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Thread: April 24th-25th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai (NEW START TIME!)

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    April 24th-25th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai (NEW START TIME!)

    reMINDer: NOTE OUR NEW STARTLESS START TIME, AN HOUR LATER THAN OLD TIME!

    Hello All,

    Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast from 10am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 9pm, Los Angeles 6pm (Friday night), London 2am and Paris 3am (early Saturday morning)

    ... and to be visible on the following screen 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




    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
    Last edited by Jundo; 04-25-2015 at 12:54 AM.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Mp
    Guest
    Wonderful, looking forward to sitting with you all. =)

    Gassho
    Shingen

    #sattoday

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    I'll be travelling this weekend, so will have to sit this on my return. I hope to see you all next week though!

    Gassho,
    Anshu

    -sat today-

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    I'll be here!

    Gassho,
    Dosho

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    I'll be here too.

    Gassho
    Daizan

    sat today

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    Hi all, last time I've had problems with my microphone and webcam.

    I'll try to make it 2-way this time but if omething goes wrong I'll be sitting one way.

    gassho,
    Daiyo.

    sat today.
    Gassho,Walter

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    Good Afternoon,

    I intend to sit Zazenkai tonight for my first time assuming I can keep my three little ones at bay long enough. If not I'll sit with the recording.

    Gassho, Dylan, Sat Today

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    A note about Robes (Rakusu or Kesa)Just prior to the beginning of the weekly and monthly Zazenkai, should you have already received the precepts (Jukai) and have a rakusu or in some cases a Kesa (for those ordained or with permission from their teacher), take a moment to do the following:


    This is from the Chant Book, am I supposed to have taken the precepts before I may sit Zazenkai? Either way, do I need to dress in any certain way, as I have no robes... Many thanks!

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    Hi Dylan,

    Anyone can sit with us, running around children are welcome (although please make sure your mike is muted for others), and no special clothing except for something comfortable and not too colorful.

    Gassho, J
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Hi guys!

    I'll be there with my bell ready!

    Gassho,

    Kyonin
    #SatToday
    Hondō Kyōnin
    奔道 協忍

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    Participating.


    Gassho
    Myosha sat today
    "Recognize suffering, remove suffering." - Shakyamuni Buddha when asked, "Uhm . . .what?"

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    Treeleaf Priest / Engineer Sekishi's Avatar
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    Apr 2013
    Location
    Virginia, USA
    See you all soon.
    Gassho,
    Sekishi#sattoday
    Sekishi | 石志 | He/him | Better with a grain of salt, but best ignored entirely.

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    Mp
    Guest
    Thank you everyone, lovely to sit with you all. Have a great weekend. =)

    Gassho
    Shingen

    #sattoday

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    Thank you everyone.

    Gassho,
    Shoka

    sattoday

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    Thanks to all.


    Gassho
    Myosha sat today
    "Recognize suffering, remove suffering." - Shakyamuni Buddha when asked, "Uhm . . .what?"

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    Thank you all very much.

    Gassho,
    Ralf sat today.

    義道 冴庭 / Gidō Kotei.
    Being a novice priest doesn't mean my writing about the Dharma is more substantial than yours. Actually, it might well be the other way round.

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    Sitting this one now.
    Gassho,
    Matt

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    Thank you.

    Gassho
    Meishin
    Sat today

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    Member Roland's Avatar
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    Mar 2014
    Location
    Brussels and Antwerp, Belgium
    Thank you Jundo and all of you.

    Gassho,
    Roland
    #SatToday

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    Thank you dear Sangha

    Gassho
    Lisa
    sat today

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    Thank you sangha


    ..sat2day•

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    Thanks.

    Gassho,
    one
    #sattoday

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    Thank you all who sat and willsit. Good turn out^
    gassho
    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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    Thank you all who sit this, and for everyone's practice. I like the new time, though recently I have been unable to take advantage of it.
    Gassho
    Ishin

    Sat Today

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    Ansan
    Guest
    Thank you all!!

    Gassho,
    Ansan

    #SatToday
    Last edited by Ansan; 04-27-2015 at 04:01 AM.

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