Join us for a full day of practice in July. In-person attendance is encouraged for the fully vaccinated, but we will also offer the retreat via Zoom. People are welcome to arrive before evening Zazen on Friday and stay through Zazenkai on Sunday morning for a weekend of practice. This will be the final daylong retreat before the September training month, so a good opportunity to deepen your practice beforehand.
For the fully vaccinated who would like to join us in person, please email us to make arrangements: Tahoma@tahomazenmonastery.com
For those unable to commit to the full day drop-in attendance for any of the bolded events in the below schedule is encouraged for the fully vaccinated.
Schedule
Saturday July 17th
5:00am
Choka (sutras p.3-14); Han;Kinhin
6:00am
Zazen; Zazen
7:00am
Breakfast; Cleanup
8:15am
Samu
10:30am
Cleanup/break
11:00am
Outside UninterruptedZazen
11:55am
Lunch; Cleanup
2:00pm
Dharma Talk; Kinhin
3:00pm
Zazen; Zazen
4:00pm
Outside practice
5:00pm
Dinner [informal; optional]; Cleanup
6:00pm
Uninterrupted Zazen; Han; Kinhin;
7:00pm
Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin
8:00pm
Zazen; Zazen
8:45pm
Kaichin
All times Pacific Time. Please arrive/tune in ten minutes before scheduled events. Events in Bold will be streamed.
For those joining us online we will broadcast four blocks throughout the day: 5am to 7am: Choka; Zazen 11am to Noon: Zazen 2pm to 4pm: Dharma Talk; Zazen 6pm to 9pm: Zazen
Join us in person at Tahoma Zen Monastery or online this May for a weekend retreat as we continue with the Spring Training Period. We will begin with extended evening Zazen on Friday, have a full day of practice on Saturday and conclude with Zazenkai on Sunday. Take this opportunity to maintain and deepen your practice. We encourage you to try to adhere to as much of the schedule as you are committing to. For those participating online the retreat requires some extra commitment toward self-direction for much of the practice. But the rewards are just as great.
For in-person attendance you must be able be fully vaccinated (two weeks past the final shot). As per new CDC Guidelines which Washington State is following if everyone is fully vaccinated no masking is required. Thus we will require vaccines for all attendance and no masks. The zendo is setup for people to be well spaced and there will be open windows in all public spaces for increased airflow. We will also expect regular hand washing and the use of hand sanitizer before meals. As we navigate the return of in-person events we hope that everyone will practice forbearance and understanding. We all must respond to circumstance.
For those interested in participating in-person please contact us to express your interest so we can accurately plan meals. For those who would like to stay over the weekend camping is available and a very limited amount of indoor residency options. Please contact us to arrange accommodations
We begin Friday May 28th with an evening block of zazen: 5:55pm to 8:45pm: Zazen
On Saturday May 29th will be four broadcast blocks throughout the day: 4:55am – 6:55am: Choka and zazen 10:25am to 11:55am: Zazen 1:55pm to 4pm: Dharma Talk and Zazen 5:55pm to 8:45pm: Zazen
On Sunday May 30th there will be two broadcast blocks to conclude our weekend: 4:55am – 6:30am: Choka and zazen 7:55am to 10:00am: Zazenkai: chanting, zazen, short talk, q&a
Part time and drop-in attendance for the vaccinated is allowed at all events. Only those taking part all day on Saturday can attend meals. Please see the website for details or contact us with any questions.
Dharma Talks will be from Torei Enji’s Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School. Download a free PDF of it here (45MB pdf). An archive of previous talks can be found here: Torei zenji’s Discourse talks.
Join us online this April for a weekend retreat as we continue with the Spring Training Period. We will begin with evening Zazen on Friday, have a full day of practice on Saturday and conclude with Zazenkai on Sunday. Take this opportunity to maintain and deepen your practice. We encourage you to try to adhere to as much of the schedule as you are committing to. Online retreats require some extra commitment as we must self-direct much of our practice. But the rewards are just as great.
We begin Friday April 9th with an evening block of zazen: 5:55pm to 8:45pm: Zazen
On Saturday April 10th will be four broadcast blocks throughout the day: 4:55am – 6:55am: Choka and zazen 10:25am to 11:55am: Zazen 1:55pm to 4pm: Dharma Talk and Zazen 5:55pm to 8:45pm: Zazen
On Sunday April 11th there will be two broadcast blocks to conclude our weekend: 4:55am – 6:30am: Choka and zazen 7:55am to 10:00am: Zazenkai: chanting, zazen, short talk, q&a
Drop-in attendance is allowed at all events on Friday and Saturday with masks required. There are no public events on Sunday. At this time we still are not able to allow for residency or shared meals. We encourage people to come for the samu period from 8:15am-10am. Please see the website for details or contact us with any questions.
