Day 1- Treeleaf 10th Anniversary Zazenathon!

[Graceleejenkins]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, TREELEAF!

Today, March 31/ April 1, starts Day 1 of our Zazenathon continuous sit in celebration!

TODAY'S SITTERS PLEASE POST HERE YOUR SITS, REFLECTIONS, OR JUST HAPPY BIRTHDAY MESSAGES!
If you use Insight Timer or Google+, please post a message there, too!

Thank you to our sitters for today:

Jika
Washin
Kotei
Libby
Tai Shi
Ongen
Karen MacK
Mark
Shujin
Lucy
Dillon
Kyonin
Daizan
Jishin
Rich
KellyRok
Shoka
Chiko
Shinzan
Shingen
Byokan
Myoku
Roland
Joshua Lewis
Nindo
Graceleejenkins
Anshu
Jundo
Edward
LilianeB
Jikan
David
Onkai
Warren
Shokai
Joyo
Nengyo
Jakuden
Kazashimo
JimH

[Jika]

Jika
#sattoday

[TCloud]

Happy Birthday!

[Jishin]

Central 615-645 Mach 31

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Kyonin]

Happy birthday Treeleaf,

Thank you Jundo for creating this sangha and for being our teacher.

Thank you everyone!

Now lets celebrate

Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatToday

[Mp]

WooHoo Happy Birthday Treeleaf!!!

Let the celebration begin! =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Graceleejenkins]

Central 615-645 Mach 31

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

Gassho, Grace
Sat today

[Rich]

Rich reports sitting this AM in honor and celebration of Treeleaf.
Treeleaf is a special and unique zendo.

SAT today

[Jakuden]

Yay, I am here in my hotel room in Austin TX (hi Jishin! I'm in your time zone for a few days) ready to sit. So honored to be a part of Treeleaf's 10th!

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

[Eishuu]

Am really excited to be part of this. Happy Birthday Treeleaf!

Gassho
Lucy
Sat today

[kazashimo]

Happy Birthday Treeleaf, I think I've only been a member 10 days myself really, or not much longer!
Practicing on my own (lack of Zen or any other Buddhists locally) it's great to feel like I'm in a Sangha, not only that but a world wide one!
Lets Zazenathon then

Much metta to all

Kazashimo ~~sat today~~

[Roland]

#SatToday in a train, wearing a noise cancelling headset. It went amazingly well. Feeling connected to the Treeleaf peeps during my physical and mental journey.

Gassho

Roland

[Graceleejenkins]

Happy Birthday Treeleaf, I think I've only been a member 10 days myself really, or not much longer!
Practicing on my own (lack of Zen or any other Buddhists locally) it's great to feel like I'm in a Sangha, not only that but a world wide one!
Lets Zazenathon then

Much metta to all

Kazashimo ~~sat today~~

Happy 10th day Anniversary to you, Kazashimo! You are already helping the Sangha! Thanks for participating! Gassho, Grace

Sat today

[Graceleejenkins]

#SatToday in a train, wearing a noise cancelling headset. It went amazingly well. Feeling connected to the Treeleaf peeps during my physical and mental journey.

Gassho

Roland

How wonderful! Gassho, Grace.
Sat today

[Jishin]

Yay, I am here in my hotel room in Austin TX (hi Jishin! I'm in your time zone for a few days) ready to sit. So honored to be a part of Treeleaf's 10th!

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

I see you! Only 6 hours away.

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Byokan]

Oh boy, here we go! Jika, I will sit the first segment with you, just because.

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

[Shoka]

I sat the first segment as well... why not? 😊 Nice to see so many treeleafers sitting.

Gassho,
Shoka
sattoday

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[Washin]

Just sat the first part of the first day in honour of Treeleaf
Happy Anniversary dear Sangha and a smooth
zazenathon to all!

Gassho
Washin
*more sitting tonight*

[Jika]

Oh, sorry, I really thought it started yesterday (no joking here!).

