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Four-Day Sesshin, GGF 8/26–8/30
Description
Wednesday, August 26, 4 pm—Sunday, August 30, 2 pm
The Late Summer Four-Day Sesshin at Green Gulch Farm offers an entry into intensive retreat practice for those new to sesshin, as well as a chance for more experienced sitters to touch into the heart of practice.
Please review the example sesshin schedule. The sesshin will consist of sitting and walking meditation, Dharma talks, and ceremonies, with light instruction as needed throughout. Meals will be eaten silently and may take the form of oryoki meals in the zendo, informal silent meals in the dining room, or a combination of the two. Participants will be informed prior to the start of the retreat.
There will be an orientation on Wednesday, August 26 at 4:00 pm. The sesshin will begin on Wednesday after dinner and conclude with lunch on Sunday.
If you have questions about your participation in this sitting, please contact the Ino, Head of the Meditation Hall, at ggfino@sfzc.org.
To register for this sesshin, begin by completing this form.
Once you have been approved for the sesshin, you will be sent an email that will include a link through which you can process your payment and complete your registration.
Fee Information
Guest House, Single Room:
- Benefactor – $910 — supports others’ participation
- Standard – $728 — covers full program costs
- Member – $655 — for current SFZC members
- Supported – $364 — community supported rate
Guest House, Shared Room:
- Benefactor – $717 per person — supports others’ participation
- Standard – $573 per person — covers full program costs
- Member – $516 per person — for current SFZC members
- Supported – $287 per person — community supported rate
Single student housing (as available):
- Benefactor – $801 — supports others’ participation
- Standard – $641— covers full program costs
- Member – $576— for current SFZC members
- Supported – $320 — community supported rate
Shared student housing (as available):
- Benefactor – $604 — supports others’ participation
- Standard – $483— covers full program costs
- Member – $435— for current SFZC members
- Supported: – $242 — community supported rate
To ensure that you are able to respond to our confirmation of your application, please add ggfino@sfzc.org to your contacts. That way no communications will end up in your spam folder.
San Francisco Zen Center Members receive a 10% discount.
San Francisco Zen Center is committed to making Zen practice and the Dharma accessible to all who seek it by offering both a General support fund and a dedicated BIPOC support fund. After your application has been accepted, please email supportfunds@sfzc.org to request financial support.
Meals are included in the cost of sesshin. As meals will be eaten formally in the zendo meditation hall, please plan on bringing your oryoki set. If you do not have a set, if needed you can purchase one on arrival for an additional $55.
Please register by August 19.
Application for Four-Day Sesshin Participation is closed.
Registration Information
- Please fill out a sesshin registration form.
- After reviewing the registration form and determining the number of spaces available in the sesshin, the Ino will confirm by sending a letter of acceptance by email.
- The final steps to complete the registration and payment via the SFZC website will be provided in the acceptance email sent by the Ino.
Kokyo Henkel
Kokyo Henkel has been practicing Zen since 1990, in residence at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, No Abode Hermitage in Mill Valley, Bukkokuji Monastery in Japan, and Santa Cruz Zen Center. He was ordained as a Zen priest in 1994 by Tenshin Anderson Roshi and received Dharma Transmission from him in 2010.