Jogen Salzberg, Sensei

Jogen Salzberg, Sensei has been practicing Zen since 1997, entered monastic training at Great Vow in 2003 and received Dharma Transmission from Chozen Bays, Roshi and Hogen Bays, Roshi in 2017. Jogen leads the weekly Wednesday evening meditation gathering. His teaching draws on the teachings and practices of Zen, with inspiration from the Dzogchen tradition, as well as Depth and Archetypal psychology, Voice Dialogue parts work and more. In addition to being a Zen teacher, he is a parts work facilitator and spiritual counselor. Follow his work at Solisluna.org . Jogen lives in Ann Arbor, MI.

Events with Jogen Salzberg, Sensei

Home Hermitage - A Day Long Retreat Online
May 5, 2024

Home Hermitage- A Day Long Retreat Online Daily practice is wonderful and for most of us the wonders of spaciousness, peace and perfection, meditation’s deeper gifts, reveal themselves within periods of more sustained practice. Inspired by meditation master Shitou Xiqian’s classic Chan/Zen practice poem, Song of the Grass Roof Hermitage,  we will spend a day meditating in the intimate aloneness that embraces all beings. Doing a day of retreat in our own dwelling place and its wild domesticity helps with integrating deep practice into our everyday lives. Jogen will offer supportive instruction sprinkled throughout the day as well as a…

July Sesshin - Cultivating the Empty Field
July 15, 2024

Summer is bright and alive. The sun hangs high in the sky, illuminating the earth with unflinching clarity. What wisdom does a warm summer day offer? Everything is laid bare before the luminous rays of the sun. In this meditation immersion, we will endeavor to study the self, forget the self and glimpse Buddha Nature, opening in silent communion with this community of human and non- human beings. This is our collective awakening. (More details about the sesshin will be added soon). Sesshin is a rigorous and, at times, challenging silent meditation retreat that is not recommended for beginners. In order…

July Sesshin - Cultivating the Empty Field
July 15, 2024

Summer is bright and alive. The sun hangs high in the sky, illuminating the earth with unflinching clarity. What wisdom does a warm summer day offer? Everything is laid bare before the luminous rays of the sun. In this meditation immersion, we will endeavor to study the self, forget the self and glimpse Buddha Nature, opening in silent communion with this community of human and non- human beings. This is our collective awakening. (More details about the sesshin will be added soon). Sesshin is a rigorous and, at times, challenging silent meditation retreat that is not recommended for beginners. In order…