• October 18-19th, 2013 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

    Hello All,

    Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE from 9am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 8pm, Los Angeles 5pm (Friday night), London 1am and Paris 2am (early Saturday morning)

    ... and to be visible at the following link during those times and sit-a-long-able any time thereafter ...

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


    TO BE POSTED HERE SHORTLY BEFORE NETCAST

    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:

    00:00 – 00:15 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA in English) and Dedication
    00:15 – 00:45 ZAZEN
    00:45 – 00:55 KINHIN
    00:55 – 01:25 ZAZEN
    01:25 – 01:30 FOUR VOWS & VERSE OF ATONEMENT


    As you can see, our Zazenkai consists of chanting the 'Heart Sutra' in English (the words are at the link below), some full floor prostrations in sets of three (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), followed by our Dedication, Zazen twice for about 30 minutes each, with 10 minutes of Kinhin in between, and we end the sitting with 'The Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'.

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


    Chant Book (PDF)

    or

    Chant Book (SHORT VERSION HTML)

    So, please join us as soon as you can, and we will keep a Zafu open for you.

    Remember, when we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together!


    Gassho, Jundo
    This article was originally published in forum thread: October 18-19th, 2013 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai started by Jundo View original post
    Comments 30 Comments
    1. Myozan Kodo's Avatar
      Myozan Kodo -
      Thanks all. Great to sit with you this morning. Might steal your idea, Jundo. Perfect day to take the kids on a hike.
      Gassho with thanks.
      Myozan
    1. Heisoku's Avatar
      Heisoku -
      Thank you Jundo and everyone sitting. Have a great weekend. Gassho.
    1. Ishin's Avatar
      Ishin -
      Thanks Everyone. The weather here while I sat was perfectly Ango, in that there was a light rain just outside my window. Hopefully I will be able to do a full live sit with all someday.

      Gassho
      C
    1. Myoku's Avatar
      Myoku -
      Thank you everyone,
      Gassho
      Myoku
    1. Daitetsu's Avatar
      Daitetsu -
      Thanks for your practice!

      Gassho,

      Timo
    1. Geika's Avatar
      Geika -
      Thank you all.
    1. adrianbkelly's Avatar
      adrianbkelly -
      Thanks everyone (including the birds, who were on good form!)

      _/\_
      Ade
    1. Kokuu's Avatar
      Kokuu -
      Thank you all for your practice.

      Feeling a soft breeze
      body and mind drop away
      with the falling leaves.



      Same time next week?

      Gassho
      Andy
    1. Marcelo de Valnisio's Avatar
      Marcelo de Valnisio -
      Thank you for the sitting.

      Gassho.
    1. Risho's Avatar
      Risho -
      Gassho,

      Risho