Daily Zazen Schedule
Tuesday through Sunday
5:30 - 7:00 AM
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Tuesdays – Sundays, on the second and fourth weeks of each month,
evening zazen will be from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
We do Zazen (sitting meditation) in periods of 25 minutes with a few minutes of break in between. Please be in the Zendo and on a cushion ten minutes before zazen begins. If you arrive after a period has started, please wait in the entrance area on a cushion until the period ends. Chairs and kneeling benches are available.
Zazenkai
Zazenkai is regularly, with some exceptions, held all Sundays of the month, from 8:00 – 9:15 AM. Ideal for beginners, Zazenkai includes sutra chanting, zazen, walking meditation and a short reading from texts by Shodo Harada Roshi. Afterwards, tea and sweets are served in the dining hall, and there is an opportunity for conversation and discussion.
Please be in the Zendo and on a cushion ten minutes before zazen begins. If you arrive after a period has started, please wait in the entrance area on a cushion until the period ends. (Chairs and kneeling benches are available)
Note: there will be no regular Zazenkai on September 7 due to the ongoing sesshin.
Mini-Sesshin Schedule
Friday
PM
5:00 Orientation and supper
5:50 On cushion
6:00 Zazen
8:40 Sarei (tea and sweets) and sutras
9:00 Kaichin (final sutras in the kitchen), optional Yaza
Saturday
AM
4:30 Wake up bell
4:50 On cushion
5:00 Sutras/Zazen
7:00 Breakfast
7:30 Break
8:00 Samu
9:30 Break
10:00 Zazen
PM
12:00 Lunch
12:40 Break
2:00 Zazen
2:30 Teisho/Zazen
4:15 Break
4:30 Optional Supper
5:50 On cushion
6:00 Long Kinhin
6:30 Zazen
8:40 Sarei/Sutras
9:00 Kaichin, optional Yaza
Sunday
AM
4:30 Wake up bell
4:50 On cushion
5:00 Sutras/Zazen
6:30 Final Sutras
Please be on your cushion ten minutes before zazen begins.
Tahoma Contact Information
For information about visiting, special events, or the
regular sitting schedule at Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery
please contact the Head Monk by phone: 360.331.4142
Head Monk: Ekei Zenji
Monastery email:
tahoma@whidbey.com
Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery
6499 Wahl Road, Freeland, WA 98249
360-331-4142 (voice)
360-331-7475 (fax)
Donations and Pledges: One Drop Zendo Association
c/o Ekei Zenji, at the Monastery
Monastery Messages: Carol Soki and Fred Soseki Olson
skylark@whidbey.com
Monastery Messages is sent monthly with news and announcements from Tahoma Monastery.
Seattle Sitting Inquiries:
Brenda Wajun Loew
gentleacupuncture@earthlink.net 206.930.1238
Betty MyoSho Brown
boronart@mindspring.com
Directions
Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery is located on south Whidbey Island at 6499 Wahl Road.
A map is available.
From I-5 drive to Mukilteo and take the ferry to Clinton (ferries run every half hour on the half hour). Continue on SR 525 about 8 miles, past Bayview, and turn left (south) onto Useless Bay Road. Useless Bay Road turns west, becoming Millman Road. Continue west, crossing Double Bluff Road onto Lancaster Road. After going about 3 miles from the highway, turn left (south) onto Wahl Road.
Enso House will be on your left about 0.75 mile down the road.
Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery entrance is about 0.25 mile farther on the left.
