Fraternal Order of the Great Lights / Jizo-An Zen Community / The Zen Society

LXCL:Jizo-an Zen Community Online Zendo is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Student PresentationsTime: Oct 14, 2026 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85618418284" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="lxcl-link" dir="ltr">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85618418284</a> Join and take notes<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85618418284?mynotes=on" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="lxcl-link" dir="ltr">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85618418284?mynotes=on</a> Meeting ID: 856 1841 8284 One tap mobile+13092053325,,85618418284# US+13126266799,,85618418284# US (Chicago) Join by SIP• 85618418284@zoomcrc.com Join instructions<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meetings/85618418284/invitations?signature=-6-6au1nc1a3sUCCfr7_YP9rO68rcrArN3qMAsgbnCI" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="lxcl-link" dir="ltr">https://us02web.zoom.us/meetings/85618418284/invitations?signature=-6-6au1nc1a3sUCCfr7_YP9rO68rcrArN3qMAsgbnCI</a>

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<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">This week two of Jizo-an&#39;s students, Zach Keijin Nickerson &amp; Monica Coughlin&nbsp;will offer for discussion...<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> <p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">Keijin&#39;s presentation is titled Shojin Ryori-Zen Temple Cuisine. Shojin Ryori is a form of cuisine based on principles of non-violence, simplicity, following the rhythms of the seasons, and non-wastefulness, making a spiritual practice of the everyday acts of cooking and consuming food. This cuisine is prepared by the tenzo in Zen monasteries, and at restaurants and inns attached to the temples that are aimed at visiting pilgrims.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;"> Monica&#39;s talk is titled Ikebana-Offerings Of Love, Reverence, And Remembrance. Flowers have been an offering since time immemorial. &nbsp;We have offered them to express our love, our reverence, and as remembrance. &nbsp;Flowers are given as a token of devotion and &nbsp;placed on altars. &nbsp;They are offered to the departed, and are part of our celebrations, our seasons, and our decor. Ikebana began in Japan as an art form beginning with monks in temples, and spread to a wider audience of nobles, wealthy citizens and then the wider community. Like Zen it is subtle and simple, and like Zen, at times, not subtle, not simple.<p data-noir-inline-color="" fr-original-style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); -webkit-user-drag: auto; -webkit-user-select: text; line-height: 1.5; --noir-inline-color: #9cbaf0;">

Our monthly Dharma discussions are always preceded by silent meditation (Zazen) and walking meditation (Kinhin) as well as chanting of the Sutras. Each week a senior monk will offer a Dharma talk on a wide variety of Buddhist topics.This week two of Jizo-an's students, Zach Keijin Nickerson &amp; Monica Coughlin will offer for discussion... Keijin's presentation is titled Shojin Ryori-Zen Temple Cuisine. Shojin Ryori is a form of cuisine based on principles of non-violence, simplicity, following the rhythms of the seasons, and non-wastefulness, making a spiritual practice of the everyday acts of cooking and consuming food. This cuisine is prepared by the tenzo in Zen monasteries, and at restaurants and inns attached to the temples that are aimed at visiting pilgrims. Monica's talk is titled Ikebana-Offerings Of Love, Reverence, And Remembrance. Flowers have been an offering since time immemorial.  We have offered them to express our love, our reverence, and as remembrance.  Flowers are given as a token of devotion and  placed on altars.  They are offered to the departed, and are part of our celebrations, our seasons, and our decor. Ikebana began in Japan as an art form beginning with monks in temples, and spread to a wider audience of nobles, wealthy citizens and then the wider community. Like Zen it is subtle and simple, and like Zen, at times, not subtle, not simple.

Fraternal Order of the Great Lights / Jizo-An Zen Community / The Zen Society

Zen Studies Student Presentations Oct 2026

1930 Marlton Pike East

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$15

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