Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

(I am driving from home, have my donald duck alarm clock set for 4AM)
5:00 AM Wake-up bell
5:15 AM fast kinhin (walking meditation)
5:30 AM Daily Zendo opening ceremony and first sitting (facing the center of the Zendo)
5:55 AM Chanting service6:20 AM Zazen and Dokusan(1 on 1 with Roshi)
7:30 AM Formal breakfast.
8:00 AM Work period
8:45 AM Rest period.
9:35 AM Ten minute bell (small hand bell)
9:40 AM Five minute bell (large, hanging bell)
9:45 AM Zazen and Teisho (dharma talk)
12:30 PM Lunch.
1:00 PM Rest period
1:25 PM Ten minute bell
1:30 PM Five minute bell
1:35 PM Zazen and Dokusan
3:30 PM Chanting service.
3:45 PM Exercise period.
4:40 PM Zazen
5:30 PM Formal dinner.
5:45 PM Rest period
7:05 PM Ten minute bell ending rest period
7:10 PM Five minute bell
7:15 PM Zazen and Dokusan
9:30 PM Formal sitting ends
9:40 PM Yaza
(stay up and sit as long as you like)

zen for today...

(blanks)

It was like being reamed by a psychic rotorooter.
Excellent in fact.

Just excellent.

so glad to hear!

zen to you, jim, to me and all

There are about 50% women in the asemblage.

I was looking at them, ladies my age or older, during kinhin, walking, sort of peeking out of the corner of my eye, they were gliding along.

My knees were killing me at the end ofr the day.

Kinhin Zendo Teisho Dokusan Zazen
Yaza Yaza Yaza

Gimme a wake-up bell!
Gimme a formal breakfast
and an ordinary lunch!
Gimme a formal dinner!

Yahhhhzzzzzaaaaaah!

I'm starvin'!




hey jimbo... how'd it go? huh?

It was a challenge.

A whole retreat 4 days would be almost unattainable, I gotta go to work now, next time I attempt a zen retreat i'll stay over, and furthur wander into the void.

I got faith in it, tho. You can sit in a chair if needed.

Like the yazayazayaza with my eyes closed, sleeping never was so good!

Ah they are fast walking right now, I am slow waking up for the commute to work.

Kanzeon!