When: Sunday, April 15th, 2012 9:00am-3:05pm
Where: Cedar Ridge Lodge at Battelle Darby Creek
Directions:
BATTELLE DARBY CREEK
1775 Darby Creek Drive
Galloway, OH 43119
(southwestern Franklin County)
From I-270 take the West Broad Street (U.S. 40) exit west. Go about five miles on Broad Street to Darby Creek Drive. Turn left onto Darby Creek Drive and proceed three miles. The main park entrance is on the right. After you enter at the main entrance you will see a sign for the Cedar Ridge Lodge on the right. Park in the main parking area further in and walk back to the lodge.
What to bring: Sitting materials and one vegetarian pot-luck dish
Suggested Donation: $5 to $10 to help cover the lodge rental fee. All extra proceeds to be donated to ZCS.
Schedule:
8:00am Lodge available for arrival and set-up
9:00-9:35 Sit
9:35-9:45 Walk
9:45-10:20 Sit
10:20-10:30 Walk
10:30-11:05 Sit
11:05-11:15 Tea and coffee break
11:15 Audio Dharma talk
12:00 (approx.) Vegetarian potluck lunch (please maintain silence)
1:00-1:35 Sit
1:35-1:45 Walk
1:45-2:20 Sit
2:20-2:30 Walk
2:30-3:05 Sit
3:05 End of Zazenkai (silence lifted); Break down and pack up of zendo materials; Clean-up of the lodge
Zazenkai are opportunities for practitioners to deepen their meditation practice through the cumulative effect of multiple sitting and walking meditation periods, and extended silence. Listening to Dharma talks, mindful eating, work practice, and break time are additional ways to extend our meditation into our everyday activities. Although participants are strongly encouraged to attend the whole day Zazenkai, if you are able to only come to a portion, please choose either the morning session or afternoon session, rather than only one or two sitting and walking sessions.
Participants will need to bring their own zafus and zabutons (cushions and mats). We’ll sit facing the wall(s) as is customary within the Soto Zen tradition. If you prefer to use one of the available chairs for meditation, you may want to bring a thin cushion as an aid for upright sitting. You may also want to bring your own chair. Kinhin (slow walking meditation) may be done either clockwise together (inside) or individually outside. Written instruction for zazen (sitting meditation) will be available on the table near the entrance.
About the pot-luck lunch: The Cedar Ridge Lodge has full kitchen capability, but no cooking or eating materials, so please bring your own eating plates and utensils. Coffee and hot tea will be provided, along with mugs. One or two volunteers will be needed to arrange the food dishes for the participants, and volunteers for kitchen clean-up will also be needed.
For questions and/or reservations please contact Randy Hester off-list at rhester@columbus.rr.com. Reservations aren’t necessary because the lodge is large, but would be helpful in giving us an idea of the number of participants to expect.