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Online Sesshin Application

Sesshin Application

  • Please choose a sesshin
  • Sesshin Fee:

    Our sesshin rate is $45/day for members. For non-members, it’s $65/day. For those coming part-time, the charge per block is $12/day for members and $15/day for non-members.
    However, for online sesshin, We leave it up to each participant to contribute whatever they can afford. This year the Center could very much use an infusion of revenue to help compensate for the cancellations of sesshin and rental retreats at Chapin Mill, but then many members will also feel financially strapped. So just give what you can afford.

    Each day of sesshin includes 4 blocks of sitting:

    Block 1: 6:00am - 8:00am

    Block 2: 9:30am - 12:30pm

    Block 3: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

    Block 4: 7:00pm - 9:30pm

  • Abbot’s Fund:

  • Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0.00.
  • Personal Information

  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Membership Status

  • Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0.
  • Sesshin Experience

  • Month/YearLocationConducted byNumber of Days 
  • Medical Information

    Please answer the questions below in detail, even if you’ve done so for a previous sesshin.

    Please list any medical conditions you have that require regular care or medication (include pregnancy, current infections, high or low blood pressure, communicable diseases or chronic headaches).
  • Please list anything you would like Roshi and the monitors to be aware of.
  • Please complete the following two questions if this is your first sesshin with the Rochester Zen Center or if the information has changed since you last answered these questions:

  • PLEASE NOTIFY THE HEAD MONITOR OF ANY MEDICAL OR OTHER CONDITIONS THAT ARISE AFTER SUBMITTING THIS APPLICATION

  • In submitting this application, I agree as follows:
    • I will finish the entire sesshin or that portion I’ve applied for.
    • WAIVER OF LIABILITY: I understand that sesshin is a period of strenuous traditional Zen training involving some 10 hours of formal meditation per day during which participants may frequently be struck with the kyosaku (encouragement stick). In accordance with this understanding and in consideration for the Center’s accepting me to sesshin, I agree that neither the Rochester Zen Center nor any of its employees, officers, trustees, or trainees - nor any person acting as sesshin monitor or otherwise supervising, overseeing, or conducting any aspect of sesshin - shall be liable to me or to any other person for any loss or injury suffered by me in connection with my participation in sesshin, whether or not such loss or injury is caused by any act or omission of the Center or any of the persons specified above.
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