January 15th, 2011 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

Hi,

Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE TODAY from 9am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 7pm, Los Angeles 4pm (Friday night), London midnight and Paris 1am (early Saturday morning))

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

LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at USTREAM:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sit-a-long-with-jundo

But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'on demand' at any time after that, no different from the 'live' sitting :

'REAL TIME' recorded 'ANY TIME' version link is here:



OUR 90 MINUTE SITTING SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:

00:00 – 00:15 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA in English ONLY) 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 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 words of the Chants we will recite at the following link:

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231

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!

Hi all,

I had to leave early....houseguests! :| My thanks to all who have sat, are sitting, or will sit....deep bows.

Gassho,
Dosho

Thanks everybody,
_()_
Peter

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the sit tonight everyone. Was nice to see you all. Thank you Jundo.

PS - Dosho you'll have to tell me how you do the emote in chat...I like that.

Gassho,

Shawn

Thank you Jundo, and everyone both online and our friends at the Zendo in Japan.
Its was nice to sit live again after the time away.
Gassho.
Dave.

Good to see everyone this morning.
To Jundo and our two friends there, my regards.
Regards as well to all who sat here, and will sit this Zazenkai wherever, whenever.
Gassho,
Don

Thank you Jundo and all who sit this zazenkai.

Gassho Nigel.

Good sitting. Thanks!

Gassho

JGP

Gassho

Cyril

Lovely to sit with you all

Gassho,
Taylor (Myoken)