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Schedule

Saturday - Wednesday

Regular Daily Schedule

4:55 Wake up
5:00 Tea & Coffee
5:30 Zazen (3 periods)
7:30 Morning service
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Fushinsamu /work
10:40 Tea & Coffee
11:00 Samu
(12:50 Noon Shuso Service*)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Rest / Exercise
15:30 Tea & Coffee
16:00 Study
17:00 Exercise
(17:50 Shuso Service*)
18:00 Supper
19:30 Zazen (3 periods)
21:15 Four Vows
21:20 Tea
22:00 Lights out
 

Additional activities

Sunday:

9:00 -  10:30 Fushinsamu
10:30 Tea & coffee
11:00 Study group
19:30 Service & zazen
19:30 Introduction class

Monday:

19:30 River of Zen

Tuesday:

16:00 Right Speech Class

Wednesday:

9:00 Fushinsamu
19:30 Zazen & Dharma talk

Sesshin Schedule

 

 

4:25 Wake up

4:30 Tea & Coffee

5:00 Zazen (3 periods)

7:00 Morning Service

7:30 Breakfast

8:45 Samu /work

10:15 Exercise

10:30 Tea & Coffee

11:00 Zazen & Kinhin

12:05 Dharma Talk 

13:10 Noon Service

13:20 Lunch

15:30 Tea & Coffee

16:00 Zazen (3 periods)

17:50 Evening Service

18:00 Supper

19:30 Zazen (3 periods)

21:15 Four Vows

21:20 Tea

22:00 Lights out

 

 

Thursday - Friday

9:00 Morning service
9:30 Breakfast, informal
12:45 Noon Shuso Service (Ango)
17:50 Evening Shuso Service (Ango)
18:00 Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NB> Free days are Thursday & Friday.

Exceptions are after 7 day sesshins, when the day after a sesshin is a free day.

No scheduled activities the week after Winter Ango (in March), Summer month-long ( July / August) and 24 / 25 December.

 

 

 

 

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