January 7-day Sesshin that commemorates the Buddha’s enlightenment
First Night | |
6:55 p.m. | Warning bell |
7:00 | Zazen and Opening ceremony |
~ 9:25 | End of formal zazen; Four Vows |
Each Day | |
3:40 a.m. | Wake-up bell |
3:57 | Outdoor kinhin |
4:15 | Zazen; chanting |
7:00 | Breakfast |
7:20 | Work period |
8:25 | Bell ending work period; rest period |
9:25 | Zazen warning bell |
9:30 | Zazen |
10:15 | Teisho |
11:25 | Zazen |
12:30 p.m. | Lunch, followed by rest period |
1:25 | Zazen warning bell |
1:30 | Zazen |
3:30 | Chanting |
3:50 | Calisthenics |
4:40 | Zazen |
5:15 | Dinner, followed by rest period |
6:55 | Zazen warning bell |
7:00 | Zazen |
9:25 | End of formal zazen; chanting of Four Vows; concluding ritual |
Tea and fruit available in kitchen | |
Last Day | Same as other days, until |
9:30 a.m. | Zazen and final dokusan |
~ 1:00 p.m. | Final words, followed by closing ceremony and lunch |