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4:00 PM

6:00 PM

Arrival

introductions, instructions

6:00 PM

6:30 PM

Prepare dinner

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

Dinner

7:30 PM

8:00 PM

Break

8:00 PM

8:10 PM

Opening ceremony

nine prostrations

8:10 PM

8:50 PM

Zazen

8:50 PM

9:00 PM

Kinhin

9:00 PM

9:40 PM

Zazen

9:40 PM

9:50 PM

Kinhin

6:30 AM

8:00 AM

Zazen

at your own pace, in your room or meditation hall

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM

9:20 AM

Short break

9:20 AM

10:00 AM

Zazen

10:00 AM

10:10 AM

Kinhin

10:10 AM

10:50 AM

Zazen

10:50 AM

11:00 AM

Kinhin

11:00 AM

11:40 AM

Zazen

11:40 AM

11:50 AM

Kinhin

11:50 AM

12:30 PM

Prepare lunch

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

1:50 PM

Chant Heart Sutra

1:50 PM

2:30 PM

Zazen

2:30 PM

2:40 PM

Kinhin

2:40 PM

3:20 PM

Zazen

3:20 PM

3:30 PM

Kinhin

3:30 PM

4:00 PM

Dharma talk

4:00 PM

5:30 PM

Work period

5:30 PM

6:00 PM

Prepare dinner

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

Dinner

7:00 PM

9:00 PM

Campfire and poetry

weather permitting

9:00 PM

9:40 PM

Zazen

9:40 PM

9:50 PM

Kinhin

6:30 AM

8:00 AM

Zazen

at your own pace, in your room or meditation hall

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

Breakfast

9:00 AM

9:20 AM

Short break

9:20 AM

10:00 AM

Zazen

10:00 AM

10:10 AM

Kinhin

10:10 AM

10:50 AM

Zazen

10:50 AM

11:00 AM

Kinhin

11:00 AM

11:40 AM

Zazen

11:40 AM

11:50 AM

Kinhin

11:50 AM

12:30 PM

Prepare lunch

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

2:10 PM

Zazen

2:10 PM

2:20 PM

Kinhin

2:20 PM

2:30 PM

Closing ceremony

2:30 PM

3:10 PM

Zazen

3:10 PM

3:20 PM

Kinhin

3:20 PM

4:00 PM

Goodbyes and cleanup