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.