January 12th, 2013 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Jundo]

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 7pm, Los Angeles 4pm (Friday night), London midnight and Paris 1am (early Saturday morning)

... and to be visible at the following link 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

http://youtu.be/-24FI0mI96M

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) 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

[Kyonin]

I'll be there :)

Gassho,

Kyonin

[RichardH]

I'll be sitting this one recorded. Need to attend work related function tonight.

Gassho, kojip

[Daitetsu]

Will try to be there live w/out webcam (if I'm still awake), but if not I'll sit the recorded version next day in the evening.

Gassho,

Timo

[Shohei]

The stars and planets have aligned... and so has this event and my wife's work schedule so I will be there with bells on live for once in a long while!

Gassho
Shohei

[Koshin]

The stars and planets have aligned... and so has this event and my wife's work schedule so I will be there with bells on live for once in a long while!

Gassho
Shohei

Great, will be there with you all.

Gassho

[Mp]

I will be there too. :)

Gassho
Michael

[Myoku]

Thank you Jundo,
will be re-sitting on g+ hangout a few hours later, for anyone interested to sit with me on g+, just check the calendar (http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/calendar.php) for your local time,
Gassho
Myoku

[Dosho]

I'll be there.

Gassho,
Dosho

[jeff_u]

As the first Zazenkai since signing up I'll be there.

Gassho,
-Jeff

[Myozan Kodo]

Hi,
Will sit the recorded version the following day.
Gassho
Myozan

[Hans]

Heyho folks,

I'll sit with the recorded version tomorrow! Thank you all for your practise.

Gassho,

Hans Chudo Mongen

[Seimyo]

Have a great sit all. I'll also be sitting with this tomorrow.

Gassho.
Chris

[Kiki]

Will sit the recorded video hopefully tomorrow. Thank you all!

Gassho
Kia

[Myozan Kodo]

With you live. But frustratingly iPad not giving me access to Hangout.
Gassho,
Myozan

[Dosho]

Thank you everyone...a delight to sit with you.

Gassho,
Dosho

[Koshin]

With you live. But frustratingly iPad not giving me access to Hangout.
Gassho,
Myozan

Anyway, I saw you there :)

Thank you everybody, have a great weekend and see you in Jukai Ceremnoy :)

Gassho

[Yugen]

I will be sitting Zazenkai this weekend. Thank you all - and see you at Jukai!

Deep bows
Yugen

[jeff_u]

Thank you all for the wonderful sitting.

Gassho,

Jeff

[Mp]

Thank you everyone ... Was a great turn out. Have a great weekend. :)

Gassho
Michael

[Jundo]

Just a technical question for next time, with our new Community at Google+ ...

For our Zazenkai next week, do I invite people to the hangout by clicking "Sangha Members" (which seems to have 110 members) or "Treeleaf Zendo" (which seems to have 75 folks in it)? Next to "Sangha Members" there is a mark that looks like a circle, and next to "Treeleaf Zendo" a circle with three dots inside. Here is a screen cap ...

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[Dosho]

Jundo,

I believe you'd want to select the "Treeleaf Zendo" one, although my understanding from Myoku is that if you are on the Treeleaf Zendo Community webpage andstart a hangout, you don't have to invite anyone. But as I wrote him earlier today, my understanding of G+ is spotty at best. So, hopefully he will chime in here.

Gassho,
Dosho

[Marla567]

Thank you all for sitting together!

Gassho
Bianca

[Myoku]

Gassho and thank you everyone,



For our Zazenkai next week, do I invite people to the hangout by clicking "Sangha Members" (which seems to have 110 members) or "Treeleaf Zendo" (which seems to have 75 folks in it)?

The symbols are for Circle and Community, you have more in the Circles as not everyone yet moved to the Community (especially not those who are no longer active or have not visited google for a while). The rule is to just start a hangout from the community page to invite the whole community, with one exception: you not yet can start a Hangout on Air from there, so Jundo should start as usual and invite the Community.
Gassho
Myoku

[Kyonin]

Thank you all who sat/will sit.

See you on the Jukai ceremony :)

Gassho,

Kyonin

[Daijo]

Another technical question. Can someone post instructions on how to sit along with the pre-recorded version in a hangout? I know we've done it, but I dont know how to stream the recorded version into a current hangout. Gassho.

[Daijo]

Never mind. I see they've made it nice and easy for us.

[Matt]

First sitting in more than a week since getting the flu. Gassho, Matt

[Heisoku]

Thank you Jundo and all sitting. Gassho.

[adrianbkelly]

Thanks everyone!

_/\_

Ade

[Shugen]

Gassho


Shugen

[dharma7154]

Thanks to all who sat and will sit.
Gassho
Lee