November 2018 Practice Day

November Day of Practice at Tahoma

Continuing our regularly scheduled day of practice we will devote Saturday November 17^th to zazen. As Autumn deepens and the nature of impermanence is visible all around we should take some time to go deep into our practice. As always one is welcome to come before evening zazen on Friday and stay through Zazenkai on Sunday for a full 36 hours of practice. Further details on practice at Tahoma over this weekend can be found at the end of this post.

The Schedule for this day will be:

4:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
5:00	Choka (Sutras)
5:40	Zazen
5:55	Kinhin
6:00	Han; Zazen; Zazen
6:55	Breakfast Breakfast Cleanup
8:15	Samu (Clappers; meet at deck)
9:30	Samu ends (Clappers)
9:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
10:00	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
11:55	Lunch Kitchen Cleanup
1:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
2:00	Reading; Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
4:00	Supper (optional, free-style)
5:20	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
5:30	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin;
6:30	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
8:30	Kaichin in kitchen Yaza

The Monastery’s regularly scheduled periods of zazen from 5 am to 7 am and 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm will still be observed and anyone can drop in for either of these or any of the other zazen periods. You are also welcome to arrive on Friday before the Practice Day and/or stay though Zazenkai on Sunday, if you’d like to extend your practice. In all cases it is expected that the monasteries schedule will be followed.

Please email us If you’d like to attend, especially if you will be coming early or staying later or if you have any questions:
tahoma@whidbey.com

October 25, 2018

Upcoming events at Tahoma

Autumn / Winter 2018-19

November 17th 2018
Practice Day
4:50am to 8:30pm

Chanting, zazen, kinhin, formal meals partial/drop in attendance acceptable. Further details, schedules and updates for each months day of Practice will be posted here.

Please email us If you’d like to attend, especially if you will be coming early or staying later or with any questions: tahoma@whidbey.com

December 31st 2018
New Years Eve Sit
6:30: potluck
8pm: zazen, with chanting and bell ringing at midnight

January 8th – 13th, 2019
Rohatsu at Tahoma
Attendance information and further details forthcoming.

February 5th-12th, 2019
OSesshin with Shodo Harada Roshi
Kokuho February 5th
Sign up information and further details forthcoming.

Keep track of upcoming events at Tahoma on this blog, and via the newsletter mailing list: Newsletter Sign Up

October 13, 2018

October Day of Practice 2018

October Day of Practice at Tahoma

Continuing our regularly scheduled day of practice we will devote Saturday October 20^th to zazen. As Autumn deepens and the nature of impermanence is visible all around we should take some time to go deep into our practice. As always one is welcome to come before evening zazen on Friday and stay through Zazenkai on Sunday for a full 36 hours of practice. Further details on practice at Tahoma over this weekend can be found at the end of this post.

The Schedule for this day will be:

October 20^th Practice Day Schedule

4:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
5:00	Choka (Sutras)
5:40	Zazen
5:55	Kinhin
6:00	Han; Zazen; Zazen
6:55	Breakfast Breakfast Cleanup
8:15	Samu (Clappers; meet at deck)
9:30	Samu ends (Clappers)
9:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
10:00	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
11:55	Lunch Kitchen Cleanup
1:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
2:00	Reading; Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
4:00	Supper (optional, free-style)
5:20	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
5:30	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin;
6:30	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
8:30	Kaichin in kitchen Yaza

Please email us If you’d like to attend, especially if you will be coming early or staying later or if you have any questions:
tahoma@whidbey.com

August 25, 2018

Samu Day September 1st 2018

The September 2018 training period at Tahoma Zen Monastery begins on Wednesday the 5th. We will have a day of samu on Saturday, September 1st so that we may all work together to ready the monastery for this period of training. Samu is a natural extension of our training allowing us to freely move from work on the cushion to simple work with our hands, to the complex interactions of our daily lives. This day of samu will allow us to engage in this deep work and to share our efforts with the sangha. So please join us for any portion of the work period that you can.

Samu Day Schedule

5:00am Choka
6:00am Zazen
7:00am Formal Breakfast
8:30am Samu begins
12:30pm Lunch

We will be on the regular monastery schedule on this day and everyone is welcome to come for any part of it. If you would like to come for choka and take part in the formal morning meal do let us know you are coming for planning purposes. The monastery will provide simple food for an informal lunch. Food donations for this day, or for sesshin are more than welcome!

Please email us at tahoma@whibey.com with any questions or to let us know if you plan to attend prior to the samu period.

Directions to the monastery can be found here.

August 14, 2018

August Day of Practice

August Day of Practice at Tahoma

Continuing our regularly scheduled day of practice we will devote Saturday August 18^th to zazen. With the September training period just around the corner this is a great way to begin to deepen your practice in preparation. As always one is welcome to come before evening zazen on Friday and stay through Zazenkai on Sunday for a full 36 hours of practice. Further details on practice at Tahoma over this weekend can be found at the end of this post.

The Schedule for this day will be:

August 18^th Practice Day Schedule

4:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
5:00	Choka (Sutras)
5:40	Zazen
5:55	Kinhin
6:00	Han; Zazen; Zazen
6:55	Breakfast Breakfast Cleanup
8:15	Samu (Clappers; meet at deck)
9:30	Same ends (Clappers)
9:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
10:00	Reading; Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
11:55	Lunch Kitchen Cleanup
1:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
2:00	Reading; Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
4:00	Supper (optional, free-style)
5:20	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
5:30	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin;
6:30	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
8:30	Kaichin in kitchen Yaza

Please email us If you’d like to attend, especially if you will be coming early or staying later or if you have any questions:
tahoma@whidbey.com

July 14, 2018

July Day of Practice

Monthly Day of Practice at Tahoma

For Zen practitioners it is of immeasurable value to maintain a regular zazen schedule of various durations. Thus along with the three Training Months and the Daily Practice Schedule we offer a Practice Day each month. This next day of training will occur on Saturday July 21^st. The Schedule for this day of will be:

July 21^st Practice Day Schedule

4:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
5:00	Choka (Sutras)
5:40	Zazen
5:55	Kinhin
6:00	Han; Zazen; Zazen
6:55	Breakfast Breakfast Cleanup
8:15	Samu (Clappers; meet at deck)
9:30	Same ends (Clappers)
9:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
10:00	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
11:55	Lunch Kitchen Cleanup
1:50	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
2:00	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
4:00	Supper (optional, free-style)
5:20	Seated in Zendo; Gosei
5:30	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin;
6:30	Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
8:30	Kaichin in kitchen Yaza

The Monastery’s regularly scheduled periods of zazen from 5 am to 7am and 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm will still be observed and anyone can drop in for either of these or any of the other zazen periods. You are also welcome to arrive on Friday before the Practice Day and/or stay though Zazenkai on Sunday, if you’d like to extend your practice. In all cases it is expected that the monasteries schedule will be followed.

Please email us If you’d like to attend, especially if you will be coming early or staying later or if you have any questions:
tahoma@whidbey.com