We are currently holding in-person sittings with a Zoom option. We meet at the Center for Sacred Living (210 Little Lake Drive, Suite 7, Ann Arbor, MI 48103). To get access to the Zoom room please email [email protected] with the subject “Request access to Zoom” at least 12 hours before the sitting.

We sit every Sunday 11:00am – 11:40am, followed by a short service and informal check-in. The sutra book we use can be found at the SFZC website.

Coming up:

  • On November 3rd we will have an orientation and meditation instructions at 9:15 am, a short sit at 10:00 am and a talk at 10:20 am. We will then have our regular Zazen at 11:00 am, followed by noon service.
  • On November 10th our half-day sitting starts at 8:20 am. We will have several sitting and walking periods until 11:15 am, when we will have a Dharma talk by Gyokei Yokoyama. Join us for the whole time or a part.
  • On November 24th after the sitting we return for “Sit. Stop. Write” (1:30pm-3:00pm) to practice Zen and Poetry writing in a small group – no prior experience necessary.
  • November 30 – Dec 1st we will have a retreat with Koji Acquaviva Dreher. Please see here for more information and to register.

JissoJi Zen Ann Arbor is a Zen meditation group in the tradition of Shunryu Suzuki (founder of the San Francisco Zen Center and author of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind). Our Zazen –Zen meditation– is held at Center for Sacred Living (210 Little Lake Drive, Suite 7, Ann Arbor, MI 48103) and online via Zoom.

JissoJi Zen Ann Arbor follows a Japanese Soto Zen lineage, the American practices originate in the San Francisco Zen Center. All are welcome, no prior experience necessary. Orientation & Introduction to Zazen –Zen meditation– and Zendo forms are available upon request.

JissoJi also offers lay-ordination preparation, studying the precepts and sewing of Buddha’s robe. Links to our online Zoom classes are available by request. The Rev. Taikodo Marta Dabis is a board-certified hospital chaplain and ordained Zen priest in the Suzuki/Katagiri lineage. She lives in Ann Arbor, MI.

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