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Rohatsu Sesshin Schedule
Sunday
- 6-7 pm Arrival and dinner
- 7:30 pm Meet in zendo for introduction to sesshin
- 8:15 pm Instruction in oryoki and various training positions
- 9:00 pm Zazen and formal opening of sesshin - Great Silence begins
- 9:25 pm Closing chants/End of day
Monday through Saturday
- 3:50 am Wake up bell
- 4:30 am Zazen
- 6:20 am Service
- 6:50 am Breakfast (oryoki) in dining hall
- 8:00 am Work period begins
- 9:50 am Warning bell to clean up
- 10:00 am End of work period
- 10:30 am Zazen
- 12:30 pm Lunch (oryoki) in dining hall
- 1:30 - 3 pm Break
- 3:00 pm Zazen
- 3:25 pm Teisho (formal talk given by teacher)
- 4:20 pm Kinhin
- 4:30 pm Zazen
- 5:20 pm Service
- 5:30 pm Dinner (oryoki) in dining hall
- 7:00 pm Zazen
- 8:50 pm Tea
- 9:15 pm Closing chants/End of tea
Sunday
- 3:50 am Wake up bell
- 4:30 am Zazen
- 4:55 am Zazen and closing remarks
- 5:20 am Closing ceremony
- 6:20 am Service
- 6:50 am Breakfast (oryoki) in dining hall
- 8:00 am Work period begins - end of Great Silence
- 9:20 am Warning bell to clean up
- 9:30 am End of work period
- 10:00 am Public Program
