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Tuesday through Sunday 9:00 am 12:30 pm
Please feel free to join the daily work schedule whenever you have time. Zazen in action, grounds work, such as weeding, can prove very meditative. Often we work in the afternoon as well. All those so inclined are welcome.
Green Party
Saturday, July 4, 9:00 am 2:00 pm (with lunch served afterwards)
This is the green season and there is much weed-whacking, thistle hacking, pulling, plucking, and pushing back to be done. Grab a tool and join the fun.
The garden is also a smorgasbord of greens, which will be included in the vegetarian lunch. |
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Saturday, July 11, 9 am 9 pm
There will be continuing 30-minute periods of Zazen in the Zendo, with a short walking meditation each hour. It is a wonderful opportunity for concentrated practice. Everyone is welcome. Arrive Friday evening and stay the night on Saturday, or come for whatever portion of the day that you can. Depending on attendance, food will be available in the kitchen during lunchtime. |
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Saturday, July 18, 9:30 am 3:30 pm
The day begins with tea & coffee and introductions, then continues with quiet time for your own reflection, the always delicious lunch of the Tahoma Monastery kitchen crew, opportunities for finding support in connection with other caregivers, and if the weather is friendly, some time outside in the forest. Please wear comfortable clothes and bring walking shoes.
In the afternoon, we will rest while listening to a gifted musician play the shakuhachi a traditional Japanese bamboo flute. We promise a relaxing cap on a relaxing day.
There is still space if you would like to attend. If you have already signed up, please reconfirm your registration. Contact Ann Cutcher to attend or confirm:
e-mail director@ensohouse.org
phone 360.331.4699
The retreats are limited to 15 participants and are canceled if there are fewer than three who register. |
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Friday, July 24 through Sunday, July 26
Mini-Sesshin will begin at 6:00 p.m. Friday and run until 6:30 a.m. Sunday. The schedule is focused on maximizing Zazen and will include formal silent meals. If you are coming for the first time or need a refresher on Zendo or formal meal procedures, please arrive by 5:00 p.m. Friday for instruction and orientation.
Please let us know that you will be coming, and when. Join us for all or part of the sesshin. The mini-sesshin schedule is available here |
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The Fall Osesshin with Harada Roshi is scheduled for September 5 - 12, 2009. Applications will be accepted until July 13. Applications received after the July 13 deadline date will result in a place on the waiting list.
As usual, there is a great deal of interest in participating in this retreat. If you are interested in sitting the Osesshin and have not submitted an application already, please email an application or contact Myosho for information: boronart@mindspring.com.
If you are interested in receiving notices for the Osesshin with Harada Roshi, please make sure your personal information as a user on the One Drop Website is current. If your email address changes, you can update it easily. You can indicate your preferences as to which e-mail notifications you would like to receive: the Roshi's newsletters, Sesshin announcements, Monastery Messages, and news of upcoming events at Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery. Your information is used only for these purposes. PLEASE KEEP YOUR OWN CONTACT INFORMATION CURRENT. |
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Thank you to all who are continually contributing effort, time, resources, care and goodwill to Tahoma Zen Monastery. We are very grateful for your gifts of substance and service.
May we always live in a way that makes us worthy to receive your offerings.
During the full schedule, it is requested that each person observe Noble Silence, which means silence of body, speech, and mind; avoiding communication with fellow participants, whether by gestures, sign language, written notes, etc.
When necessary, speak with the Head Monk should any problems related to food, accommodation, health, etc. arise. But even these contacts should be kept to a minimum in order to maximize ones time and efforts to "Seek the light within oneself. |
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Daily Zazen Schedule
Tuesday through Sunday
5:30 - 7:00 AM
6:00 - 8:30 PM
We do Zazen (sitting meditation) in periods of 30 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, before coming into the Zendo. Chairs and kneeling benches are available.
Residents of the Monastery follow this schedule; however, non-residents are welcome to drop in anytime for one or more periods without previous announcement.
Zazenkai
Sundays, 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 questions, discussion, and conversation.
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
HEAD MONK: Joy Hoetsu Phillips
ADDRESS:
Tahoma Monastery
6499 Wahl Road
Freeland, WA 98249
E-MAIL: tahoma@whidbey.com
TELEPHONE: 360.331.4142
WEBSITE: onedropzendo.org
DONATIONS AND PLEDGES:
Tahoma exists entirely on donations; there are no fees for participating in activities or meditation. Donations may be made to:
One Drop Zendo Association
c/o Joy Hoetsu Phillips, Head Monk
or donate online at Teatime at Tahoma
MONASTERY MESSAGES:
Carol Soki Olson and Fred Soseki Olson
To subscribe, update personal preferences, or unsubscribe see http://www.onedropzendo.org/login.php
SEATTLE ZAZEN INQUIRIES:
Brenda Wajun Loew: 206.930.1238, gentleacupuncture@earthlink.net
Betty Myosho Brown: 206.720.0438, 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.
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