Dear All,
I am pleased to announce that a most honored guest, my Dharma Brother, a fellow student of Nishijima Roshi, and the bass player of Zero Defex, BRAD WARNER, author of a slew of books such as HARD CORE ZEN, SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP, and his latest and (if you ask me) best yet, DON'T BE A JERK and other Practical Advice from Dogen, Japan's Greatest Zen Master will be offering a very special Zazenkai and Talk next month, on SUNDAY JUNE 5th, LIVE. Please come sit with us and shut up.
DON'T BE A JERK is Brad at his best. Here is my little review at Amazon:
A little about Brad for those who don't know ...ShoboGONZO
I am pretty impressed and tickled by the whole thing. This book is just a brilliant interpretation. As he says, it is not meant as a line by line rewriting, and more of a quick thumb nail glimpse with a good bit of humor and fairly free interpretation. Nonetheless, Brad manages to convey the heart and sense of each passage. Just wonderful, a takes a kind of genius to pull this off. I think what he has done is just a blast and really funny too, while still being poignant and amazing.
more here ...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/review/R2RV..._=glimp_1rv_cl
HOW TO JOIN OUR ZAZENKAI LIVE:
The festivities will begin at 10am California time Sunday June 5th (that is New York 1pm, London 6pm and Paris 7pm, all on Sunday June, 5th). Our sitting schedule will look like this ... perhaps 30 minutes of Zazen, a Talk by Brad for 30 minutes or so, and some Questions from our participants. I anticipate the the event will be about 90 minutes to 2 hours, depending on the Talk and Q&A.
Of course, the Zazenkai will be recorded and available to sit 'real time' at any time thereafter.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE LIVE 'TWO-WAY' BY GOOGLE+ HANGOUT:
I will try to have TWO HANGOUTS going simultaneously on two separate computers and separate wifi routers . If you feel you are a person who would like to attend, are familiar with Google+, and have a reliable computer and good internet connection, please post in this thread that you would like to attend and can commit to attend at that time. (If you have any question on how to sign up for Google+, please PM SHUGEN or SHOKAI and we will do our best to get you up to speed)
We have 8 seats in the main Hangout, and up to 9 seats available in the second Hangout. We will also accept a waiting list of folks in case there is need. I will announce Hangout assignments a day or two before the actual event, and provide further instructions for getting in.
If you wish to sit live, but only One Way instead of Two Way, the Zazenkai will be livecast on Youtube for one way viewing, and I will be accepting Questions for Brad via email during the Zazenkai, if you have. Remember, our way is "Not One Not Two Way!"
It would be great to fill our hangouts and have a big turnout. I NEED AS MANY FOLKS AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE FAMILIAR WITH HANGOUTS, WHO CAN COMMIT TO JOIN US LIVE FOR THIS ZAZENKAI! If you are interested and commit can come, please post in this thread. It will be worth your time.
Please make sure you state clearly "have Google+ and hope to sit in Hangout TWO WAY" if so, or ONE WAY. Otherwise I will be confused about who is joining one way.
SO ... please attend, and DON'T BE A JERK!
Gassho, Jundo
limited to positive 優婆塞 台 婆
I plan to be there one-way. 
Originally Posted by Ongen
