June 20th-27th, 2021
Our weeklong retreat commemorating the Summer Solstice begins on June 20th. There are plenty of options for people to take part. People can sign up for full time attendance until June 20th, or for part-time attendance up to the day before you intend to attend. Please contact us if you’d like to take part in person (full vaccination required):
tahoma@tahomazenmonastery.com
Drop-In Attendance
All of the events are open to drop-in attendance for the fully vaccinated. Simply arrive ten minutes before the scheduled event, find an unoccupied place in the Zendo and take part. Drop-in attendees are expected to not attend meals. If you’d like to include a meal in your list simply contact us in advance and you can do a day, or half a day of part time practice.
Online Retreat
We are also offering this retreat online for those unable to come to the monastery. Online retreats can be as rigorous as an in-person retreat if you approach the self-directed activities with as much commitment as those broadcast. Suggestions and procedure for getting the most out of a virtual sesshin can be found in our Guidelines for Virtual Events and Orientation to Virtual Sesshin.
The online retreat will have four major broadcast blocks throughout the day:
5am to 7am: Choka and Zazen
10:30am to Noon: Zazen
2pm to 4pm: Dharma Talk and Zazen
6pm to 9pm: Zazen
Zoom Link for Online Retreat: [event has passed]
To receive the links for the Virtual Events by email: Tahoma Virtual Events mailing list.
For this retreat we will be working on practices and approaches to training for retreat, daily practice and amidst the furor of daily life. Rooted in traditional practice, the approach we will be studying extends into the natural world with simple practices we can engage in beyond the zendo. The primary text for this retreat will be Dewdrops on Stinging Nettles a practice guide we have put together. This will be supplemented with classic texts throughout the tradition. Copies of the text can be acquired here: Dewdrops on Stinging Nettles.
Essential Files
• Download the full schedule: Summer Solstice Retreat Schedule
• The sutra book we will be using can be downloaded here:: Virtual Sutra book
• An excerpt of our text covering the outside practices can be downloaded here: Dewdrops on Stinging Nettles – Outside Practices
Retreat Schedule
Sunday, June 20th
| 5:00pm | Informal Dinner; Cleanup |
| 6:00pm | Orientation [in dining hall] |
| 7:30pm | Zazen |
| 8:00pm | Opening Sutra (sutras p.16); Introductory Talk |
| 8:45pm | Kaichin [in kitchen] |
Events in Bold will be streamed.
Monday June 20th – Saturday June 26th
| 5:00am | Choka (sutras p.3-14); Sampai; Han |
| 5:40am | Zazen (short period); Kinhin |
| 6:00am | Zazen; Zazen |
| 7:00am | Breakfast; Cleanup; Break |
| 8:15am | Samu [meet on kitchen deck] |
| 10:30am | Outside Zazen; Kinhin |
| 11:30am | Zazen; |
| 11:55am | Lunch; Cleanup; Break |
| 2:00pm | Dharma Talk; Kinhin |
| 3:00pm | Zazen; Zazen |
| 4:00pm | Outside practice [meet at zendo] |
| 5:00pm | Dinner (informal, optional); Cleanup; Break |
| 6:00pm | Uninterrupted Zazen; Kinhin; |
| 7:00pm | Zazen; Zazen; Kinhin |
| 8:00pm | Zazen; Zazen |
| 8:45pm | Sarei (tea); Han; Closing Sutra (sutras p.17); Sampai |
| 9:00pm | Kaichin |
Events in Bold will be streamed.
Sunday, June 27th
| 5:00am | Abbreviated Choka (sutras p.3, 4, 10, 12, 13); Han; |
| 5:20am | Zazen (short period); Kinhin |
| 5:45am | Zazen |
| 6:15am | Closing Sutra (sutras p. 6,7); Closing Talk |
| 6:30am | Breakfast; Cleanup; Break |
| 8:00am | Zazenkai (sutras p.3, 10, 14) |
| 9:30am | Informal Tea [on kitchen deck] |
Events in Bold will be streamed.
Please email us with any questions, or for registration information: tahoma@tahomazenmonastery.com
This retreat is offered without charge, however there are costs to us for food, utilities, printing and operations. So please do consider making a donation online or in person with this in mind.