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3) Put on your shoes, return to the dojo with your hands at gassho, collect your cushion and return to the dojo in the ordinary way, unless kinhin is in progress, in which case follow kinhin procedure.
4) You may wish to use the toilet or drink some water after dokusan. Do this mindfully and return to the dojo without delay.
Meals (Ino speaks)
Please handle your bowls and utensils quietly. Don”t speak to servers or attempt signals other than those specified. Remember a brisk gesture communicates to servers more clearly than a vague wave of your hand. Eat everything you accept. Stay out of the kitchen unless you have an assignment there. People with medically assigned diets will have separate dishes sometimes which will be labelled. Do not take them unless you have notified the planners. Has anybody questions about formal tea and meals
General rules for sesshin: (Tanto speaks)
Do not read or take notes in the dojo. There should be no books except sutra books in the dojo. Unless you are working on koans, don”t write or read anything during sesshin. Sesshin is a wonderful opportunity to concentrate solely on the matter at hand. If you are writing and reading, do so unobtrusively.
It is important to be careful of personal hygiene during sesshin as infection can spread very quickly. There is a supply of basic medicines should you require them.
At the end of each day there is a closing ceremony conducted by the Jiki and Jisha. Do not sit up doing zazen after the last gassho but go straight to bed.
These rules and procedures provide us with a conversation-free structure that we come to know. This security sets us free to settle into our depths.
Sangha Spirit (Tanto speaks)
Wholeheartedly joining in is the key to a fulfilling sesshin. If you come from another discipline, please put it aside during sesshin and join with us. Engage in the timetable of activities, and in your free time have a sleep, go for a walk etc. With this spirit, relaxing or working, everything becomes zazen.
Join the group. Do everything our way and forget for the time being any other practice. Spend your free time resting, washing or doing zazen or walking meditation. There”s a lot to remember. Most of it is learned as you do sesshin. Just do your best and feel free to make mistakes. No one is judging you.
The term "sesshin" means "to settle the mind, to touch the mind, to convey the mind". Each day provides a myriad opportunities to continue this practice. Essentially, each moment contains everything we need. Doing zazen moment by moment opens us up to these possibilities, allowing us to settle into our depths.
Enjoy your sesshin. Guard every moment as if it were a precious jewel.
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