• Upcoming Sesshin Schedule Dec 1-7, 2025

    Monday to Saturday December 1-6, 2025

    December 1-6, 2025
    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 closing ceremony
    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

    Sunday December 7th, 2025

    December  7th, 2025
    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 – Shosan Ceremony/108 Heart Sutra/Photographs/ Refuges/ End of Sesshin
    Open
    6:30  informal potluck/Sesshin leftovers in 412 

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