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The Valley Sangha would like to invite Jikoji and Santa Barbara Zen Sanghas to join them in reading and discussing “All About Love” by Bell Hooks. The format will be to have volunteers lead discussions on a chapter or two on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 6:30 PM. If you are interested in participating, email patricialamb1@icloud.com to request inclusion in the study group. You will receive a response with dates, discussion-leading suggestions, and possible chapter assignments. - Thank you!

 
 
 

Upcoming EventS…

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Sunday Program with Oshin Jennings
Oct 19
Sunday Program with Oshin Jennings

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.

Monthly Jungian Seminar
Oct 25
Monthly Jungian Seminar

This seminar gathering will focus on Carl Jung's Red Book while exploring some of Jung's understandings of the subconscious and our own dreams. Led by Saeko Ginestet and Gerow Reece.

Sunday Program
Oct 26
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.

Calligraphy Workshop with Gerow Reece
Oct 31
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.

Sunday Program with Misha Merrill
Nov 16
Sunday Program with Misha Merrill

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.

Monthly Jungian Seminar
Nov 22
Monthly Jungian Seminar

This seminar gathering will focus on Carl Jung's Red Book while exploring some of Jung's understandings of the subconscious and our own dreams. Led by Saeko Ginestet and Gerow Reece.

Sunday Program
Nov 23
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.

Sunday Program
Nov 30
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.

Rohatsu Sesshin
Dec 1
Rohatsu Sesshin

Rohatsu is the traditional winter sesshin commemorating Buddha’s enlightenment.

Monthly Jungian Seminar
Dec 20
Monthly Jungian Seminar

This seminar gathering will focus on Carl Jung's Red Book while exploring some of Jung's understandings of the subconscious and our own dreams. Led by Saeko Ginestet and Gerow Reece.

Zazenkai
Jan 17
Zazenkai

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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