Daily Schedule for Flattop Mtn. Retreats

Typical Daily Schedule for Flattop Mtn. Retreats

5:00 a.m. - Wake up bell

5:25 a.m. - Tea, chanting, alternate zazen (sitting meditation) and kinhin (walking meditation)

7:30 a.m. - Breakfast

9:00 a.m. - Zazen and kinhin, dharma talk or reading

12:00 noon - Lunch

1:15 p.m. - Work period

3:15 p.m. - Refreshments and clean up

4:15 p.m. - Tea, chanting, zazen and kinhin

6:15 p.m. - Dinner

7:30 p.m. - Gyodo*, zazen and kinhin * walking with chanting, one syllable per step

9:00 p.m. - Tea and closing ceremony