Dates and Time
Friday, November 7, 2014 – Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 3:00 pm. Please arrive between 3 and 5 pm on Friday.
The seminar begins in the evening on Friday evening with an informal supper. Please account for travel time to the center, which is located about an hour south-east of Boston, Massachusetts, and about 15 minutes from Providence, Rhode Island.
Schedule
The seminar schedule will include early rising and a morning chanting service, followed by sitting and walking meditation and a self-serve silent breakfast. Lectures continue throughout the morning and afternoon followed by an evening medtiation period to close the day’s activities. Lunch and dinner meals will be informal. You can download the schedule as a PDF.
Friday, November 7
| 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Arrive |
| 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Newcomer Instructions |
| 5:15 PM | Silent dinner |
| 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Introductions, Opening Lectures (Sōgen, Kendo) |
| 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Zazen and Closing |
Saturday, November 8
| 5:00 AM | Kaijo (wake-up) |
| 5:30 AM | Choka (chanting), Zazen |
| 7:00 AM | Silent Breakfast, Cleanup |
| 9:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Diamond Sutra Study |
| 11:30 AM – 12 PM | Zazen |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch, Cleanup |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Diamond Sutra Study |
| 4:30 PM | Banka (chanting) |
| 5:30 PM | Dinner, Cleanup |
| 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM | Diamond Sutra Study |
| 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Zazen and Kaichin (closing) |
Sunday, November 9
| 5:00 AM | Kaijo (wake-up) |
| 5:30 AM | Choka, Zazen |
| 7:00 AM | Silent Breakfast, Cleanup |
| 9:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Diamond Sutra Study Wrap-Up and Reflections |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Zazen |
| 12:30 PM | Closing, Lunch, Cleanup |
| by 3:00 PM | Departure |