9:00-10:30 Zazen (Three twenty-five minutes sitting sessions with 5 minutes of kinhin after each sit)

Traditional Soto Zen Service 10:30 AM

Dharma Talk: 10:30 AM

Each fifth Sunday Elliston-roshi and/or Shinjin-sensei leads a lively exchange based on the ancient tradition of dharma combat (hossen), wherein individuals in the session are invited to step forward with challenging questions or comments about Zen, to which the leaders respond. This is known as a "crossing of swords" (mondo) and is the source of most of the koans recorded in history - anecdotal dialogs between students and teachers from the countries of origin.