2024 Fall Rohatsu Sesshin
December 8th, 2024 Final Day Rohatsu Sesshin
If asked for a password use 149227
6:30 – 7:10 Zazen
7:10- 8:00 Morning Service
8:00-9:30 Breakfast Morning Break
9:30- 10:30 Morning Walk or indoor exercise/Monday will be room assignments and stashing gear
10:30 – 11:00 Dharma Talk
11:00-11:30 Zazen
11:30-11:40 Kinhin
11:40- 12:15 Zazen
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:30 Outdoor Kinhin/or Dharma Study
1:30-2:30 WorkPractice
2:30- 3:00 Explaination of Shosan Ceremony
3:00-3:10 Kinhin
3:10 -3: 40 Zazen
3:40 — 3:50 Kinhin
3:50-4:20 Zazen
4:20 – Shonsan Ceremony/Photographs/ Refuges/ End of Sesshin
Open
6:30 informal potluck/Sesshin leftovers in 412
Fall 2024 of Rohatsu Sesshin Schedule
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| 6:30 – 7:10 Zazen |
| 7:10- 8:00 Morning Service |
| 8:00-9:30 Breakfast Morning Break |
| 9:30- 10:30 Morning Walk or indoor exercise/Monday will be room assignments and stashing gear |
| 10:30 – 11:00 Dharma Talk |
| 11:00-11:30 Zazen |
| 11:30-11:40 Kinhin |
| 11:40- 12:15 Zazen |
| 12:15-1:15 Lunch |
| 1:15-1:45 Outdoor Kinhin/or Dharma Study |
| 1:45-2:00 Break |
| 2:00-2:30 Work Practice |
| 2:30-3:15 Tea with Discussion |
| 3:15-3:30 Break |
| 3:30- 3:45 Kinhin |
| 3:45-4:15 Zazen |
| 4:15-4:25 Kinhin |
| 4:25-4:55 Zazen |
| 4:55 – 5:00 Service/Sunday close of Rohatsu Ceremonies |
| 5:00 – 6:30 Dinner Evening Break |
| 6:30 – 7:00 Zazen |
| 7:00 – 7: 10 Evening Service |
| 7:10-7:40 Zazen |
| 7:40-7:45 Kinhin |
| 7:45-8:15 Zazen |
| 8:15 Refuges |
If asked for a password use 149227
Morning Practice for November 29, 2024 6:30am Eastern
To join us via zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 463913
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.
Order of Morning Practice
40 minute period of Zazen
Short Morning Service to include the Sandokai in English
Morning greetings
Morning Practice for November 27, 2024 6:30am Eastern
To join us via zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 790875
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.
Order of Morning Practice
40 minute period of Zazen
Short Morning Service
Morning greetings
Dharma Tea on Tuesday for November 26, 2024 2-2:45pm Eastern- led by Esho Beth Milligan on “Zen Master Ekaku Haquin:Art for the People!
Tuesday November 26, 2024 2-2:45pm – Tuesday Tea at Two – Esho Beth Milligan will present a talk and discussion on “Zen Master Ekaku Haquin: Art for the People!” Online only Use this link to join. If asked for a password use 024787
Painting and calligraphy by Hakuin Ekaku.
Morning Practice for November 25, 2024 6:30am Eastern
Monday November 25, 2024 6:30am – EiShin Mike Barreda will offer Way Seeking Mind Talk following a brief period of zazen. To join online use this link. If asked for a password use 149227
Special Guest Speaker for November 23, 2024 3pm Eastern – Rev. Jiko Nakade
Saturday November 23, 2024 3pm – Talk by Rev Jiko Nakade on Daifukuji temple. Use this link to sign in. If asked for a password use 272989
Born in Ohio and raised in Kona, the Rev. Jiko Nakade has been the 12th resident minister and first woman minister of the Daifukuji Soto Mission since 2004. She is a graduate of the Departments of Religion and Japanese Language at the University of Hawaii and studied at Komazawa University in Tokyo. She is the student of the Reverend Ryuji Tamiya of Niigata, Japan and a graduate of the Hawaii Soto Shu Ministers Training Program. She grew up attending Daifukuji. Her grandparents along with their 11 children ran the Oshima family grocery store located a few miles from the temple. Later, her father, his 4 brothers and their spouses operated the business. At age 19 years she spent 2 months at the Aichi Senmon Nisodo monastery of Aoyama Roshi.
Daifukuji Soto Mission (Temple of Great Happiness) est. 1914 in Kealakekua, Hi
Morning Practice for November 22, 2024 6:30am Eastern
To join us via zoom use this link. If asked for a password use 463913
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.
Order of Morning Practice
40 minute period of Zazen
Short Morning Service to include the Sandokai in English
Morning greetings
Evening Practice for November 21, 2024 7pm Eastern
Thursday November 21, 2024 – Shuso offers talk on the Sandokai
Here is the Zoom link to join in the cloud zendo, password if needed: 522050
Tonight we will have a short service followed by one period of Zazen with an interval of Kinhin (5 minutes of slow walking in between) and have a talk by the Fall 2024 Head Student Seiryū Paula Chiplis. We will conclude by chanting the refuges in Pali. Please feel welcome to stay on zoom if you are able to share greetings with the sangha.
Please put your zoom in gallery mode, and keep your video link on while muting your mic until the end of the service – Feel welcome to face away from your device camera while keeping your presence visible in the frame for others in attendance to see and know you are there. Please refrain from moving your device around while others are sitting zazen with you.
Order of Service (text available at highlighted links)
Greeting by the Kokyo
Evening Bell Chant
Harmony of Diffference and Equality
25 Minute Zazen Period
5 minutes of Kinhin (slow walking)
Dharma Talk by the Fall 2024 Shuso