Dharma Talks will be from Torei Enji’s Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School. Download a free PDF of it here (45MB pdf). An archive of previous talks can be found here: Torei zenji’s Discourse talks.
ll times Pacific Time. Please tune in five minutes before scheduled events. Events in Bold will be streamed. All other events are self-directed AllBolded events can be attended in-person (masks required). Please contact us for details.
Saturday April 10th
5:00am
Choka (Sutras p.3-14); Han;Kinhin
6:00am
Zazen; Zazen
7:00am
Breakfast Break
8:15am
Samu*
10:30am
Zazen Zazen; Kinhin
11:00am
Zazen;
11:55am
Lunch Break
2:00pm
Dharma Talk; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
4:00pm
Physical/Outside practice
5:00pm
Dinner Break
6:00pm
Uninterrupted Zazen; Kinhin;
7:00pm
Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin
8:00pm
Zazen; Zazen
8:45pm
Kaichin
All times Pacific Time. Please tune in five minutes before scheduled events. Events in Boldwill be streamed. All other events are self-directed Samu and all Bolded events can be attended in-person (masks required). Please contact us for details.
Sunday, April 11th
5:00am
Choka(sutras p.3-7,10,12,13); Han;Kinhin
6:00am
Zazen
6:30am
Breakfast break
8:00am
Zazenkai(sutras p.3,10,14)
9:30am
“Tea” – Conversation and questions
ll times Pacific Time. Please tune in five minutes before scheduled events. Events in Bold will be streamed. All other events are self-directed No In-Person events on this day.
On Saturday February 13th, we will devote ourselves to a full day of intensive practice. Deep into winter we can take advantage of the cold, limited daylight and moody weather to spend the day in practice. We will follow our standard virtual sesshin schedule with four blocks broadcast via Zoom.
The Dharma Talk will be from Torei Enji’s Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School. Download a free PDF of it here (45MB pdf). An archive of previous talks can be found here: Torei zenji’s Discourse talks.
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Event Schedule
Saturday, February 13th
5am
Choka; Sampai; Kinhin; Zazen
6am
Zazen; Zazen
7am
Breakfast; Cleanup
8:30am-9:30am
Samu
10am
Uninterrupted Zazen; Kinhin
11am
Zazen; Zazen
11:55am
Lunch; Cleanup
2pm
DharmaTalk; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
4pm
Physical/Outside practice
5pm
Dinner; Cleanup
6:00pm
Uninterrupted Zazen; Kinhin;
7:00pm–8:45pm
Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin
8am
Zazen; Zazen
8:45pm
Kaichin
All times Pacific Time. Please tune in five minutes before scheduled events. All Events will be streamed. Events in Italics are self-directed Blocks in Bold can be attended in-person (masks required).
There is no fee for participating in this event but do be mindful that virtual events also utilize resources and the monastery does have regular expenses in order to keep open. We wish to facilitate the practice and promote the dharma as widely as possible, thus our practice of putting on these events without cost. This is especially important in these times with so many out of work and confined to home. For those who are able to offer support, we appreciate your including us in your consideration. Thank your for your continuing support and please email us with any questions: Contact Information.
On Saturday December 19th, we will observe the shortest day of the year and the conclusion of the Autumn Training Period with extended practice. There will be several periods of zazen throughout the day and a dharma talk along with the regular monastery schedule.
The Dharma Talk will be from Torei Enji’s Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School. Download a free PDF of it here (45MB pdf). An archive of previous talks can be found here: Torei zenji’s Discourse talks.
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Event Schedule
Saturday, December 19th
5am-7am
Choka; Sampai; Kinhin; Zazen
10am-Noon
Uninterrupted Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
2pm-4pm
DharmaTalk; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
6:30pm–8:30pm
Uninterrupted Zazen; Kinhin; Zazen; Zazen
All times Pacific Time. Please tune in five minutes before scheduled events. All Events will be streamed. Blocks in Bold can be attended in-person (masks required).
There is no fee for participating in this event but do be mindful that virtual events also utilize resources and the monastery does have regular expenses in order to keep open. We wish to facilitate the practice and promote the dharma as widely as possible, thus our practice of putting on these events without cost. This is especially important in these times with so many out of work and confined to home. For those who are able to offer support, we appreciate your including us in your consideration. Thank your for your continuing support and please email us with any questions: Contact Information.
