Activities on Day 2 of the Summer Retreat 2016

Date: July 11, 2016 (8th day of the 6th lunar month, Year of the Monkey)

Morning:

• 4:30 AM: Wake-up bell

• 5:00 AM: Morning exercise

• 6:30 AM: Breakfast

• 8:00 AM: Opening ceremony of the 7-day retreat

• 9:30 AM: Dharma lecture on the topic: "Happiness in the Present"

• 10:45 AM: Break

• 11:00 AM: Meal offering ceremony

• 12:00 PM: Noon break

Afternoon:

• 1:30 PM: Wake-up bell

• 2:00 PM: Large group game session

• 4:00 PM: Cleaning the temple grounds

• 4:30 PM: Personal hygiene

• 5:30 PM: Light dinner

Evening:

• 7:00 PM: Chanting ceremony of "Compassion"

• 8:30 PM: Meditation practice

• 9:30 PM: Writing in the retreat journal

• 10:00 PM: Lights out