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The continuing uncertainty around COVID requires we plan how to insure a safe space for Zen training and practice. To stay as safe as possible while we practice together, we are sending you protocols for masking and for Rapid Antigen testing, as well as some requests for you.
Masking at Tahoma
Masks are mandatory in the following locations:
Kitchen
Dining Hall during chanting
Zendo during chanting
Masks are optional in Zendo, Sanzen room and the Tahoma grounds. Please bring a supply of good quality masks (K95, N95)
Rapid testing at Tahoma
Rapid/Antigen testing…
1. The evening prior to your departure, please Rapid/Antigen test. (If you are traveling on public transit (air, bus, train, taxi, please wear a mask during your trip)
2. Upon entry to the Temple
3. Day 3 of sesshin
4. If you become symptomatic
Housing and Tenting
Housing has long been in short supply at Tahoma, and sleeping options are communal. Tents strongly encouraged, as space for privacy and also for potential quarantine, should that be necessary. Please consider bringing or sending a tent to Tahoma, even if you have requested temple housing. We have a small number of tents, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Let us know quickly if you would like to borrow a tent and we can let you know if any are still available.
Requests
Please bring a minimum of 3 Rapid Antigen tests (and use 1 prior to departing).
In addition, please be aware
-In order to provide for optimal air circulation, the zendo windows will be open. Prepare to dress accordingly.
-If you have a compromised immune system, recovering from surgery, or if you have been unwell, you may wish to consider whether to attend this Osesshin. If you are unwell please stay home and plan to attend another Osesshin in the future.
-Any help with set up before or clean up following Osesshin would be greatly appreciated. If you are able, then come a day early or stay a day after sesshin to assist with many necessary tasks. You must provide us with your expected arrival and departure dates in the form below. If you need to change those dates, contact us, to make arrangements,
-The temple cannot provide transportation.
As always we expect adherence to our core sesshin rules
-Noble silence in all circumstance. Minimal functional speech only.
-Attendance at all events is mandatory. Be on time, which means be there early.
-No electronics especially in the zendo. Put your device into silent/airplane mode and leave in your sleeping area.
PleaseNote
We used these guidelines to hold safe sesshin in 2022. The guidelines worked then, and your cooperation is requested, so we can keep each other healthy and continue to practice together.
