One-day Gratitude Retreat

Sat. Nov. 15, 2025 – 9am to 4pm
$35 to $50 donation, plus dana for the teacher.
No one is turned away for lack of funds.

Lunch is provided.
Questions: director@olympiazencenter.org

Please register no later than noon on Friday, Nov. 14

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Our monthly retreat includes each part of traditional Sōtō Zen practice: Zazen, Kinhin (walking meditation), Ceremony, lunch in the Sōtō Zen form, and work practice to care for the temple grounds.

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Rohatsu Sesshin

7:00 pm Tue. Dec. 2 to mid-morning Sun. Dec. 7
$140 for the entire sesshin, or $35 per day donation requested, plus dana for the Teacher.
Dokusan with Eido Roshi will be available.
No one is turned away for lack of funds.
In-Person and over Zoom
Questions: director@olympiazencenter.org

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Rohatsu is the traditional celebration of Śhakyamuni Buddha’s Awakening, and is the deepest practice event of the year in the Zen calendar. Each year in December, Olympia Zen Center joins with Sōtō Zen temples worldwide to bring our most earnest effort forward in practice.

Participants may attend all or part of Rohatsu. The sesshin begins at 7:00 pm on December 2, with orientation, followed by zazen. All participants should attend the opening/orientation of Rohatsu on Tuesday. Each day thereafter begins with 5:30 am zazen, and practice ends at 9:00 pm. On the last day, we hold a special ceremony acknowledging Buddha’s Enlightenment. The sesshin closes after breakfast on Sunday.

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