October Daylong Retreat
October 18th, 2025
Please join us for a full day of practice as we move deeper into the Autumn intensive period. The weather is turning cooler, signs of change into winter are everywhere–signs that we should turn inward and even more rigorously probe into this matter. These daylong retreats are an opportunity for sustained practice, to delve into this great matter in a more concentrated way.
This event is open for residential and drop-in attendance. If you would like to stay on campus and take part in the regular monastery schedule surrounding the retreat 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, sooner rather than later.
The talks during this retreat will be from the recently released second edition of Tendo’s practice book Dewdrops on Stinging Nettles as we continue with the launch for the book. This completely revised and expanded edition of the book is available everywhere including as an eBook on all major platforms, for last minute acquisition. Additional information can be found here: Dewdrops on Stinging Nettles.
The Dharma talk will continue with the Introduction to the Dream Mountain Way began at the Summer talks. The first part can be listened to here and the second part here) The third part will be on Good Friends and how we practice with others. There will also be an instructional talk mid-morning on Focus. All of the previous instructional and dharma talks are archived in this page: Dream Mountain Teachings.
Join us Online
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: Autumn 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.
Friday Broadcast Schedule
6:30pm to 8:00pm: Zazen
Saturday Broadcast Schedule
5:00am to 7am: Choka; Zazen
10:00 to Noon: Instructional Talk; Zazen
2pm to 4:00pm: Dharma Talk; Zazen
6:00pm to 8:45pm: Zazen; Closing Sutra
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October Daylong Retreat Schedule
| 5:00am | Choka (sutras p.3-14); Sampai; Han; Zazen |
| 6:00am | Zazen; Zazen |
| 7:00am | Breakfast; Break |
| 8:15am | Samu (work practice) |
| 10:00am | Instructional Talk; Zazen; Kinhin |
| 11:00am | Zazen [outside weather permitting] |
| 11:55am | Lunch; Break |
| 2:00pm | Dharma Talk; Kinhin; |
| 3:00pm | Zazen; Zazen |
| 4:15pm | Outside Kinhin |
| 5:00pm | Dinner [Optional, Informal]; Break |
| 6:00pm | Uninterrupted Zazen; Han; Kinhin |
| 7:00pm | Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin |
| 8:00pm | Zazen; |
| 8:25pm | Han; Closing Sutra (p.17); Sampai |
| 8:30pm | Kaichin; Yaza |
Events in Bold will be streamed.
To receive events notifications and the zoom links for Virtual Events by email: Tahoma Events mailing list.
Please email us with any questions: Contact Information