September 16th-17th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Jundo]

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

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo,

I will be there live with instruments ready. =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[RichardH]

I'll be here/ there.

Gassho
Daizan

Sat today

[Doshin]

traveling on hold for a couple of weeks, family gone, I think I can be wherever you all are (live if there is room), but then I think I am anyway.

Gassho
Doshin
sattoday

[Sekishi]

I will be there if the Internet karmic conditions permit...

Gassho,
Sekishi

#sattoday

[Onkai]

I'm going to the opera tonight, so I will sit with this zazenkai later over the weekend.

Gassho,
Onkai
SatToday

[Byokan]

I'll be live one-way

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

[Jakuden]

I'll be live one-way

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

Me too!

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday

[Mp]

Hello everyone,

Here is the event link if needed: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts...hgw3ky6dfwuqme

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Myosha]

Participating "one-way".


Gassho
Myosha
sat today

[Jishin]

✌️️

[RichardH]

Gassho and thank you.

Daizan

sat today

[Jakuden]

Haha so cute! Thanks everyone and have a great weekend.

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

[Doshin]

Thank you

Gassho
Doshin
sattoday

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo, Joyo, and everyone ... what an amazing experience. Even though there is space and time, no borders, no boundaries, no here or there, it is wonderful to come together in person ... to sit and practice. I am very grateful for you all. =)

The short story of it all is ... Joyo and my daughter live in the same small town, so I decided to come and pay them both a visit for my vacation. I will write more on it later, but that is the short version for now.

Have a great night everyone.

Gassho
Shingen

[Kyosei]

Good to see you, friends!

Thank you for the talk Jundo, I really needed to hear that.

May you have a nice day.

Gassho

#SatToday.

[Sekishi]

Thank you all. Lovely to sit with you!

Did anyone else hear a little, "We will, we will, Zazen!" at the end?

Gassho,
Sekishi

[Byokan]

Oh lovely, thank you dear Sangha!

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

[Jundo]

I'm going to the opera tonight, so I will sit with this zazenkai later over the weekend.

Gassho,
Onkai
SatToday

I hope the opera was Luscious.

While googling "Buddha Opera" I came across this ...

Perhaps there is hope for the youth of this world yet.



Not Bye Bye Birdie, just Bye Bye Buddha (check out the ending song from 10:00)

Gassho, J

SatToday

[Joyo]

Thank you Jundo, Shingen, and everyone. It was so nice to sit with you all, and with Shingen in real life. =)

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

[Gokai]

Hello everyone
I Just Sat in my daily Zazen with all of You and the zazenkai recording.
Not bad or good Zazen like Jundo said.
I wish all of You a very good weekend.
Gassho, David
Sattoday

[Kyonin]

Thank you all who sat and will sit.

Jundo, the Rock Opera is so bad that's it's good. And songs are catchy.

Bye bye Buddha!

Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatToday

[Tanjin]

Thanks to all for sitting with me.

Gassho,
Jimmy
SatToday

[Washin]

Thank you everyone.

Gassho
Washin
just sat

[Toun]

Sat with the recorded zazenkai this morning.
What a wonderful community and thank you Jundo for making all of this possible.
I am looking forward to sitting in live one day.

Gassho
Mike
Sat2day

[Jika]

Thank you all.

Gassho
Jika
#one-two-one-two-three

[Sekishi]

While googling "Buddha Opera" I came across this ...

Perhaps there is hope for the youth of this world yet.

I like that the Bodhi tree had a speaking / singing part.

Gassho,
Sekishi



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[Onkai]

Thank you all. It is so good that there are no scheduling conflicts here. I enjoyed the opera, and I just did the zazenkai. Jundo, that video you posted was funny. Like Kyonin said, it was so bad that it was good. The zazenkai talk was just what I needed. I'd caught myself with my eyes closing in the previous sitting period. Awareness of "the eye that never sleeps" helps. Have a great weekend, everyone.

