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2024 STO May Precepts Sesshin

Home 2024 STO May Precepts Sesshin

“Waking Up to Our True Nature”

May 15 – 19, 2024

Mission Mountain Zen Center

Dayton, Montana & via Zoom

Please join STO and Mission Mountain Zen for a 5-day Spring Precepts Zen meditation retreat which is being offered both in-person and via Zoom.  A Sesshin (literally, gathering/clarifying heart & mind), offers us time to intensify and mature our meditation practice.  It affords a unique opportunity to clarify your life.  The Sesshin will be led by Zen Priest Zenku Jerry Smyers. Zenku will be joined by guest speakers.  We will study the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts and their implications for deepening our Zen Practice during the retreat Dharma Talks.  While we hope you can join for the entire Sesshin, the schedule is designed to permit you to partake in as much of the retreat as you can.

See the following retreat schedule, all times are Mountain Time.

Schedule:

Wednesday May 15 6:00PM until 7:00PM

7:00PM until 7:30PM

7:30PM until 8:30PM

Zazen (25 X 2) + Heart & Metta Sutra

Orientation & Dharma Discussion

Zazen (25 X 2) + Tissarana

Thursday, Friday, & Saturday   May 16-18 6:00AM until 8:30AM

8:30AM until 10:30AM

10:30AM until 12:30PM

12:30PM until 2:40PM

2:40PM until 3:30PM

3:30PM until 4:20PM

4:20PM until 5:20PM

5:20PM until 6:00PM

6:00PM until 7:30PM

7:30PM until 9:00PM

Zazen & Morning Service (40 X 3)

Breakfast Break

Zazen & Midday Service (30 X 3)

Lunch Break & Cleaning

Zazen (40 X 1)

Dharma Talk & Tea

Break Period

Zazen (40 X 1)

Dinner Break

Zazen (40 X 2) + Tissarana

Sunday May 19 6:00AM until 8:30AM

8:30AM until 10:00AM

10:00AM until Noon

Noon

Zazen & Morning Service (40 X 3)

Breakfast Break

Zazen & Midday Service (40 X 2)

Lunch & End Sesshin

Everyone is welcome.  Please take advantage of this unique opportunity to cultivate our Zen practice together.  Please contact Zenku at this email for further information – Jerry.Smyers@gmail.com.

Registration Information:

To register, click here.

Suggested fee for the retreat is $200 for in-person attendance and $100 for Zoom participation. However, feel free to give whatever you can and please join us via Zoom.

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