Daily Schedule
| 5:15 am | Wake-up bell |
| 5:30-6:20 | Group Meditation |
| 7-7:30 | Light Breakfast (in silence) |
| 7:30-8:00 | Breakfast cleanup + light duties |
| 8:00 | Community meeting, chores assigned |
| 8:30-9:30 | Meditation (optional*) |
| 11:00 | Main meal (in silence) |
| 11:45 | Meal cleanup |
| 2:30-3:30 | Meditation (optional*) |
| 3:00 | Interviews Thursday - Sunday |
| 5:00 | Tea time (Thursday - Sunday: Dhamma discussion, Q & A, readings) |
| 7:00-7:50 | Group Meditation and chanting |
** Grand Silence is maintained all day Monday – Wednesday, and 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Thursday – Sunday.
Please speak only as necessary to accomplish assigned tasks.
If you wish to converse with someone, you can go for a walk.
*During the two optional sitting periods from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., a quiet atmosphere is maintained in the monastery even if no one is sitting in the meditation hall.