Gassho,
Onkai
SatToday

[Entai]

Sat with you all via the recording. Lots of rhythm at the end! Love it!

Gassho,
Entai

SatToday

[Kotei]

Thank you all.

Gassho,
Kotei just sat with this.

[martyrob]

What a great way to end zazenkai! I vote your daughter reads the heart sutra next week. Embrace the chaos as I used to say when my kids were that age.
Thanks to all and wishing you all well.

Martyn


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[Deirdre]

I sat with the recording this morning, and I very much enjoyed this week's version of the Four Vows.

Thank you to all.

Gassho,
- Deirdre
sat2day

[Konsetsu]

Sat with the recording just now.

Thanks for the talk Jundo, thanks to everyone!

Gassho
Tim
SatToday

[Hoko]

Sat zazenkai today.
May we all be at peace embracing all conditions of life.
Gassho
K2
#SatToday

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[Kaishin]

Sat the recorded version. Thank you, all, and enjoy the cheese, Jundo!

-satToday

[Shokai]

Thank you all who sat or will sit; loved the drumming, thanks Sa-chan

gassho

satoday

[Jakuden]

This reminds me of Brad Warner discussing in "Don't Be a Jerk" how Dogen says something about the Milky Way ripening into cheese
Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday


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[Matt]

Sitting this now.
Gassho
Matt

[Kokuu]

Thank you all.

Gassho
Kokuu
#sattoday

[Hobbie]

I think I've figured out how to sit with you as a group and have sent a request via google plus. I hope sit with you this weekend.

_/|\_

[Jundo]

I think I've figured out how to sit with you as a group and have sent a request via google plus. I hope sit with you this weekend.

_/|\_

I approved you Hobbie.

We are going to have to make some better system of getting folks approved, as I see many folks waiting.

Gassho, Jundo

[Hobbie]

Thank. You. I may have a few more people in my area joining. I will help to explain to them how to do this and share what I've learned. I know how to do the heart and kesa sutra by heart, but will need a cheat sheet for the others during chants, is this okay to hold during chants?


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[Jundo]

Hi Hobbie,

Yes, we generally hold the Sutra pages respectfully this way ...



... fingers closed on the outside, like a Boyscout salute ...



... switching to Gassho when we Gassho, holding the Chant Book between thumbs (like this, but we tend to hold the hands up higher, at face level) ...



And in case anyone is wondering, a film of basic Zendo procedures such as this will be added to our Beginners Series of videos.

Gassho, J

SatToday

[Hobbie]

I'll need to change my kinhin hand mudra, as well, but it looks similar to the way Brad Warner does it.

[Jundo]

Hi Hobbie,

We generally make Shashu for Kinhin and walking through the Zendo this way, with the right hand, thumb tucked in ...



... held heart level, elbows out ... but relaxed, not too tight and rigid ...



That is the standard Soto Way, but some groups related to Kodo Sawaki Roshi also turn the hands sideways ...



My Teacher, Nishijima Roshi, held the hands the standard Soto way, as you can see at about 6:20 mark here ...



Which way does Brad do?

Gassho, Jundo

[Hobbie]

Brad holds it vertical like you do in the YouTube videos. The Deshimaru lineage holds it like Kodo Sawaki Rossi.

[Jyukatsu]

Woke up very early this morning and sat with the recording : a great way to start the day
Gassho,
Marina
Sat Today

[Hobbie]

I tried to join the sit live, but did not have hangouts. So I will sit with the recording. _/|\_

[Jundo]

I tried to join the sit live, but did not have hangouts. So I will sit with the recording. _/|\_

Hi Hobbie,

The sitting has not happened yet for this week (Sept. 23rd), it begins about 3 hours from now. You should have received an email invitation, and will likely receive another just around the start time. Please check.

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)

Gassho, Jundo

[Hobbie]

Okay, great! Thank you!