Sweetwater Zen Center - Sesshin Schedule

To study the Buddha way is to study the self.
To study the self is to forget the self.
To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.
~Dogen Zenji

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A Typical Sesshin Day
5:30AM	Wake up
6:00AM	Zazen	ZCLA zazen instruction ZMM zazen instruction
6:30AM	Kinhin	walking meditation
6:40AM	Zazen
7:10AM	Kinhin
7:20AM	Zazen
7:40AM	Service
7:55	prepare breakfast	bring simple meals--there are kitchens for preparation
8:15AM	Breakfast
9:00AM	zazen
9:30AM	opening council	Council instructions
10:10AM	Kinhin
10:20AM	Zazen
10:50AM	End/Break
11:00AM	samu (work)	meet in the garden for service and assignment
12:45PM	prepare lunch
1:15PM	Lunch
2:00PM	Zazen
2:30PM	Kinhin
2:40PM	Talk
3:10PM	End/Break
3:30PM	Exercise	usually people go for a walk in the neighborhood
4:30PM	Zazen
4:55PM	Kinhin
5:05PM	Zazen
5:30PM	Dinner Break
7:00PM	Zazen
7:30PM	Kinhin
7:40PM	Zazen
8:10PM	Four Vows	Gathas at SWZC

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by Bobby Werner

Zen Center Accreditations: White Plum Sangha | Zen Peacemakers | Soto School