Spring with all its fecundity means that the flora in the garden, columbarium and grounds have entered a phase of riotous growth. As we prepare our buildings and ground for May Sesshin after a long hiatus there is much work to be done and your help is needed more than ever. We will work until around noon and then a light lunch will be offered. Please join us in getting our monastery ready for summer!
April 30th 8:30am, to 12:00 (PDT). Please do not arrive overly early. Gather at the Kitchen deck. Be prepared for outside work, though we will also have inside work for those so inclined. We are able to widely spread out people if desired distanced work. Directions to Tahoma Zen Monastery: Getting Here.
Spring with all it’s fecundity means that the flora in the garden, columbarium and grounds have entered a phase of riotous growth. Without our May samu sesshin to bring many hands to the epic amount of work required your help is needed more than ever. Over the next few months we will periodically be open on Saturdays for safe Physically Distanced samu. We can have people wildly separated in the multiple regions that need work and we can all safely work out of doors. We will provide refreshments to fuel our labor and strive to keep everyone safe and happy. We hope to see you here!
April 24th 9:00am, to 12:30 (PDT). Please do not arrive overly early. Meet at the Kitchen deck and please wear your mask. Directions to Tahoma Zen Monastery: Getting Here.
Spring with all it’s fecundity means that the flora in the garden, columbarium and grounds have entered a phase of riotous growth. Without our May samu sesshin to bring many hands to the epic amount of work required your help is needed more than ever. Over the next few months we will periodically be open on Saturdays for safe Physically Distanced samu. We can have people wildly separated in the multiple regions that need work and we can all safely work out of doors. We will provide refreshments to fuel our labor and strive to keep everyone safe and happy. We hope to see you here!
April 17th 9:00am, to 12:30 (PDT). Please do not arrive overly early. Meet at the Kitchen deck and please wear your mask. Directions to Tahoma Zen Monastery: Getting Here.
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.
The May 2019 training period at Tahoma Zen Monastery begins on Sunday May 5th. We will have a day of samu on Saturday, April 27th 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 part of the work period that you can. A simple lunch will be provided after the samu period.
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. Please email us at tahoma@whibey.com.
