September 29th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai WITH DOSHO!

[Jundo]

DUE TO MY BEING CALLED TO BE IN THE "SACK RACE" AT MY SON LEON'S SCHOOL SPORTS EVENT, DOSHO HAS KINDLY AGREED TO STEP IN AND LEAD TODAY'S ZAZENKAI - JUNDO DAD

Hello All,

Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE from 9am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 8pm, Los Angeles 5pm (Friday night), London 1am and Paris 2am (early Saturday morning)

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

LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at GOOGLE+ IS HERE:
CLICK ON THE TAB ON LOWER RIGHT FOR 'FULL SCREEN


http://youtu.be/c0aXeaT2YOs

FOR THOSE NOT ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE CIRCLE WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, INSTRUCTIONS are posted AT THIS LINK (http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10200-How-to-Join-GOOGLE-for-Zazenkai). 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 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 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) (http://www.treeleaf.org/treeleaf_zazenkai_chant_book.pdf)

or

Chant Book (SHORT VERSION HTML) (http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?7032-Weekly-Monthly-Zazenkai-Chant-Book-is-Here)

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 gassho1

[Koshin]

Will be there live :)

Gassho

[Kyonin]

I'll be there live as well.

Gassho,

Kyonin

[richss]

I hope to make it live.


Gassho,

Richard

[Mp]

I will be there live. :)

Gassho
Michael

[Yugen]

I will have to sit the zazenkai on Saturday.

Deep bows
Yugen

[RichardH]

I'll be here.

Gassho, kojip

[Kyonin]

Thank you Dosho. Thank you guys. Have a great weekend :)

Gassho,

Kyonin

[RichardH]

Thank you, Dosho. gassho1

[Shinko]

Thank you Dosho! gassho2

[Mp]

Thank you Dosho and all who sat .... have a great weekend. :)

Gassho
Michael

[Koshin]

Thank you Dosho and to all sitters :)

Gassho

[Myozan Kodo]

Well done Dosho! Thank you.
Myozan

[Shohei]

Brilliant job Dosho!! Thank you, looks like you were listening :D

Deep bows
Shohei

[Risho]

Thanks Dosho!

Gassho,

Risho

[BobSpour]

Thanks doshoJust sat now.... Better late than never!GasshoBob

[Yugen]

Dosho,
Thank you! Well done!

My gratitude to all who sat and will sit.

Deep bows,
Yugen

[Taigu]

Deep bows to you, Dosho,

Your sincerety is as big and strong as a mountain.


gassho


Taigu

[Heisoku]

Thank you Dosho and everyone sitting. Gassho.

[Nenka]

Thanks, everybody.

gassho1

Jen

[Shugen]

Thank you everyone, especially Dosho, Shujin and Yugen.

Gassho

[Nindo]

Just finished sitting. Thanks to all - well done Dosho, you have a good Ino's voice.

[Gi Shu-George]

Thank you Dosho. Well done. Thanks everyone
Gassho George-Gishu

[Gi Shu-George]

Thank you Dosho. Well done. Thanks everyone
Gassho George-Gishu

[pinoybuddhist]

Hopefully I'll be able to sit with the recorded version either tomorrow afternoon or the afternoon the day after.

gassho1
Raf

[pinoybuddhist]

Sorry, double post.

gassho1
Raf

[Rich]

Thanks Dosho. you appear more as a priest than a priest in training. -)

[Hans]

Hello,

thank you Dosho and thank you all for your practise.

All the best and gassho,

Hans Chudo Mongen

[Jiken]

Thanks Dosho.

Had to cut this one in half (not two - tired zen joke) due to circumstances. Your dedication to the sangha is inspiring.

Gassho,

Daido

[Yutai]

Thank you, Dosho.

Gassho,
Lindsay

[Marla567]

Thank you, Dosho! And thank you all for sitting together.

Gassho,
Bianca

[Kaishin]

Great job, Dosho! Thank you

_/\_
Gassho, Kaishin / Matt

[Myoku]

Just seeing I forgot to reply ... so here it comes: Thank you Dosho and everyone, Gassho Myoku