Sesshin Schedule
Daily Schedule – May vary with the season or number enrolled
| FIRST EVENING | AFTERNOON | ||||||
| 4:00 | 5:00PM | Arrive – Check In | 2:00 | Work period | |||
| 5:00 | 5:50 | Orientation | 3:00 | Clean-up | |||
| 5:50 | 6:00 | Supper Set up | 3:10 | Informal tea | |||
| 6:00 | Informal meal | 3:30 | Zazen | ||||
| Supper Clean-up | 4:10 | Kihin | |||||
| EVENING | 4:20 | Zazen | |||||
| 7:15 | Opening Tea | 4:50 | Supper Set-up | ||||
| Comments from Teijo | 5:00 | Supper | |||||
| Reading Guidelines | 5:30 | Clean-up | |||||
| Zazen | Break | ||||||
| EVENING | |||||||
| 9:30 | Lights Out | 6:30 | Zuiza | ||||
| 7:10 | Kinhin | ||||||
| DAILY SCHEDULE | 7:20 | Dharma Talk | |||||
| MORNING | 6:00 | Zazen (Sitting Meditation) | 8:20 | Zazen | |||
| 6:40 | Kihin (Walking Meditation) | 8:40 | Chant: Fukanzazengi | ||||
| 6:50 | Zazen (Sitting Meditation) | 9:30 | Lights Out | ||||
| 7:30 | Chanting: Heart Sutra | ||||||
| 7:45 | Soji (Short Temple Cleanup) | LAST MORNING | |||||
| 8:15 | Breakfast | 6:00 | Zazen | ||||
| 8:45 | Clean-up | 6:40 | Kihin | ||||
| Break | 6:50 | Zazen | |||||
| 7:30 | Chant: Heart Sutra | ||||||
| 9:30 | Zuiza * (Free Sitting) | 7:45 | Soji | ||||
| 10:10 | Kihin | 8:15 | Breakfast | ||||
| 10:20 | Zazen | Clean-up Kitchen (EVERYONE) | |||||
| 11:00 | Kihin | ||||||
| 11:10 | Zazen | 9:30 | Zazen | ||||
| 11:50 | Lunch Set-up | 10:10 | Kihin | ||||
| 12:00 | Lunch | 10:20 | Zazen | ||||
| 12:45 | Lunch Clean-up | 10:50 | Closing Tea | ||||
| Break | Comments from Teijo | ||||||
| *Zuiza (Free Sitting). Come & go as you wish. If you choose NOT to sit this period of zazen, you can rest or take a walk. | Closing Ceremony: | ||||||
| Chant: Heart Sutra slowly | |||||||
| while standing | |||||||