Dear Jikoji Sangha,
An emeritus Jikoji guiding teacher, Paula Jones, is in hospice with advanced Alzheimer's. Her family is working hard to ensure her final months are spent in dignity and love.
While Medicare covers her medical care, the costs of her hospice facility, including her room, daily care, and comfort, are not covered and fall entirely on her family. A GoFundMe campaign is aiming to cover these expenses, so her loved ones can focus on being with her.
Paula is a remarkable woman, an artist, poet, teacher, and Zen practitioner who has touched many lives with her humor, wisdom, and kindness. She leaves behind her husband, daughter, and countless friends who cherish her spirit.
Please consider contributing what you can to help cover her care costs. Even a small donation or share can make a meaningful difference during this difficult time. Thank you so much for your support and compassion.
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Please join us for an evening of community, creativity, and good food at Jikoji Zen Center.
A continuation of the June 2025 Jikoji Board of Directors meeting. You are welcome to attend in person or online.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An evening and a day to plunge into using the Chinese brush to explore some basic terms in ideographic form.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Denko-e Sesshin is part of a cycle of four traditional sesshins initiated by Kobun, Jikoji's founder.
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.

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.