The power went out on Whidbey Island mid-afternoon Friday, the 13th and as of noon on Saturday November 14th has yet to return at Tahoma. Clearly we can not hold our virtual events without the power and it is currently not known when the power will return. I’m sorry to say that we will have to cancel the November Daylong Intensive.
We still expect to be able to hold our Virtual Zazenkai tomorrow, Sunday Nov. 15th. If the power hasn’t returned you will not be able to connect and can thus assume it is canceled. We apologize in advance for the inconvenience.
Our November Daylong Intensive for 2020 begins November 14th at 5am utilizing our standard virtual KoSesshin schedule (see below). It will run to around 9pm offering a full day of practice. Take advantage of this opportunity to deepen your practice as we approach the end of the Autumn Training period.
For the Dharma Talks we will be reading from Torei Enji’s Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp of the Zen School translated by Yoko Okuda from Tuttle Publishing. Download a PDF of it here (note: links to a 43MB pdf). This has been the reading material for our Autumn Kessei and you can find notes and recordings of the previous discussions here: Discourse on the Inexhaustible Lamp.
You can download the sutra book that we will be using here: Virtual Sutra Book
The opening day of the sesshin is Friday October 16th at 5am. We request that everyone join all of our events a few minutes early so that you have time to start up the connection and settle in before things begin.
Schedulefor Saturday, November 14th
5:00am
Choka (sutras p.3-13); sampai
5:40am
Zazen(short period); Kinhin
6:00am
Zazen; Zazen;
7:00am
Breakfast / Samu / Break
10:00am
UninterruptedZazen; Kinhin
11:00am
Zazen; Zazen
12:00pm
Lunch / Break
2:00pm
Dharma Talk; Kinhin
3:00pm
Zazen; Zazen
4:00pm
Physical/Outside Practice / Dinner / Break
6:00pm
Uninterrupted Zazen; Kinhin;
7:00pm
Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin
8:00pm
Zazen; Zazen
8:45pm
Kaichin
All times Pacific Time. Please tune in five minutes before scheduled events Events in Bold will be streamed, events in Italics are self-directed.
July 18th Virtual Daylong Retreat Tahoma Zen Monastery
Join us online for our July Daylong Retreat. All of the sitting periods will be broadcast online and we will follow the schedule of the recent virtual Sesshin. Drop-in attendance for the zazen and samu periods will be allowed though we will not be able to accommodate any communal activities beyond that. Drop-in attendance for Choka and the Dharma Talk are not available. Masks required for attendance at any events.
Every month we try to offer a full day of practice, a one day retreat. In such times were we are not able to meet together in person, we will hold these events virtually utilizing the Zoom Platform. We will necessarily be modifying this event from our stand Day of Practice schedule as we all have to attend to our own meals, samu and breaks.
For this virtual Day of Practice we will offer periods of zazen throughout the day. The day will run from 5:00a.m. until 8:30p.m. with four main periods throughout the day. The Zoom link will allow you to join in for any of these events for as long as you are able. There will be periodic breaks and periods of walking meditation which will be announce and which you will undertake on your own.
We will follow the standard Tahoma Choka, with the omission of Enmei Jukko Kannon Gyo and after The Four Great Vows we will chant Dai Segaki for the dead and dying and then conclude with Sampai.
Every month we try to offer a full day of practice, a one day retreat. In such times were we are not able to meet together in person, we will hold these events virtually utilizing the Zoom Platform. We will necessarily be modifying this event from our stand Day of Practice schedule as we all have to attend to our own meals, samu and breaks. Please see the schedule below and read through our Guidelines for Virtual Events and join the Tahoma Virtual Events mailing list. The link for the Zoom meeting will only be sent out via the email list.
For this virtual Day of Practice we will offer periods of zazen throughout the day. The day will run from 5:00a.m. until 8:30p.m. with four main periods throughout the day. The Zoom link will allow you to join in for any of these events for as long as you are able. There will be periodic breaks and periods of walking meditation which will be announce and which you will undertake on your own.
The Schedule for this day will be
5:00am-7:00am
Choka (Sutras); Zazen
7:00am to 11:00am
Breakfast / samu / break
11:00am-Noon
Zazen
12pm-1:30pm
Lunch / break
1:30pm-3:30pm
Dharma Talk; Zazen
3:30pm-5:30pm
Break / dinner
5:30pm-6:30pm
Uninterrupted Zazen
6:30pm-8:30pm
Zazen
Events in Bold will be streamed, events in Italics are self-directed.
