Sesshin Schedules
(schedules may vary slightly)
Sesshin
First Night
- 3:30 pm
- Registration (office)
- 5:30 pm
- Dinner
- 6:30 pm
- Service Position training
- 7:30 pm
- Zazen
- 8:05 pm
- Oryoki instruction
- 8:50 pm
- Four vows
- 9:30 pm
- Lights out
Daily Schedule
- 4:40 am
- Wake up
- 5:10 am
- Zazen
- 7:00 am
- Service
- 7:25 am
- Breakfast
- 8:45 am
- Work meeting
- 11:00 am
- Zazen
- 11:40 am
- Dharma Talk (Zazen on Monday)
- 12:30 pm
- Zazen
- 1:00 pm
- Lunch (formal oryoki)
- 3:30 pm
- Zazen
- 5:20 pm
- Dinner
- 7:00 pm
- Zazen
- 8:50 pm
- Four vows
- 9:30 pm
- Lights out
Sunday (final day)
- 4:40 am
- Wake up
- 5:10 am
- Zazen
- 6:20 am
- Closing council and Nenju (Names of the Buddha)
- 7:00 am
- Breakfast
- 8:00 am
- Work meeting (dining hall)
- 9:30 am
- Service
- 9:50 am
- Zazen
- 11:00 am
- Coffee break
- 11:20 am
- Dharma talk
- 12:15 pm
- Lunch
Beginner's Mind Sesshin
Friday
- 3:30 pm
- Registration (office)
- 5:30 pm
- Dinner
- 7:30 pm
- Zazen
- 8:00 pm
- Zendo procedure instruction
- 8:30 pm
- Four vows
- 9:30 pm
- Lights out
Saturday
- 5:30 am
- Wake up
- 6:00 am
- Zazen
- 7:20 am
- Service
- 7:45 am
- Breakfast
- 9:00 am
- Work meeting
- 11:00 am
- Zazen
- 11:40 am
- Dharma Talk
- 12:45 pm
- Lunch (informal in dining hall)
- 3:30 pm
- Zazen (optional)
- 4:10 pm
- Zazen
- 5:20 pm
- Dinner
- 7:00 pm
- Zazen
- 7:40 pm
- Dharma Talk
- 8:20 pm
- Four vows
- 8:25 pm
- Zazen (optional)
- 9:30 pm
- Lights out
Sunday (final day)
- 5:30 am
- Wake up
- 6:00 am
- Zazen
- 7:00 am
- Closing council
- 7:30 am
- Breakfast
- 8:00 am
- Work meeting (dining hall)
- 9:30 am
- Service
- 9:50 am
- Zazen
- 11:00 am
- Coffee break
- 11:20 am
- Dharma talk
- 12:15 pm
- Lunch


