Typical Day
05:30 - Morning Bell
06:00 - Chanting* , Morning Prep
06:30 - Sweeping
07:00 - Breakfast
07:30 - Tea
08:00 - Chores or Open Schedule
11:30 - Lunch
12:00 - Tea
12:30 - Chores or Open Schedule
16:30 - Chanting*, Evening Prep
17:00 - Dinner
17:30 - Tea
20:30 - Sleep
*Not Mandatory
Chores may include: farmwork, weedwacking, carrying random boulders to arbitrary locations, foraging, spliting firewood, chainsawing dead trees* or bamboo stalks, cleaning herbs, drying herbs, mopping, sweeping, dusting, stamping religious items, laundry, dishes
Open Schedule Activities are on your own. You may choose to: hike**, read, write, meditate, calligraphy, Tai Chi Chuan, have more tea, sleep, contemplate life, find a random construction project.
Informal lessons on the above activities will also be given.
*Chainsaw will be provided
**MUST return before sundown