A Gradual Entry into Shikantaza
Meditation Instruction for Young Urban Zen
Everything Included, One at a Time — Consider this three-part series a gradual entry into shikantaza, the foundational meditation practice of our school of Zazen. Facilitated by Kodo Conlin, this course is designed sequentially for both experienced and first-time meditators: we develop our skills of awareness to include all aspects of our experience, one at a time. We begin with awareness of the breathing, proceeding to include, one by one, practices for wise awareness of the body, emotions, and thinking. This gradual approach is meant to support the cultivation of a clear, wise relationship to all aspects of our experience, with nothing left out. Finally, we enter shikantaza—just wholeheartedly sitting—a comprehensive immersion in the arisings of this moment, the practice of freedom amidst all things.
These 90-minute sessions were recorded at Young Urban Zen in San Francisco and include guided meditation instruction, lecture, and Q&A.
No registration needed.
SFZC's Health-&-Safety Committee key guidelines:
Everyone will be asked to self-vet upon arrival, meeting these requirements:
Participants must be vaccinated and have at least one booster shot.
Participants must wear a KN95 or N95 mask at all times indoors.
Participants are not allowed to attend if they have cold or flu symptoms.
Participants are not allowed to attend if they have had close contact with anyone diagnosed with COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
Participants are required to cancel their attendance
if they have cold or flu symptom
if they have been in close contact with anyone COVID positive in the last 14 days.
if they tested positive for COVID within the last 10 days. To return to the temple after a positive COVID infection, it must be at least 10 days since testing positive and the visitor must have a negative antigen test.