Freedom is not given to us by anyone, we have to cultivate it ourselves.
– Thich Nhat Hanh –
Retreat – Schedule
Wednesday 24 Apr.
- 6:30pm – Arrival / welcoming tea
- 7pm – Introduction to Zazen
(Sitting Meditation) - 7:45pm – Dinner (soup)
- 8:45pm – Zazen & Heart Sutra
- 10pm – Lights out – Sleep
Thursday 25 Apr.
- 6:00am – Wake up / Tea
- 6:30am – ZAZEN
(Sunrise prostrations + Zazen & Heart Sutra)
- Gen Mai (breakfast)
- SAMU (community work)
- 11am – Metta Meditation & Walking Meditation
- Vegetarian Lunch + rest
- SAMU
- 4pm – Walking meditation in the woods + ZAZEN
- Light Dinner
- 8:15pm – ZAZEN
(Sunset + Zazen & Heart Sutra) - 10pm – Lights out
Friday 26 Apr.
- 6:00am – Wake up / Tea
- 6:30am – ZAZEN
(Sunrise prostrations + Zazen & Heart Sutra)
- Gen Mai + Dharma Sharing
- Fuse / Dāna (donation)
- 9:30am – Coffee / end of retreat
This small Zen retreat (Sesshin) will take place in the Dojo TAI KU AN in Barão S. João and begins Wednesday 24 of April at 6:30pm with a welcoming tea and ends on Friday 26th after coffee around 10am.
ATTENTION: The retreat is full, there is only space for locals and only for Zazen. The remaining registrations are on WAITING LIST.
Fill out registration form here.
The retreat is based on Dāna (Fuse) – a monetary donation, there is no fixed amount and each person contributes according to their conscience.
You can participate in the entire Sesshin and sleep in the Dojo, there is a caravan available in the Dojo, and a separate Rural Accommodation very close by.
For those who live nearby, you can sleep at home and do a partial retreat, but you must do at least two (2) ZAZEN.
(Arrive 15 minutes before each Zazen, or during SAMU, and never arrive in the middle of other activities.)
Sesshin is an intensive period of Zen training where we can put our social activities aside and life unfolds around the practice of Zazen, sitting meditation.
Fill out registration form here.
ATTENTION: The retreat is full, there is only space for locals and only for Zazen. The remaining registrations are on WAITING LIST.
