The word "sesshin" (from the Japanese setsu-shin, " to collect the mind") refers to the 1- to 7-day meditation retreats that are considered to be the heart of Zen practice. Cold Mountain Sangha holds sesshin four to five times a year at the Murray Grove Retreat & Conference Center in Lanoka Harbor, NJ.
The daily schedule includes zazen, chanting, cleaning, teisho (a talk on Zen practice), rest periods, and dokusan (private interview with the teacher).
Next Sesshin:
Upcoming Sesshins:
- May 25-June 1 (5-day option May 27-June 1)
- August 19-24
- October 21-26 (weekend option October 24-26)
- January 11-18, 2009 (5-day option January 13-18)
- March 17-22, 2009
- May 24-31, 2009 (5-day option May 26-31)
- August 18-23, 2009
- October 27-November 1, 2009 (weekend option October 30-November 1)
Sesshin Schedule
4:30 Wake Up
5:00 Sutra Recitation
5:40 Tea and bathroom break
6:00 Zazen
7:30 Bathroom break
7:40 Zazen
8:00 Breakfast and Cleaning
10:00 Zazen
11:oo Teisho (talk on Zen practice)
12:00 Bathroom break
12:10 Zazen
12:30 Lunch
2:30 Zazen
3:30 Showers
4:30 Afternoon sutra recitation
5:00 Zazen
5:30 Kinhin (walking meditation)
5:40 Zazen
6:00 Dinner
8:00 Zazen and Dokusan (private interviews with sensei)
9:00 Kinhin
9:15 Tea and bathrom break
9:30 Zazen and Dokusan
10:30 End of day
Updated 1.22.08
