November 4th, 2023, 4:50am to 9pm (PST)
This first weekend of November we will dive into intensive investigation of this great matter with a period set aside for extended practice. This weekend event, centered on Saturdays full day of practice, is open for residential and drop-in attendance. If you would like to stay on campus and make the most of this weekend of practice please contact us to make arrangements. Please be aware that there is a minimum number of attendees required for us to support residential practice. We request that everyone who intends to join us beyond dropping in for a single period contact us with your plans.
Additionally we will continue to broadcast these retreats via Zoom for those unable to join us in person. We will begin the online broadcast during regular Friday evening zazen and conclude after Sunday’s Zazenkai allowing for one to be able to extend ones practice beyond the full day.
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: Daylong Retreat Schedule
• The sutra book we will be using can be downloaded here: Virtual Sutra book
• 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.
Broadcast Schedule
Friday, November 3rd
6:30pm to 8:15pm: Zazen
Saturday, November 4th
5am to 7am: Choka; Zazen
10:30am to Noon: Zazen
2pm to 4:00pm: Dharma Talk; Zazen
6:00pm to 8:45pm: Zazen
Zoom Link: [event has passed
Retreat Schedule
Saturday November 4th
| 5:00am | Choka (sutras p.3-14); Sampai; Han |
| 5:40am | Zazen (short period); Kinhin |
| 6:00am | Zazen; Zazen |
| 7:00am | Breakfast; Break |
| 8:15am | Samu (work practice) |
| 10:30am | Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin |
| 11:30am | Zazen |
| 11:55am | Lunch; Break |
| 2:00pm | Dharma Talk; Kinhin |
| 3:00pm | Zazen; Zazen |
| 4:15pm | Physical/Outside practice [Self-Directed] |
| 5:00pm | Dinner [Optional, Informal]; Break |
| 6:00pm | Uninterrupted Zazen; Han; Kinhin; |
| 7:00pm | Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin |
| 8:00pm | Zazen; Zazen |
| 8:45pm | Han; Closing Sutra (p.17); Sampai |
| 9:00pm | Kaichin; Yaza |
Events in Bold will be streamed.
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.