Five Day Zen Sesshin with Seattle Soto Zen

Five Day Residential Sesshin

with Eko Jeff Kelley, Seattle Soto Zen and
Nomon Tim Burnett, Red Cedar Zen Community

Begin: Friday, Sep. 16, 7:00 pm
End: Wednesday, Sep. 21, 3:00 pm with the option to attend the weekend or the whole retreat.

Camp Indianola
10635 NE Shore Drive
Indianola, WA 98342
(more on Camp Indianola on the Kitsap Peninsula)

Sesshin, our Soto Zen form of intensive meditation retreat, offers us the chance to deeply investigate the true nature of this human life. We allow ourselves to be supported in this investigation by the forms of practice and the schedule of community life. Seattle Soto Zen will again host a four-day residential sesshin at Camp Indianola. We will be joined by our friends from Red Cedar Zen Community in Bellingham. Our silent sesshin will include zazen, kinhin, service, Dharma talks, dokusan and oryoki meals. Oryoki instruction will be available. The Camp is situated on Puget Sound, across Agate Passage from the north end of Bainbridge Island. It offers beautiful views and the chance to walk on the beach during breaks. The zendo is a wonderful high-ceilinged space facing the water. We will be sleeping dormitory style in eight shared bedrooms. You may also sleep in the zendo. Please join us.

To attend, you must have completed at least one full-day retreat or have permission from one of the teachers. You may attend the weekend portion of the sesshin or attend the entire sesshin. The weekend portion runs from