We hold One-day Zazen
Retreats with instruction on one Saturday of every month at the
Hill Street Center in Santa Monica from 10:00 to 15:30 (3:30 PM).
Attendance is
$15.
Anyone interested is welcome. No experience is required.
UPCOMING
DATES
March 28, 2009
April 18, 2009
May 16, 2009
The timetable for the
retreat is:
9:50 - 10:00
Instruction in Zazen
10:00 -
10:30 Zazen
10:30 - 10:40
Kinhin (slow walking)
10:40 -
11:10 Zazen
11:10 -
11:20 Kinhin
11:20 -
11:50 Zazen
12:00 - 13:15
Lunch and Clean Up
13:15 -
13:45 Zazen
13:45 -
13:55 Kinhin
13:55 -
14:25 Zazen
14:30 -
15:30 Talk and Discussion
You may enter at any
time. But if you come late please wait outside and enter after
you hear the bell. If you wish to attend only the afternoon portion,
please come in at 13:00 (1 PM)
Beginners are welcome. But if
you've never done zazen before, please look at the following page:
HOW TO
DO ZAZEN
For the time being we have discontinued the oryoki
style lunches. But just in case we bring it back here is a
video that will show you how it's done:
Directions to the Hill Street
Center from Mapquest.
Mapquest's map places us across the street from where we actually are.
But the map will get you there. It's a small green house. Parking is
available on Hill Street across Main Street (towards the ocean, on Hill
between Main and Neilson Way) in two metered lots.