Oct 4th/5th, 2013 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! - Marking Global Days of Service

Jundo

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Todays Zazenkai marks the start of our GLOBAL DAYS of SERVICE period, October 5-19th!
More information here:

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...ober-5-19-2013

Readings for today's Dharma Talk are below in this thread.

Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 7pm to 11pm, Los Angeles 4pm to 8pm (Friday night), London midnight to 4am and Paris 1am to 5am (early Saturday morning)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ...

... to be visible at the following link during those times and any time thereafter ...

LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at GOOGLE+ IS HERE:
CLICK ON THE TAB ON LOWER RIGHT FOR 'FULL SCREEN

http://youtu.be/ocdjlvCti0k

FOR THOSE NOT ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE CIRCLE WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, INSTRUCTIONS are posted AT THIS LINK. WE ARE NOW LIMITED TO 10 INDIVIDUALS WITH CAMERAS, BUT ANY NUMBER CAN WATCH LIVE 'ONE WAY' AND SIT-A-LONG VIA THE ABOVE SCREEN. IF JOINING WITH CAMERA, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS MUTED:

The Sitting Schedule is as follows;

00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN
00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN
01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN
01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN

01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN
02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN

02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN
03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN
03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING

Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between!

Please download and print out the Chants we will recite at the following link (PDF):

Chant Book (PDF)

or

Chant Book (SHORT VERSION HTML)

I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN.

ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS.

I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together!

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41 Comments

Sekishi - 10-05-2013, 05:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Jundo

Not too bad Eric, no more than a cough in the room disturbs. Don't worry about it so much, because we all sit with the sneezes and shuffles in the room as "just what is".

In fact, the sometime "ping" reminds me of Thich Nhat Hanh's wonderful little Practice during his talks of ringing a little bell every few minutes just to remind folks to come back to the moment.

Here is the podcast I mentioned after our Metta Chant on the father who forgave his daughter's killer. Very painful to hear at some points in the story ... (it starts from the 44:00 mark here) ...

http://www.wnyc.org/radio/#/ondemand/317421

Gassho, J

Thank you Jundo. I like the thought of being Thay's bell instead of just a nuisance ("not two" I guess).

I just finished that Radiolab this past week. A difficult and instructive episode.

Deep gassho,
Eric

Myosha - 10-05-2013, 07:00 AM
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Thank you one and all.

Forgiving him is forgiving you is forgiving me is forgiving.

Gassho,
Edward

Taikyo - 10-05-2013, 08:12 AM
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Thank you Jundo for zazenkai and for conducting to so smoothly despite your cold I hope it gets better soon ( if you had worn your speedos you would have ended up with pneumonia. Thanks also to Dosho & all for the great questions and great answers. Thanks to all who sat & will sit.

Gassho

David

Kyonin - 10-05-2013, 10:33 AM
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Thank you all who sat and will sit.

Jundo, the talk was really meaningful. Thank you. Hope that cold goes away soon.

I'll listen to the podcast tomorrow while taking a walk.

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Gassho,

Kyonin

Myozan Kodo - 10-05-2013, 02:32 PM
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Wonderful and inspiring.
Thank you.
Myozan

Risho - 10-05-2013, 04:51 PM
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Gassho,

Risho

Ed - 10-05-2013, 05:18 PM
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Wisdom is empty without compassion.
Great compassion begins at home with ourselves.
Sitting wholeheartedly, not wasting too much time on the cushion, is self-compassion dana.
Then we can be just there for others in compassionate presence, seeing things just as they are.
In gratitude to all here for your practice.

Heisoku - 10-06-2013, 10:37 AM
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In a compassionate act to my flu-ridden self I retired to my bed after the inspiring talk on Dana and giving. Thank you Jundo and Gassho to all those sitting all or part of this zazenkai. Ugh!

Ishin - 10-06-2013, 12:20 PM
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Danka All for that wonderful Zazenkai. Thank you Jundo, Dosho, all who sat and will sit. Thank you Jundo's cat, Shingen's dog, and my cat who also joined us.

Jundo - 10-06-2013, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Heisoku

In a compassionate act to my flu-ridden self I retired to my bed after the inspiring talk on Dana and giving. Thank you Jundo and Gassho to all those sitting all or part of this zazenkai. Ugh!

Be well, Heisoku.

Mp - 10-06-2013, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Clark

Danka All for that wonderful Zazenkai. Thank you Jundo, Dosho, all who sat and will sit. Thank you Jundo's cat, Shingen's dog, and my cat who also joined us.

Thanks Clark ... Bodhi seems to be getting very smart and he is starting to time these Zazenkais ... knows when to get up for scratches.

Gassho
Shingen

Biko - 10-06-2013, 06:49 PM
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Thank you Jundo, That "pinko commie" comment made me laugh really hard!

Gassho, Jeffrey

Daitetsu - 10-07-2013, 01:09 AM
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What a great Oktoberfest-Zazenkai!
This was not imperfectly perfect, but perfectly perfect up to and including the final "Auf Wiedersehen".
Very good Dharma talk as always, truly inspiring!

Thanks for your practice!

Gassho,

Timo

Kokuu - 10-07-2013, 01:07 PM
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Great talk, great questions, great sit!

Thank you all.

Gassho
Andy

Daijo - 10-07-2013, 01:34 PM
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I haven't been able to sit yet. Dads taxi service has been in full swing this weekend. I should be sitting tonight, though I may have to break it into two portions.

Gi Shu-George - 10-07-2013, 04:54 PM
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Thank you Jundo, thank you all for this practice
Gassho
Gi Shu George.

KellyRok - 10-07-2013, 07:57 PM
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Hello all,

A wonderful talk on dana! Jundo and Heisoku, I hope you are both feeling better. It was wonderful to sit with you all. Very nice job Dosho!

Gassho,
Kelly/Jinmei

Shokai - 10-08-2013, 12:13 PM
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Thank you Jundo for your wonderful teaching; Dosho for the chanting, your practice is showing perfection; Shingen, Kyonin and Dosho for the great questions and all else who sat or will sit.
gassho,