ZenistAll Day Sitting with Everyday Zen
with Zoketsu Norman Fischer·Everyday Zen
A single-day sitting, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, at Green Gulch Farm on the San Francisco Zen Center calendar, led by Zoketsu Norman Fischer with senior Everyday Zen Dharma teachers. The day includes zazen, silent lunch, a Dharma talk and discussion, and dokusan (private meetings with the teachers). The fee is $85.
About this retreat
A daylong sit — 9:00 am to 5:00 pm — rather than a multi-day retreat, filed on the San Francisco Zen Center calendar under Green Gulch Farm. Zoketsu Norman Fischer leads the day alongside senior Everyday Zen Dharma teachers. The listing calls it a traditional all-day sitting, which in Zen practice means one extended day of seated meditation rather than a multi-day sesshin. The fee is $85.
The description names the day's components but not the hour-by-hour structure:
- Zazen (seated meditation)
- Silent lunch — a meal held in silence
- Dharma talk and discussion
- Dokusan — a private meeting with a teacher
How the hours between 9 and 5 are divided — how many sitting periods, where the talk falls in the day — is not published, so ask the center if the rhythm of the day matters to your planning.
The listing is otherwise spare: it does not say whether lunch is provided or brought from home, whether instruction for newcomers is available, or what to bring. Registration runs through the SFZC website.
Originally listed on San Francisco Zen Center's website.
Full details from San Francisco Zen Center
A traditional all-day sitting meditation from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm including zazen, silent lunch, Dharma talk/discussion, and dokusan with teachers Zoketsu Norman Fischer and Senior Everyday Zen Dharma teachers.