The Space Between Weekend Retreat
with Genko Rainwater · Soto Zen
Silent weekend retreat at Dharma Rain Zen Center (Portland, OR) exploring transition and the space between states of being. Friday evening through Sunday morning, with overnight accommodations and oryoki meals. Led by Genko Rainwater.
Dharma Rain's weekend sesshin uses the spring equinox as a natural frame for examining transition—the movement between seasons, between states, and the spaciousness that holds that movement. The retreat takes place near the vernal equinox, when the day and night are balanced and the year shifts noticeably.
The format is traditional: you arrive Friday evening and stay through Sunday morning. All participants are encouraged to stay overnight on the grounds. The daily schedule centers on zazen (sitting meditation) periods, with three full meals on Saturday and breakfast Sunday, all served in oryoki style—eating mindfully from bowls at your place, a formal practice that's part of the retreat's structure, not optional.
Dharma Rain is a Soto Zen center in Northeast Portland with a residential training program and an established lineage. Genko Rainwater leads this retreat.
Full details from Dharma Rain Zen Center
For this weekend silent retreat people attend the entire retreat from Friday evening through Sunday morning.
We have overnight accommodations for all, and encourage people to take advantage of this. We serve oryoki meals – three meals on Saturday, and Sunday morning breakfast.
We will be looking at transition, moving from one state to another, and the space within which we do that. A time near the equinox, when we move from one season to another, is an ideal time to do that.