About JissoJi Zen Ann Arbor
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, typically from 11:00am to 11:40am, followed by a short service and informal check-in, followed by lunch. Here is a copy of the sutra book we use for service.
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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. Marta Dabis is a board-certified hospital chaplain and ordained Zen priest in the Suzuki lineage. She lives in Ann Arbor, MI.
