May Sesshin – The Light of Our Ancestors

This sesshin invites practitioners to sit within a lineage of practice—to draw on the effort and insight of those who have sat before. The retreat's focus on ancestral connection suggests an intentional weaving of personal practice with a larger continuity, though the center has not yet published details about how this theme shapes the daily schedule or teaching.

Sesshin is a concentrated format: typically several sitting periods per day, often with dokusan (private meetings with a teacher), communal meals, and periods of kinhin (walking meditation). The center has not yet published the specific schedule, daily rhythm, lodging arrangements, or the teacher leading this retreat. Contact Great Vow Zen Monastery directly for those details.

The $75 fee appears to be an entry cost; ask whether meals and lodging are included or additional, and what the center's cancellation and scholarship policies are.