Ziji

Ziji itself is an "umbrella organization" designed to help organize the individual local groups, and help create opportunities for knowledge sharing, dialogue, togetherness, and exchange. For example, Ziji itself (in particular, the Ziji Council) helps organize the annual International Ziji Summit, an in-person meditation retreat that gathers membe... rs of local groups from across the globe. Ziji is also a lab where individual groups and teachers can experiment with new ideas. Do I have to call my local meditation group a Ziji Collective to participate? No. Some groups do use the name "Ziji Collective" to refer to their young meditator groups"for example, "Northern California Ziji Collective. However, other groups are named differently, and your group does not need to carry this name to be involved with Ziji. The Ziji Collective itself is the sum of many local communities, which are differently named and operate quite differently"although almost all do incorporate sitting meditation as practiced in the Shambhala tradition. Ziji as a formal entity (for example, the Ziji website or the Ziji Council) exists to support these local groups. This includes the existing Ziji groups, and potentially any interested community of younger people whose mission aligns with Ziji's spirit of celebrating basic goodness and creating enlightened society. Ziji works to support these groups with the vision of creating a global community that is a powerful source of both personal and societal transformation.Read More