I completely missed the importance of opening ceremony today.

Bowing to my zafu, I just thought of people in all time zones, how are you doing, feeling in a long line of sitting people.

I really blew it.

Thank you all for recognizing this information better than me, and sitting with me.

Gassho
Jika
#satonscheduletoday
#hadcoffeeheadstartsworking

[Byokan]

Bowing to my zafu, I just thought of people in all time zones, how are you doing, feeling in a long line of sitting people.

Hm, funny, sounds to me like you completely embodied the importance of opening ceremony today, Jika!

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

[Kotei]

Hi all,

just sat my portion.
Happy birthday and thank you, Treeleaf!

Gassho,
Kotei

[MacK]

Hi all

Just sat my bit. Accompanied by the heavy background sighs of our bored and grumpy rescue greyhound

Gassho
Karen

[Eishuu]

Just did my first sit, to the low rumble and shouts of the rubbish being collected, my neighbour's loud music, and my cat's comings and goings. So lovely to feel connected to you all like this. Happy sitting everyone.

[Shujin]

Sat 0500-0530 EDT; sleepy, listening to sounds of rain. Happy day one.

Gassho,
Shujin

[Jishin]

4-1-16

615-645

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_

[KellyRok]

Hello all! Lovely to be celebrating and honoring Treeleaf's 10th anniversary with all of you! I just sat my first bit on insight timer with the birds and the rain. Perfect.

Gassho,
Kelly/Jinmei
sattoday

[Shoka]

Sat this morning for 545 -6 PDT. So wonderful to start the day with this celebration.

Gassho,
Shoka
sattoday

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[Mp]

Sat today (6:00-6:30 PST) to start off this lovely day! =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Rich]

Sat 4/1 6:45-7:15 central

[Graceleejenkins]

I was honored to sit today in celebration of our Treeleaf Sangha, to honor with gratitude our past, to celebrate our present, and to begin our next 10 years! I shared the time with JimH and passed the zafu to Shoka and Jika. Thank you all!

Gassho, Grace

Yes! Sat today, plus 10 more in HONOR OF TREELEAF'S 10th ANNIVERSARY!

[Graceleejenkins]

Hi all

Just sat my bit. Accompanied by the heavy background sighs of our bored and grumpy rescue greyhound

Gassho
Karen

I love sitting with animals, but my Australian Cattle Dog just wants me to take him out for a romp at the dog park! : ) Gassho, Grace.

[Jakuden]

Jika I have been checking my calendar since yesterday, convinced that somehow I lost a whole day instead of just an hour flying through time zones. It's not just you! But yes it sounds like you got it right to me! (Waving from the end of the April 1st line)

Gassho
Jakuden
Going to sit for a bit prior to the next lecture


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[Gukan]

Sat this morning 7.30-8am BST. Overslept, woke up at 7.15, remembered my session groaned inwardly, considered going back to sleep (I'm not proud), thought of my practice, thought of our shared practice, ran downstairs to the zafu... and stretching out before my session I felt like Michael Phelps at the poolside, ready to do my bit for my zendo

Genuinely felt the presence of all Treeleafers

Thank you all who are sitting - whether on the spreadsheet or freestyling, it's all good practice.

Gassho,
Libby
sat today

[Kyonin]

Hi all,

I sat my couple of segments and will attend zazenkai tonight

Thank you all for this. Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatToday

[JimH]

I am very happy to be joining in the celebration!

Thank you to Jundo and the whole sangha for making Treeleaf such a great place to be!

Gassho--

--JimH
SatToday!

[Byokan]

Hi All,

just sat 30. Passing the baton to you, Lucy

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

[Eishuu]

Thanks Byokan. For some reason I'm imagining it more like a flaming torch.

