Chapin Mill

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Chapin Mill Buddhist Retreat Center is the 135 acre Buddhist Retreat center located near Batavia NY, suburb of Rochester NY. It was donated by Ralph Chapin a member and friend of the Rochester Zen Center. The retreat center began building in 2003 and was mostly completed in 2007. The center has a new zendo completed in July 2007.

Sesshin are regularly held at Chapin Mill. Held are 2 & 7 day sesshin.

Mill run at Chapin Mill.	Zendo as of 2008.	Dining hall facing kitchen.	Huge 3 foot wide Mokugyu drum. Sounds like a heart beat.
Carved zendo door	Kannon Room	Facing enso, zendo on right carved door on left.	Winter 2008 at Chapin Mill
Dokusan line (facing dining hall)	Enso in front of Kannon room.

[edit] Typical Chapin Mill Sesshin Schedule:

• 0400: Wake up bell
• 0415: Kinhin outside
• 0500: Zazen Bell
• 0515: 1st Round
• Kinhin
• 0600: 2nd Round (Dokusan/Daisan)
• 0700: Breakfast
• 0730: Work Detail
• 0800: Free Time
• 0950: Zazen Bell
• 1000: 1st Round
• Kinhin
• 1100: 2nd Round (Dokusan/Daisan)
• Dharma Talk
• Kinhin
• 1200: 3rd Round
• 1300: Lunch
• 1330: Work Detail
• 1400: Break
• 1500: Calisthenics
• 1600: Free Time
• 1700: Dinner
• 1850: Zazen Bell
• 1900: 1st Round
• Kinhin
• 2000: 2nd Round
• Kinhin
• 2100: 3rd Round (end of formal sitting) Yaza, (freetime sitting) encouraged.

[edit] See also

• List of Zen centers in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

[edit] References

Chapin Mill is referred to in:

• Ford, James Ishmael (2006). Zen Master Who?: A Guide to the People and Stories of Zen. Wisdom Publications, 753. ISBN 0861715098. 

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