Typical two-day Zen Retreat

DAY ONE

04:30 AM
Wake-up
04:45
– Four Great Vows
– 108 Prostrations
05:15 Chanting
06:00 – 07:30 Sitting
07:30 Breakfast
08:15 – 09:30 Work Period
10:00 – 12:00 Sitting
12:00 PM Lunch
01:30 – 03:20 Sitting
03:20 – 03:55 Long Walk
04:00 – 04:30 Sitting
05:30 Dinner
06:30 Special Chanting
07:00 Regular Chanting
07:30 – 09:30 Sitting
09:30
– Heart Sutra in English
– Great Dharani
– Four Great Vows

DAY TWO

04:30 AM Wake-up
04:45
– Four Great Vows
– 108 Prostrations
05:15 Chanting
06:00 – 07:30 Sitting
07:30 Breakfast
08:15 – 09:30 Work Period
10:00 – 12:00 Sitting
12:00 PM Lunch
01:30 – 03:20 Sitting
03:20
– Heart Sutra in English
– Great Dharani
– Four Great Vows
03:30 Circle talk