Photo by Masumi Y.
SBZC Sits
2nd & 4th Sunday · 10am
Twice a month · in-person and online
Santa Barbara Hospice:
2050 Alameda Padre Serra Unit 100, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.
Zoom zendo access:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81058779606
Meeting ID: 810 5877 9606
*Kindly note that your video must be turned on to participate.
*Covid Policy Update 5/1/23:
The SBZC Board has decided that while masks and vaccinations are encouraged, they will no longer be required to attend Santa Barbara Zen Center’s in-person events. We also acknowledge that Covid still exists and people are still getting sick, so we ask that anyone who has symptoms or has recently been exposed to Covid, please stay home and join us via zoom instead.
We will continue to monitor the situation and reserve the right to amend this decision if conditions change and/or the venues where we practice change their policies.
It is our intention to make our gatherings as safe and welcoming as possible for everyone who wishes to attend.
Announcements
1. April 28th Santa Barbara Zen Center has the distinct honor of engaging with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo via a pre-recorded Q&A session. This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity, and we are so excited to share the recording of her answering of our questions at Hospice.
2. Save the dates! The following are social gatherings that are being planned for the upcoming months. Format, timing and possible themes may vary, but the point is to gather together in person over food in a casual, convivial setting. Hope to see you there! More details to come from the respective hosts, closer to these respective dates:
Sat. April 13: SB, Hosted by Elisa and Joe
Sun. May 19: SB, Hosted by Michael and Jules
Sun. June 2: SY, Hosted by Mariko and Frank
Sun. July 7: SB, Hosted by Michael and Jules.
Sunday, April 28th, 10am
@ SB Hospice
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo Q&A
with Professor Emeritus Bill Powell
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (born 1943) is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author of various books, teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She is best known for having spent twelve years living in a remote cave in the Himalayas, three of those years in strict meditation retreat.
As Jetsunma has formally retired from teaching, now devoting the majority of her time to the nunnery she founded, this is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity and we are so excited to share the recording of her answering our questions.
The Flower Garland Sutra Sesshin 2024 @ Jikoji
MAY 16TH - SUNDAY, MAY 19TH
Tanjo-e Sesshin is part of a cycle of four traditional sesshins initiated by Kobun, Jikoji's founder.
The Flower Garland Sutra
Awakening with Interdependence, The Sensual World, and Blossoming Diversity
The Flower Garland (Avatamsaka or Huayan) Sutra provides a comprehensive and mind-altering dive into the Dharma. Its emphasis on interdependence, celebration of the sensual world, and diversity of people and methods of liberation has a profound impact on East Asian and Western Buddhisms and provides inspiration for what Thich Nhat Hanh calls “engaged Buddhism”. In this mostly silent, meditation intensive retreat we will use dialogue, teachings, meditations, and ritual engagement with the text to bring forth the joyfulness and energy of the Bodhisattva path of liberating all beings from suffering.
All are welcome to sign up at Jikoji Website
Ben Connelly is a Soto Zen teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfulness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police training and addiction recovery groups. He works with multifaith groups focused on intersectional liberation, racial justice, and climate justice. Ben serves the Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, travels to teach across the United States, has written for Tricycle and Lion’s Roar magazines, and is author of Inside the Grass Hut, Inside Vasubandhu's Yogacara, Vasubandhu's "Three Natures", and Mindfulness and Intimacy.
Valley Sangha Sits
Thursdays · 6:30 pm
In person
St. Mark's in the Valley Church · Common Room:
2901 Nojoqui Ave, Los Olivos, CA 93441
Jukai Ceremony & Sesshin at Jikoji
Zen practitioners from Jikoji Zen Center, No Barriers Zen, and Santa Barbara Zen Center, will receive lay ordination at a Jukai Ceremony January 6th, 2024 at Jikoji. Sensei Ōshin Jennings and Sensei Nenzen Brown will serve as Preceptors.
Ben Connelly at SBZC in Los Olivos
Santa Barbara Zen Center is happy to welcome back Ben Connelly as our guest teacher.
Ben will share teachings from his new book, Vasubandhu's "Three Natures": A Practitioner's Guide for Liberation, which shows the power of integrating early Buddhist psychology with the Mahayana emphasis on collective liberation.
Ross Blum at SBZC
Seishi Tetsudo Ross Blum will be joining us for a Dharma Talk during our meeting on Sunday via Zoom.
SBZC Reads
The Final Group Discussion
You are welcome to participate even if you did not attend the previous discussions.
Program
Welcome & Shakuhachi
Meditation
Book Study, Nancy Hilyard, discussion leader
Announcements
SBZC Sits
Please arrive a few minutes early and enable your video.
Program
Welcome & Shakuhachi
Meditation for 30 minutes
Three Refuges in Pali
Group Check-in
Goodnight
SBZC Service
Essence of Purity — Remembering Sojun Roshi
Dharma Talk by Joel Kyoshin Feigin
Joel Feigin is a long-time Zen practitioner: in 2017 he was ordained a Zen priest by Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi at Berkeley Zen Center and given the dharma name Kyoshin Jokyo. Joel began Zen practice with John Daido Loori Roshi in 1987 and has also studied with Maezumi Roshi at ZCLA and Josho Pat Phelan Roshi at the Chapel Hill Zen Center; his studies with Sojun Roshi began in the mid-1990’s. Joel has been practicing at Berkeley Zen Center since the 1992. He is also an emeritus professor recently retired from UCSB, where he taught composition in the Music Department.
SBZC Sits
Please arrive a few minutes early and enable your video.
Program
Welcome & Shakuhachi
Meditation for 30 minutes
Three Refuges in Pali
Group Check-in
Goodnight
Join this Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2096337951
Meeting ID: 209 633 7951