Tahoma One Drop Zen Monastery

04/16/2026

~ * ~ APRIL 11th-19th SESSHIN ZOOM schedule:
ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9147221372...
(Please email us for the passcode).
—- 5 am - 7 am
10:30am-noon
2:30pm-4:30pm
6 pm - 9 pm
—- DHARMA TALKS will be from 3:30pm every day except SUNDAYS, when it will be from 11am.
—-Sesshin begins APRIL 11th, 7-9pm and ends Sunday APRIL 19th, after lunch.

04/07/2026

01/01/2026

HAPPY NEW YEARS !!!

11/26/2025

If you would like a 2026 calendar, email Myosho at [email protected], give her your mailing address, and arrange payment via PayPal, check (payable to ODZ) or money order. Note: One calendar MAILED to a US address is $32, including postage & packaging. (2 calendars mailed to a single address costs $55. For 10 calendars or more, or for shipping outside of the US, please contact Myosho at [email protected] to discuss shipping costs.)
MAIL PAYMENT to: PO Box 1154 Port Townsend, WA 98368 Once payment has been received, she will mail out the calendar.
Calendars are $20 each if picked up in person at Tahoma monastery on Whidbey Island.

11/26/2025

Daichi Roshi, aka, Chisan is starting a new series of dharma talks on the Heart Sutra beginning Wednesday, November 26. The Heart Sutra, the full title translated as The Heart of Perfection of Wisdom, is a core text of the Mahayana Zen Buddhist tradition. The essential teaching of the Sutra is "form is emptiness, emptiness is form." You can download a pdf copy of Kazuaki Tanahashi's translation and guide to the Heart Sutra athttps://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/hea.pdf
Red Pine's translation can be found at https://www.counterpointpress.com/books/the-heart-sutra/, and a translation by Thich Nhat Hanh can be accessed at https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/letters/thich-nhat-hanh-new-heart-sutra-translation

11/26/2025

FEBRUARY 2026, SESSHIN WITH SHODO HARDA ROSHI: SIGNUP is now open and the APPLICATION DEADLINE is Monday, December 15th. https://www.tahomazenmonastery.com/newsesshinapplication/The February 2026 OSesshin with Harada Roshi at Tahoma Zen Monastery begins with kokuho on the evening of Wednesday, February 4th and concludes the evening of Wednesday, February 11th.
Participation all seven days is required. A reduced schedule is available for those over 70. This may also be available for those whose physical needs require an abbreviated schedule. Those following the reduced schedule will need to find accommodations outside of the monastery. Unfortunately, Enso House is no longer available for this.
OSesshin concludes the evening of Wednesday, February 11th.
The link to the OSesshin application is here: https://www.tahomazenmonastery.com/newsesshinapplication/
The APPLICATION DEADLINE is Monday, December 15th. We will send out acceptance emails on December 17th. If you are accepted, we'll send you a link to a page where you’ll confirm your attendance and agree to the sesshin policies. Payment information will be included in the acceptance email. Please pay your sesshin fee as soon as possible.
You must confirm your attendance by December 23rd or you might be placed on the wait list and your place given to someone already on the list. You will be able to change your arrival/departure dates later if necessary.
The fee is $450. Donations to support financial aid are welcome. Details on financial aid are in the application form.

11/23/2025

SUNDAY PRACTICE & Dharma talk: 10am -noon, with dharma talk from 11:00 am
IN PERSON and ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9147221372...
Please email us for the Passcode
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You can join SESSHIN via zoom:
SATURDAY, November 22th: 5:30am-7am, 10:30 am-noon, 2:30-4:30pm, 6-9pm.
SUNDAY, November 23th: 5:30am-7am, 10am-noon, 2:30-4:30pm, 6-9pm. (Dharma talk from 11am).
ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9147221372...
Please email us for the Passcode.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29th, 9 am~noon: INTRODUCTION to ZAZEN & practice at HVZC. The application is here:
https://staging.hvzc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/HALFDAYWebRegForm.pdf
In Person participation is highly recommended, but we’ll zoom the first portion for out of town practitioners. ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9147221372...
Please email us for the Passcode
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ROHATSU SESSHIN, DECEMBER 6th evening-14th ~2pm.
On Sunday the 14th everyone is welcome to join the Buddha’s Enlightenment Ceremony and potluck lunch!
You are welcome to arrive early for sesshin and stay on, if you DO let us know ahead of time! The sesshin application is here:
https://staging.hvzc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/HVZCSesshinApplication.pdf

09/25/2025

Thank you all for a wonderful, harmonious, solid sesshin. There was a waiting list and 43 were allowed to join. Roshi and Chisan worked hard, and everyone got into sanzen once a day. About 2/3 of the group took a group picture at the end if sesshin, while the rest of us did kaichin sutras. Next sesshin with Shodo Harada Roshi at Tahoma, WA, will be mid February 2026.

09/09/2025

Thahomasan Sogen-ji OneDropZen Monastery, Teisho opening poem by Shodo Harada Roshi, September 2025 O-Sesshin. Shodo Harada Roshi currently offers 7-Day Sesshins at Tahoma every February, May and September and international students are welcome! For updates please feel free to sign up for our Newsletter: https://www.tahomazenmonastery.com/tahoma-newsletter-signup/

07/26/2025

International practitioners are welcome. The September 2025 O-Sesshin with Harada Roshi at Tahoma Zen Monastery begins with kokuho on the evening of Monday, September 8th and concludes the evening of Monday, September 15th. O- Sesshin: Monday, September 8th – Monday, September 15th, 2025. https://www.tahomazenmonastery.com/sesshin/sesshin-application/
--- Kokuho is Monday evening, September 8th. Participation all seven days is required. A reduced schedule is available for those over 70 and people with physical coditions.

07/13/2025

JULY 12th - 20th: SESSHIN zoom SCHEDULE:
--- SATURDAY, JULY 12th: 7-9pm
--- SUNDAY, JULY 13th: 5:00am-7am, 10am-noon, 2:30-4:30pm, 6-9pm. (Dharma talk from 11am, followed by chanting for DORIS IRENE DUMBRILLE).
--- MONDAY through SATURDAY: 5:00am-7am, 11am-noon, 2:30-4:30pm, 6-9pm. (Dharma talk from 3:30pm).
--- SUNDAY, JULY 20th: 5:00am-7am, 10am-noon, (Dharma talk from 11am followed by closing ceremony).
--- ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9147221372... Please email us for the passcode.