begin wit
View fullsize From Nenzen Sensei:

“Sangha” is often translated as a community of friends practicing the way of awareness together. Across our Phoenix Cloud sanghas, that definition comes to life every day.

Our extended sangha has recently gathered to
View fullsize Last month, Jikoji hosted several sister sanghas for a reunion sesshin. Hokoji, Myokoji and Phoenix Heart, like Jikoji, are part of the family of practitioners inspired by Kobun’s teaching. This was a chance to practice the Three Refuges in fel
View fullsize Settle down this weekend by joining our spring Zazenkai. This Saturday, May 16th, we’ll gather from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM for alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation, a break for lunch and outdoor exploration, and a talk from Nenzen
View fullsize Happy Birthday Buddha! 

Our annual Tanjo-e Sesshin commemorating the Buddha’s birth concluded on Saturday. It was an inspiring week of intensive practice. Thank you to everyone who joined and supported the effort!

For all upcoming events, ple
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