Sunday Program with Chuck Hutcraft — Jikoji Zen Center
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Sunday Program with Chuck Hutcraft

  • Jikoji Zen Center 12100 Skyline Boulevard Los Gatos, CA, 95033 United States (map)

Zazen - Service - Dharma talk • TEA

• At Jikoji Zen Center & Online (Zoom) •

Chuck Hutchcraft is a Soto Zen priest, licensed clinical social worker, and psychotherapist. His teaching and therapy practice are informed by Buddhist and Western psychologies and somatic awareness. Chuck began Zen practice in 1991 and was ordained in the Katigiri Roshi lineage in 2005 by Sojun Diane Martin, guiding teacher of the Udumbara Zen Center in Evanston, IL. He received dharma transmission in the Kobun Chino lineage from Sensei Dean Williams in 2019. Chuck is guiding teacher of grassroots Zen and mindfulness communities in northern and central Illinois. He is certified as a mindfulness teacher by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.

MEDITATION INSTRUCTION is available at 8.45 a.m.*

*Due to the limited size of our zendo, we have only 20 seats available for meditation instruction, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Late arrivals may be prohibited from entry once the introductory session has begun.

Schedule (estimated - subject to change)

8:45 a.m. Meditation instruction (limited space - first come first served)
9:00 a.m. zazen (sitting meditation)
9:40 kinhin (walking meditation)
9:50 zazen
10:20 service
10:40 talk
11:30 social tea

phones & bottles are NOT allowed inside the Zendo

ONLINE (Zoom) ETIQUETTE

To maintain intimacy and integrity, we ask online attendees to please;
1. Sign in using your real name. Anonymous participation online will not be permitted.
2. Keep your microphone muted unless speaking during discussion periods.
3. Maintain zendo silence during meditation while waiting for the discussion period.
4. Keep the camera on and maintain facial visibility during the discussion period.

Earlier Event: April 7
Tanjo-e Sesshin
Later Event: April 20
Sunday Program with Misha Merrill