SATURDAY

7:30 Arrive, make sure all in order: seats arranged, chant books at seats, meal chant cards to seats, doanryo seats and equipment arranged, registrar table out. Be available around zendo entrance to help people find seats.

8:00 zazen

8:30 kinhin

Announcements Ino:
Welcome, follow the schedule (in seat 5 min early), kinhin form and bathrooms, notes to Ino if need change in schedule, study retreat not as formal: okay to talk downstairs during breaks and outside the building but please keep zendo very quiet and in lobby/library please use a whisper.

Announcements Retreat Manager:
Parking, Registration, Dana, Special events during the weekend, Note about public talk this morning.

8:40 zazen 

9:10 kinhin 

9:45 short break announce time to return, help in setting up zendo

10:05 public dharma talk use medium bell (doan's small bell) ready for dharma talk bells

11:40 kinhin

11:50 service (Metta Sutta) (note no tenken role in service)

12:00 lunch once all seated after meal offering clack once, lead meal chant.
To end eating clack clackers one, short chant, clack twice, followed immediately with two rings of the bell and exit bells by tenken.

Note: more formal closing is: all rise leaving dishes sitting there, doshi does bows at mat (with exit bells from tenken), then people get their dishes and leave or continue eating. An informal close right after closing chant + 2 clacks + 2 bells may be fine for Study Retreat. More formal is important for sesshin.

Introductions: When this first meal is done and before people leave is a good time for everyone to say their name and where they are from. Registrar's need this to confirm that they have everyone checked in and know who everyone is. Also introduce yourself, Retreat manager, registrars.

Break announce time to return

1:30 Shuso talk  nothing for tenken to do

2:10 kinhin  clackers as usual

2:20 zazen  start/stop zazen on your own

2:50 short break

3:03 light altar: small candle, no greeting sticks, one long stick out, no kobako

3:05 ring zazen bell one long roll down + 1 strong hit to call people into zendo

3:10 class & discussion  nothing for tenken to do

4:50 refuges  tenken does exit bells: be ready with final line of the chant to ring the bell once as teacher bows at the mat, two bells when teacher & jisha exit

SUNDAY

7:30 Arrive, help out as needed in settling the zendo for zazen. Any new people arriving?

8:00 zazen  need doshi for opening, almost always Norman

8:30 kinhin

8:40 zazen

9:10 kinhin 

9:20 class & discussion use medium bell (doan's small bell) ready for dharma talk bells

11:00 short break announce time to return

11:20 zazen  need doshi for opening

11:47 get up, light altar for service: small candle, long stick out, no greeting sticks, yes kobako, end zazen at 11:50 with one bell

11:50 service (Metta Sutta) need doshi for service

12:00 lunch once all seated after meal offering clack once, lead meal chant.
To end eating clack clackers one, short chant, clack twice, followed immediately with two rings of the bell and exit bells by tenken.

Break announce time to return

1:30 zazen need doshi for opening

2:00 kinhin 

2:10 class & discussion use medium bell (doan's small bell) ready for dharma talk bells

3:40 refuges 

3:50 work until 4:30(approx.) end of retreat