Rohatsu Sesshin 2022
December 4th-11th, 2022
The autumn training period culminates with the Rohtasu sesshin commemorating the Buddha’s awakening. This is always the most intense retreat of the year in which one brings the years worth of training to bear. This year Rohatsu at Tahoma will run from December 4th through the 11th. As has been the case with all Rohatsu’s at Tahoma the days get longer and more intense as we go through the week. For this year, the first three days of this retreat will be drop in only with periods in the morning and evening. The remaining days will be our regular full time Rohatsu schedule with drop in and residency options. All in-person attendance requires you to be fully vaccinated with the booster. The entire retreat will be broadcast via zoom. The Zoom link will be posted on the website in the days prior and sent out in the Tahoma Events weekly mailing
Each evening of the retreat in the first period after golden hour we will read from Hakuin Zenji’s Rohatsu Exhortations (available here). During the full days of retreat the dharma talks will be from Torei Zenji’s Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School continuing with the chapter on Faith and Practice. Previous talks on this text can be found here. Day 6 and 7 will feature 10am instructional talks continuing the Autumn Training period theme of Calming and Contemplation. The previous talks can be found here.
Registration and Attendance
Essential Information for those joining online
• Please tune in 5-10 minutes before the scheduled start time so you can be settled.
• Download the monastery schedule: Rohatsu Sesshin Schedule
• The sutra book we will be using can be downloaded here: Virtual Sutra book
• Information and previous talks on the Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp are here.
• Previous Instructional Talks on Calming and Contemplation can be found are here.
• Read these posts: Guidelines for Virtual Events and Orientation to Virtual Sesshin.
• To receive the links for Virtual Events by email: Tahoma Events mailing list.
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Schedule]
Day 1: Sunday, December 4th, 2022
8am-9:30am: Zazenkai and Rohatsu Opening Ceremony
6pm-7pm: Golden Hour (uninterrupted zazen); kinhin
7pm-8pm: Rohatsu Exhortations talk; zazen; kinhin
8pm-8:45pm: Zazen; Zazen
Day 2 & 3: Monday, December 5th – Tuesday December 6th, 2022
5am-6am: Choka; Zazen; Kinhin
6am-7am: Zazen; Zazen
6pm-7pm: Golden Hour (uninterrupted zazen); kinhin
7pm-8pm: Rohatsu Exhortations talk; zazen; kinhin
8pm-8:45pm: Zazen; Zazen
Day 4-7: Wednesday, December 7th – Saturday, December 10th, 2022
5am-6am: Choka; Zazen; Kinhin
6am-7am: Zazen; Zazen
10am: Instructional Talk (day 7 only)
10:30am-Noon: Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen
2pm-3pm; Dharma Talk; Kinhin
3pm-4pm: Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin
4pm-4:30pm: Banka
6pm-7pm: Golden Hour (uninterrupted zazen); kinhin
7pm-8pm: Rohatsu Exhortations Reading; Zazen; kinhin
8pm-9/10/11pm: Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin
(The evening gets later as the week goes on. See full schedule.)
Day 8: Sunday, December 11th
5am-5:20am: Choka [shortened]; Zazen; Kinhin
5:30am-6am: Zazen
6am-6:30am: Bodhi Day Ceremony
8am-9:30am: Zazenkai and Rohatsu Closing Ceremony
Please email us with any questions: Contact Information
This retreat is offered without charge, however there are costs to putting it on, so please consider making a donation online or in person with this in mind.