Save the Date: Spring Retreat

[Shoka]

Hi everyone,

Below is the current detailed schedule for the retreat. We are working to finalize the details, so it might shift around a little. Once we have everything confirmed each section will also be put on the calendar for you to easily see all events in your timezone.

In the next day or two we will post the retreat thread with some additional details on planning your retreat and prep videos for Oryoki. But in the meantime, please let us know if there are any questions.


Spring Retreat Schedule:

All Times are approximate, calculated from UK Time (Pacific Time in parenthesis).
All activities will be in the Scheduled Sitting Room unless otherwise noted.
All activities are now listed in the calendar / NOW.

Unit 1: Start of Retreat 4-Hour Zazenkai
Sat 12:00 midnight (Fri 4:00 pm PT) – Sat Sat 4:00 am (Fri 8:00 pm PT)

12:00 - 12:50: Ceremony (Heart Sutra in Japanese/ Sandokai in English) & Zazen
12:50 - 01:00: Kinhin
01:00 - 01:30: Zazen
01:30 - 01:50: Kinhin

01:50 - 02:30: Dharma Talk & Zazen
02:30 - 02:40: Kinhin & Hokey-Pokey

02:40 - 03:15: Zazen
03:15 - 03:30: Kinhin
03:30 – 03:50: Metta Chant & Zazen, Verse of Atonement, Four Vows

Unit 2: Sitting
Sat 4:00 am (Fri 8:00 pm PT) - Sat 5:50 am (Fri 9:50 pm PT)

4:00 - 4:25: Zazen
4:25 - 4:30: Kinhin
4:30 - 4:50: Zazen
4:50 - 5:00: Kinhin
5:00 - 5:25: Zazen
5:25 - 5:30: Kinhin
5:30 - 5:50: Zazen

Unit 3: Rest Period
Sat 6:00 am (Fri 10:00 pm PT) - Sat 6:50 am (Fri 10:50 pm PT)

Take a break

Unit 4: Sitting
Sat 7:00 am (Fri 11:00 pm PT) - Sat 8:50 am (Sat 12:50 midnight PT)

7:00 - 7:25: Zazen
7:25 - 7:30: Kinhin
7:30 - 7:50: Zazen
7:50 - 8:00: Kinhin
8:00 - 8:25: zazen
8:25 - 8:30: Kinhin
8:30 - 8:50: Zazen

Unit 5: Oryoki
Oryoki: Sat 9:00 am (Sat 1:00 am PT) - Sat 10:00 am (Sat 1:50 am PT)

9:00 - 9:30: Prep and set-up time
9:30 - 10:00: Oryoki

Unit 6: Samu
Sat 10:00 am (Sat 2:00 am PT) - Sat 10:50 am (Sat 2:50 am PT)

10:00 – 10:50: Samu

Unit 7: Tea and Coffee Time
Sat 11:00 am (Sat 3:00 am PT) - Sat 11:50 am (Sat 3:50 am PT)

11:00 – 11:50: Join us in the Meeting Room to chat and be together.

Unit 8: Zazen and Short Ceremony
Sat 12:00 noon (Sat 4:00 am PT) – Sat 1:50 p.m. (Sat 5:50 a.m. PT)

12:00 – 12:25: Zazen
12:25 – 12:30: Kinhin
12:30 – 12:50: Zazen
12:50 – 1:00: Kinhin
1:00 – 1:50: Ceremony (Heart Sutra, Disabled Lineage) and Zazen, Metta Chant, Verse of Atonement and 4 Vows.

Unit 9: Oryoki
Sat 2:00 pm (Sat 6:00 am PT) - Sat 3:00 pm (Sat 7:00 am PT)

2:00 - 2:30: Prep and set-up time
2:30 - 3:00: Oryoki

Unit 10: Samu
Sat 3:00 pm (Sat 7:00 am PT) - Sat 3:50 pm (Sat 7:50 am PT)

3:00 – 3:50: Samu

Unit 11: Siting
Sat 4:00 pm (Sat 8:00 am PT) - Sat 6:50 pm (Sat 10:50 am PT)

4:00 - 4:25: Zazen
4:25 - 4:30: Kinhin
4:30 - 4:50: Zazen
4:50 - 5:00: Kinhin
5:00 - 5:25: Zazen
5:25 - 5:30: Kinhin
5:30 - 5:50: Zazen
5:50 - 6:00: Kinhin
6:00 - 6:25: zazen
6:25 - 6:30: Kinhin
6:30 - 6:50: Zazen

Unit 12: Tea and Coffee Time
Sat 7:00 pm (Sat 11:00 am PT) - Sat 7:50 pm (Sat 11:50 am PT)

7:00 – 7:50: Join us in the Meeting Room to chat and be together.

Unit 13: Remembrance and Nahan-E Ceremony
Sat 8:00 pm (Sat 12:00 noon PT) - Sat 10:00 pm (Sat 2:00 pm PT)

8:00 – 8:25: Zazen
8:25 – 8:30: Kinhin
8:30 – 8:50: Zazen
8:50 – 9:00: Kinhin
9:00 – 9:50: Ceremony (Shariraimon in English/ Heart Sutra in Japanese) and Zazen, Metta Chant, Verse of Atonement and 4 Vows.

