Four Day Sesshin 2022 — Schedule

Friday Afternoon

2.00 Arrive and help set up

3.00 Leaders Meeting

4.00 Light supper

4.30 Welcome, roles, seating plan

5.00 Work and Oryoki Instruction

6.30 Zazen, Opening Words

7.00 Guidelines

8.00 Zazen and Great Vows for All

8.30 Finish

Saturday and Sunday

Early Morning (Residential Only)

4.30 Rise

4.50 Exercise, Fast Kinhin, Tea

5.00 Zazen

5.30 Zazen/Dokusan

7.00 Breakfast

7.30 Morning Break

Non-Residential participants arrive 8.45am

9.00 Sutras

9.30 Zazen

10.00 Outside Kinhin

10.30 Zazen

11.00 Lunch

11.30 Lunch Break

1.00 Zazen

2.00 Teisho

3.00 Zazen/Dokusan

4.30 Reading

5.00 Supper

5.30 Supper Break

Non-Residential participants leave 6pm

Evening (Residential Only)

6.30 Zazen

7.00 Zazen/Dokusan

8.00 Closing Ceremony

8.30 Finish

Monday

Early Morning (Residential Only)

4.30 Rise

4.50 Exercise, Fast Kinhin, Tea

5.00 Zazen

5.30 Zazen/Dokusan

7.00 Breakfast

7.30 Morning Break

Non-Residential participants arrive 8.45am

9.00 Sutras

9.30 Zazen

10.00 Closing Ceremony

10.30 Sharing Circle

11.00 Lunch

12.00 Group pack-up

2.00 Leave together

For more information please contact Carolyn Leach, our sesshin coordinator.