In Person and Online

Rohatsu

Saturday December 7 - Sunday December 8
9pm - 7am

Saturday, December 7, 9:00pm
to 7:00am Sunday, December 8

Schedule:

9:00 PM – Zazen
9:30 PM – Kinhin/stretching
9:40 PM – Zazen
10:10 PM – Kinhin/stretching
10:20 PM – Zazen
10:50 PM – Kinhin/stretching
11:00 PM – Dharma Talk
11:10 PM – Kinhin/stretching
11:20 PM – Silent Break
11:30 PM – Zazen
12:00 AM – Kinhin/stretching
12:10 AM – Zazen
12:40 AM – Kinhin/stretching
12:50 AM – Zazen
1:20 AM – Kinhin/stretching
1:30 AM – Zazen
2:00 AM – Kinhin/stretching
2:10 AM – Silent break
2:20 AM – Zazen
2:50 AM – Kinhin/stretching
3:00 AM – Zazen
3:30 AM – Kinhin/stretching
3:40 AM – Zazen
4:10 AM – Silent break
4:20 AM – Zazen
4:50 AM – Kinhin/stretching
5:00 AM – Zazen
5:30 AM – Kinhin/stretching
5:40 AM – Zazen
6:10 AM – Silent break
6:20 AM – Zazen
6:50 AM – Verse of the Kesa
6:55 AM – Work Gatha
7:00 AM – Leavetaking

On Rohatsu we commemorate the Buddha’s enlightenment by doing as he did, sitting zazen all night. This year our Rohatsu all-night sitting will take place in person and on Zoom, starting at 9pm on Saturday, December 7th, and continuing until 7am on Sunday, December 8th.

There will be a Dharma talk by Mukei Smith.

The rest of the night we will sit in 35-minute periods with kinhin for in-person participants and breaks for online participants in between. For those attending in-person, refreshments will be served.

Participants are encouraged to continue throughout the night, but you may come and go as needed on Zoom and in person. At 6:30 am there will be short service including the Verse of the Kesa and the Work Gatha. This will be a hybrid event. Registration is required. Suggested donation of $10.00.

Please join us for any part of Rohatsu to help celebrate this important date on the Buddhist calendar. Let’s embody Shakyamuni’s awakening and make the utmost endeavor!

 If you are joining us online, Rohatsu will take place in the public Online Zendo, however we ask that you still register using the button below. 

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