Gassho
Lucy
Sat today

[Myoku]

just sat my first 15 Minutes today,
Gassho
Myoku
sat today

[Gokai]

Hi all,

just sat my portion (today as backup at 11hoom - 11h45m BST).
Happy birthday and thank you, Treeleaf!
It was worth only have known the TreeLeaf this year, but it is better late than never.
Gassho, David

Sattoday

[Myoku]

...and second 15 minutes.
Gassho
Myoku
sat today

[Nindo]

I am about to leave the office to sit - where? I've never done this before. Glad it's not snowing!!

Gassho
Nindo
sattoday

[Graceleejenkins]

A new experience!
Gassho, Grace.

Sat today

[kazashimo]

Just sat my first 30 (21:00-21:30 BST) on the Zazenathon following on from Fugen's 2hr session!
Makes mine look feeble in comparison

Great to be 'in' and getting going, and like Libby says, you can almost feel the presence other Treeleafers

Gassho
Kazashimo ~~sat today~~

[Nindo]

Makes mine look feeble in comparison

It's not a competition!

Found a bench under a tree - 16 deg C in Alberta on April 1st, wow - last year we had a blizzard the same day! This is a photo from the web; of course the trees have no leaves yet.

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Hope others will post photos if you sit outdoors!

Gassho
Nindo
sattoday

[Graceleejenkins]

Just sat my first 30 (21:00-21:30 BST) on the Zazenathon following on from Fugen's 2hr session!
Makes mine look feeble in comparison

Great to be 'in' and getting going, and like Libby says, you can almost feel the presence other Treeleafers

Gassho
Kazashimo ~~sat today~~

Hi, Kazahimo, I just finished my sitting.

I know what you mean, I also feel the presence of all the Sangha members. I just now finished my sitting, and during it I felt directly connected with and grateful to Lucy who I knew sat before me, and then I felt that connection extend backward to all the Sangha members who sat continuously before her, and then, at the same time, I felt the same connection and gratitude extend to Byokan who, I also knew, would be sitting directly after me, and then, to all who would be following. I wish I could describe it--not over-powering, just really there. I don't know that I usually feel connected before and after--I usually only feel connected in the present. Gassho, Grace.

Sat today

[Byokan]

Hi All,

just sat 30, I pass the flaming torch now to you, Jishin!

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

[Byokan]

Hi, Kazahimo, I just finished my sitting.

I know what you mean, I also feel the presence of all the Sangha members. I just now finished my sitting, and during it I felt directly connected with and grateful to Lucy who I knew sat before me, and then I felt that connection extend backward to all the Sangha members who sat continuously before her, and then, at the same time, I felt the same connection and gratitude extend to Byokan who, I also knew, would be sitting directly after me, and then, to all who would be following. I wish I could describe it--not over-powering, just really there. I don't know that I usually feel connected before and after--I usually only feel connected in the present. Gassho, Grace.

Sat today

This feeling is awesome. And that presence and connection is available to us always, because we are all part of the infinite chain, the ever-flowing river of the Dharma. Ain't it cool?

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

[Dainin]

Happy 10th Anniversary, Treeleaf! I'm happy to assist in the celebration!

Gassho,
Dainin

SatToday

[Graceleejenkins]

This feeling is awesome. And that presence and connection is available to us always, because we are all part of the infinite chain, the ever-flowing river of the Dharma. Ain't it cool?

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

Yes, it is really cool! I understood it intellectually, but it was an abstract idea before today. Things would go on, with or without me, and I did my best to make things better where I found myself in the present, but it was still abstract. But now, I can relate a little more directly.

And Kazashimo -- I just noticed that I mistyped your name! Please forgive me--I know your name well! I am just really a rotten typist and an even worse proof editor!

In fact, if everyone would just take this as my apology for my typing ahead of time, I would appreciate it! (The red cheeks are my embarrassment!) And the littler the screen, the worse it becomes!

Gassho,Grace

Sat today

[Graceleejenkins]

Happy 10th Anniversary, Treeleaf! I'm happy to assist in the celebration!

Gassho,
Dainin

SatToday

Dainin, nice to have you! Thanks for signing up! Gassho, Grace.

Sat today