DAYS OF MEDITATION, SESSHINS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
2007 - 2008

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SEPTEMBER, 2007

Saturday, September 8, 2007
Day of Meditation Practice
ESSENTIALS OF ZEN PRACTICE
Diane Martin Roshi 
7:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Udumbara Zen Center, Evanston, IL
                

OCTOBER, 2007

Friday, October 26, 2007
PRIEST’S MEETING
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Friday – Sunday, October 26 – 28, 2007
Sesshin – ESSENTIALS OF ZEN PRACTICE
Friday        7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Saturday    6:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Sunday       6:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

    Carol Warner Ordination
    Sunday, 1:00 p.m.
    Udumbara Zen Center, Evanston, IL
                 
                    

NOVEMBER, 2007

Saturday, November 3, 2007
SEGAKI DAY (Honoring the Dead) 
7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Udumbara Zen Center, Evanston, IL

**NO CLASS NOVEMBER 22, 2007

 

DECEMBER, 2007

Wednesday – Sunday, December 5 – 9, 2007
Sesshin -  ROHATSU (Day of Enlightenment)
Wednesday – Saturday           6:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Sunday                           6:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Udumbara Zen Center, Evanston, IL
                

Tuesday, December 18, 2007
WINTER SOLSTICE CEREMONY AND CELEBRATION
6:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Udumbara Zen Center, Evanston, IL
                

 **CENTER CLOSED DECEMBER 19, 2007 – JANUARY 2, 2008

 

JANUARY, 2008

Saturday, January 5, 2008
Day of Meditation Practice
NEW YEAR’S RELINQUISHMENT AND RENEWAL CEREMONY
7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Udumbara Zen Center, Evanston, IL
                 

**Full Class schedule begins -Monday, January 7, 2008

 

FEBRUARY, 2008

Saturday – Sunday, February 9 - 10, 2008
SUMI-E AND DOGEN
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Rev. Val Szymanski
Rev. Tricia Teater
Udumbara Zen Center, Evanston, IL
                

MARCH, 2008

Saturday, March 1, 2008
Day of Meditation Practice
7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Udumbara Zen Center, Evanston, IL
                

APRIL, 2008

Friday – Sunday, April 4 -6, 2008
Sesshin, BUDDHA’S BIRTHDAY
Friday        7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Saturday    6:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Sunday       6:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Sunday: Jeff Michaels Priest Ordination 1:30pm

Udumbara Zen Center, Evanston, IL
     
MAY, 2008

Saturday, May 3, 2008
Day of Meditation Practice
7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Udumbara Zen Center, Evanston, IL
                

JUNE, 2008

Thursday – Tuesday, June 5 -10, 2008
Five Day Sesshin
Thursday                       7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Friday – Monday,         6:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. (closing on Sunday is at 3:00 pm.)
Tuesday                         6:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Indian Creek Farm, Ottawa, IL
                

JULY, 2008

Friday, July 25, 2008
Priest's Seminar
6:00 am - 5:00 pm
Indian Creek Farm

Saturday – Sunday, July 26 -27, 2008
ZEN WAYS WEEKEND: Meditation and a variety of creative practices
Sat. July 26 Meditation 6:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.
Zen Ways Activities 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Meditation 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Sun. July 27 Meditation 6:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.
Zen Ways Activities 9:00 – 12:00
Day ends with picnic lunch

 

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