Olympia Zen Center
Order of Ryokan
Weekly Practice Schedule
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Wednesday & Friday Mornings
6:30 am Zazen, Robe Verse
7:10 Morning Ceremony
7:30 Opening the Founder's Altar
7:45 Finish
Wednesday Evenings
6:00 pm Orientation for Newcomers
6:45 Zazen
7:25 Ceremony
7:40 Teisho (Dharma Talk)
8:10 Social Time
Thursday Evenings
5:30 pm Zazen
6:00 Kinhin
6:10 Zazen
6:30 Finish
Saturday Mornings
8:00 am Zazen
8:40 Ceremony
9:00 Temple Care (Soji)
9:30 Breakfast and study. We choose texts in the Sōtō Zen tradition
for weekly study/discussion, but newcomers are welcome.
11:30 Finish
First Saturday of Each Month
Temple Work Practice (Samu)
We schedule longer work periods on the first Saturday of each month, just after the regular Saturday practice schedule.
8:00 - 11:30 am Regular Saturday practice
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Samu, work practice to care for our temple grounds
and other projects. A simple lunch is provided
afterward.
Third Saturday of Each Month
One-Day Retreat
8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Includes Zazen, Ceremony, Lunch (provided), Temple Care & Dokusan
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