Unit 14: Oryoki
Sat 10:00 pm (Sat 2:00 pm PT) - Sat 11:00 pm (Sat 3:00 pm PT)

10:00 - 10:30: Prep and set-up time
10:30 - 11:00: Oryoki

Unit 15: Samu
Sat 11:00 pm (Sat 3:00 pm PT) - Sat 11:50 pm (Sat 3:50 pm PT)

11:00 – 11:50: Samu

Unit 16: Sitting
Sun 12:00 midnight (Sat 4:00 pm PT) - Sun 1:50 am (Sat 5:50 pm PT)

12:00 - 12:25: Zazen
12:25 - 12:30: Kinhin
12:30 - 12:50: Zazen
12:50 - 1:00: Kinhin
1:00 - 1:25: Zazen
1:25 - 1:30: Kinhin
1:30 - 1:50: Zazen

Unit 17: Closing Ceremony
Sun 2:00 am (Sat 6:00 pm PT) - Sun 4:00 am (Sat 8:00 pm PT)

2:00 – 2:50: Ceremony (Heart Sutra in Japanese, Sandokai in English, Women’s Ancestry) & Zazen
2:50 – 3:00: Kinhin
3:00 - 3:25: Zazen
3:25 - 3:30: Kinhin
3:30 - 3:50: Zazen, Metta, verse of atonement and 4 vows

Post Retreat Happy Hour
Sun 4:00 am (Sat 8:00 pm PT) - Sun 5:50 am (Sat 9:50 pm PT)

4:00 – 5:50: Join us in the meeting room for a post retreat happy hour.


Gassho,

Shoka
sat/LAH

[Luigi]

Looking forward to joining the retreat Saturday for some time.

Thanks a lot for your effort in preparing all those activities!

Gassho,

Luigi
ST

[Tai Do]

That's great. Looking forward to it. I'll be able to take part in most activities (except for the one on Brazilian early a.m. hours).
Many thanks to all who are making it possible.
Gassho,
Mateus
Sat/LAH

[Sekishi]

Hi everyone,

The calendar is now updated with all 17 "units" of the retreat, along with a "happy hour" after the retreat is over.

https://www.treeleaf.org/now/#calendar

We will also be updating the schedule Shoka posted above sometime today as well (nothing major, just some minor changes).

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

[Yokai]

Sekishi, you are Captain Awesome!

Gassho, Chris stlah-ing

[Sekishi]

We will also be updating the schedule Shoka posted above sometime today as well (nothing major, just some minor changes).

This has been done. I only note it in case anyone printed it out or anything.

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

[Onka]

I'll be sitting a lot but probably resting more so apologies in advance if I you don't see my mug online.
Gassho
Onka
ST

[Sekishi]

I'll be sitting a lot but probably resting more so apologies in advance if I you don't see my mug online.

I vote for "Come as you are, and sit - however that looks for your body and time." But thats easy for me to say.

Looking forward to sitting with you soon, visible or not!

Deep bows,
Sekishi
#sat

[Wahida]

This is wonderful. Thank you Jundo, Shoka, Jakuden, Sekishi, and everyone involved, and thank you Jakuden for posting about it on Insight Timer! I look forward to joining as much as able, with gratitude.

Gassho,
Wahida
Sat today

[Tai Shi]

I'll be sitting in the face of danger, entering in with joy, for why cry-- aren't we always faced with danger? So, maybe not so much the Hokey Pokey, but lots of joy and freedom. Thank you Shoka, all the Unsui, all friends, let's sit, lets "Jump for Joy," Bob Dylan, and Jundo.
Tai Sh
sat/ lah
Gassho

[Daitetsu]

What a wonderful idea!
Looking forward to join you all!

Gassho,

Daitetsu

#sat2day

[Kyousui]

Great opportunity to introduce my friend, which whom I'm sitting F2F ( we're in rural iowa) to treeleaf!
SAT/LAH

[Tairin]

Hi everyone,

The calendar is now updated with all 17 "units" of the retreat, along with a "happy hour" after the retreat is over.

https://www.treeleaf.org/now/#calendar

We will also be updating the schedule Shoka posted above sometime today as well (nothing major, just some minor changes).

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

Thank you for the calendar update. I wasn’t able to attend the entire retreat so relied on the calendar to pick my spots to join in. I don’t know about others here but I have the Treeleaf calendar synced to my mobile so all the Treeleaf events are visible to me all of the time. All time zone correct.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Doshin]

Tairin...how do you sync phone with calendar

Doshin
St

[Tairin]

Hi Doshin

Are you an IPhone or Android user? It will make a bit of a difference. Also do you have a google account? I am assuming yes.

Common steps:
1. Go to the Treeleaf calendar page https://www.treeleaf.org/now/#calendar
2. On the page at the lower right there is a “+ Google Calendar” link. Click on it. That will add it to your available calendars in your Google Calendar.
3. You may need to check the box on your Google Calendar to see the events show up in you calendar.

For Android you should now be done and you should start seeing the Treeleaf events show up on your phone. I can’t confirm this since I am not an Android user

For iPhone you have one more step. Go here https://calendar.google.com/calendar/syncselect and make sure all the Google calendars you want to sync Your iPhone are checked. Hit “save”. My experience is that it may take about an hour before your calendars sync. It really depends on your iPhone configuration.

I hope that helps. If not I can try to post more prescriptive screen captures.


Tairin
Sat today and lah
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