SESSHIN AGREEMENT & LIABILITY WAIVER
"I agree (1) that I will finish the entire sesshin or portion of sesshin for which I have applied, and, (2) understanding that sesshin is a period of strenuous traditional Zen training involving some 10 hours of formal meditation per day during which participants may be frequently tapped with the kyosaku (encouragement stick), that neither the Chicago Zen Center nor any of its employees, officers, trustees, or trainees – nor any person acting as sesshin monitor or otherwise supervising, overseeing, or conducting any aspect of sesshin – shall be liable to me or to any other person for any loss or injury suffered by me in connection with my participation in sesshin, whether or not such loss or injury is caused by any act or omission of the Center or of any of the persons specified above."