Chapin Mill

Chapin Mill Buddhist Retreat Center is the 135-acre (0.55 km²) Buddhist Retreat center of the Rochester Zen Center located at 8603 Seven Springs Rd, Batavia, NY, between Buffalo, NY and Rochester, NY. Ralph Chapin, a member and friend of the Center donated the property to the Center in 1996. The retreat center held a groundbreaking in April 2000. Building began 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.

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  Mill run at Chapin Mill.

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  Zendo as of 2008.

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  Dining hall facing kitchen.

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  Huge 3-foot (0.91 m) wide Mokugyu drum. Sounds like a heart beat.

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  Carved zendo door

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  Kannon Room

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  Facing enso, zendo on right carved door on left.

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  Winter 2008 at Chapin Mill

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  Dokusan line (facing dining hall)

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  Ensō in front of Kannon room.

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.

See also

• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

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. pp. 753. ISBN 0861715098. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70174891&referer=one_hit. 

External links

• Rochester Zen Center website - About Chapin Mill, and About Ralph Chapin