Zazenkai (All Day Retreat)
Zazenkai means “sitting together.” Regular, prolonged periods of zazen are central to Zen practice, and sitting together builds Sangha.
Please join us for an all-day Zazenkai, which will include lots of zazen as well as chanting, formal meals, silent work practice, sanzen (optional private interview with the teacher), rest, and formal tea.
Schedules:
Dirt Zendo Zazenkai Schedule (Pacific Time Zone)
Dirt Zendo Zazenkai Schedule (Google Doc)
Cloud Zendo Zazenkai Schedule (8 Time Zones)
Cloud Zendo 8 Time Zone Schedule PDF
Full-time participation is encouraged; it can be difficult to carve out time from a busy modern life for spaciousness and silence, but that’s exactly the point! Part-time participation is also welcome. Learn more below in “Attendance Options.”
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Quicklinks for those participating in the Cloud Zendo Zazenkai:
Link to BWZ Zoom #2
Link to Request Zoom #2 Password
Zazenkai Schedule (8 Time Zones)
Zazenkai 8 Time Zone Schedule PDF
Zazenkai Schedule (Pacfic Time Zone)
Zazenkai Guidelines
Chants:
Chant Book
Oryoki Meal Chant – Breakfast & Lunch
Oryoki Meal Chant – Dinner
Video of Oryoki Form
Work Chant
Afternoon Recitation
Evening Chant (Metta Sutta)
Attendance Options:
Join us in the Dirt Zendo if you can or the Cloud Zendo. To be supported in your intentions, anyone is encouraged to register (Dirt or Cloud). More specifically:
DIRT ZENDO: If you plan to be there during meals, please complete the registration form. Part time drop ins are okay.
CLOUD ZENDO: You may join in the Cloud Zendo without registering. If you are planning to attend most of the day in the Cloud Zendo, please submit a registration form so we know who will be joining us.
Suggestions for Cloud Zendo Participants:
If you are sitting the retreat at home, we have recommendations for how to make more of retreat container in your own space. If you live alone or your family members/housemates are agreeable, consider maintaining silence throughout the retreat schedule. It is also highly recommended you take yourself “offline” for the duration – no computer use (except for the retreat Zoom), no social or mass media, and put your phone on airplane mode or turn it off.
Suggested donation for the Zazenkai:
(but pay what you can, according to our Suggested Contribution policy)
- Dirt Zendo Full Day (with meals): $50
- Cloud Zendo Full Day: $25
- Part-time in either Cloud or Dirt Zendo: Contribute what seems right
BWZ Zazenkai Schedule – Dirt Zendo/Pacific Time
- Zazen/Posture Adjustment/Zazen …….5:30 AM
- Kinhin ……………………………………………..6:20
- Zazen/Posture Adjustment/Zazen …….6:30
- Chanting Service (30 min) ……………….7:20
- Oryoki Meal …………………………………….8:00
- Cleanup …………………………………………..8:40
- Silent Work ……………………………………..9:00
- End Work ……………………………………….10:00
- Recitation……………………………………….10:20
- Zazen ……………………………………………..10:35
- Kinhin ……………………………………………10:55
- Zazen ……………………………………………..11:05
- Kinhin ……………………………………………11:25
- Zazen ……………………………………………..11:35
- Oryoki Meal …………………………………….12:00 PM
- Cleanup/Rest Period ………………………..12:40
- End Rest Period ……………………………….2:15
- Dharma Talk & Chants……………………..2:30
- Kinhin …………………………………………….3:15
- Zazen (Sanzen available) …………………..3:30
- Kinhin …………………………………………….3:55
- Zazen ……………………………………………..4:05
- Kinhin …………………………………………….4:30
- Zazen ……………………………………………..4:40
- End Zazen ………………………………………5:00
- Oryoki Meal …………………………………….5:00
- Cleanup …………………………………………..5:40
- Zazen ………………………………………………6:30
- Kinhin …………………………………………….6:55
- Zazen ………………………………………………7:05
- Formal Tea ………………………………………7:30
- Closing Statements …………………………..7:45
- Closing Chant (Metta Sutta)………………8:20
- Retreat Ends …………………………………….8:30