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Jundo
01-17-2014, 06:46 AM
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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2YsP6ou7IE

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
01-17-2014, 11:46 AM
Hopefully I'll feel well enough to be live :)

Gassho,

Kyonin

Mauricio
01-17-2014, 01:09 PM
Hello,

Great!I try online participation.

Gassho,

Mauricio

Juki
01-17-2014, 01:16 PM
I will be there live.

Gassho,
Juki/William

Koshin
01-17-2014, 02:10 PM
Will join you a couple hours late, due work commitments....still sitting with you in the middle of a business meeting :)

Gassho

Daijo
01-17-2014, 02:33 PM
Once again, I believe I will be able to attend live. But my time is not my own, so we shall see.....

Gassho,

Daijo/Chuck

Daitetsu
01-17-2014, 02:51 PM
Like last time: will try to be there live (if I am not too tired), otherwise it'll be on Sunday for me...

Gassho,

Daitetsu/Timo

Yugen
01-17-2014, 04:16 PM
I will be there!

Deep bows
Yugen

Dosho
01-17-2014, 04:46 PM
I'll be here.

Gassho,
Dosho

Shinzan
01-17-2014, 05:11 PM
I will be there, hopefully live. And hopefully, the invitation process is working now.
Shinzan

Mp
01-17-2014, 05:26 PM
I may or may not be there live. I am heading to Vancouver to see my granny, but have a truck repair I have to fix first, so we will see. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Dosho
01-17-2014, 05:32 PM
The invitation issue was because of the setup for jukai (and constant G+ changes), so it shouldn't have any effect here.


I will be there, hopefully live. And hopefully, the invitation process is working now.
Shinzan

Joyo
01-17-2014, 07:14 PM
I plan on being there, for at least part of it. :)

Gassho,
Joyo

Myozan Kodo
01-17-2014, 07:29 PM
Hi,
Will sit with you all tomorrow.
Gassho
Myozan

TimF
01-17-2014, 07:31 PM
Sadly I will miss it live due to work. Hoping to catch it live someday, however, as I would like to test out my new camera gassho1

Gassho,
Tim

Nameless
01-17-2014, 07:50 PM
:)

Gassho, John

Myosha
01-17-2014, 11:39 PM
Hello,

Participating.


Gassho,
Myosha

Sekishi
01-17-2014, 11:49 PM
I will hopefully be there live. Gassho.

Sekishi
01-18-2014, 12:04 AM
Could not get in. Sitting with the vid. Gassho.

Juki
01-18-2014, 01:31 AM
Wonderful Zazenkai. Thank you to all for your practice.

Gassho,
Juki

Myosha
01-18-2014, 01:32 AM
Thanks to all.


Gassho,
Myosha

Daitetsu
01-18-2014, 01:34 AM
Thank you for your practice - have a great weekend!

Gassho,

Daitetsu

Sekishi
01-18-2014, 01:35 AM
Thank you all for your practice!

Re: evil karma vs harmful words thoughts and acts - I've often wondered why we switch around on this wording (tea party is "evil karma", Zazenkai is "harmful words"' etc.). Should we basically always use the latter wording?

Thank you all again. Wonderful Zazenkai!

Gassho,
Sekishi / Eric

Dosho
01-18-2014, 01:51 AM
Thank you everyone!

Eric: As Jundo said, the wording was changed about a year ago and hasn't been changed in all posts and threads. I will remind Fugen or ask Seimyo to change it for the tea party thread, so it's good you mentioned that aspect.

Gassho,
Dosho

Shinzan
01-18-2014, 01:52 AM
Thanks, all. _/\_ Shinzan

Taikyo
01-18-2014, 07:44 AM
Moving from the harmful to the harmless I thank you all for a wonderful zazenkai. Have a great weekend everyone!
In Gassho
Taikyo

Genshin
01-18-2014, 08:35 AM
Thank you Jundo, Yugen, and everyone that sat and will sit. Have a great weekend!

Gassho
Genshin

Myoku
01-18-2014, 11:06 AM
Thank you everyone, and may all you guys with a cold get healthy soon,
Gassho
Myoku

Genki
01-18-2014, 11:59 AM
Thank you all.

Gassho
Genki//Björn


Björn

Heisoku
01-18-2014, 12:27 PM
Thank you Jundo and Yugen, and Gassho to everyone sitting. Gassho.

Sekishi
01-18-2014, 06:23 PM
Thank you Dosho, I wasn't sure if there was a significance to the fact that the older one was still used sometimes. No big deal either way -- the intention is the same!

Gassho,
Eric / Sekishi


Thank you everyone!

Eric: As Jundo said, the wording was changed about a year ago and hasn't been changed in all posts and threads. I will remind Fugen or ask Seimyo to change it for the tea party thread, so it's good you mentioned that aspect.

Gassho,
Dosho

Myozan Kodo
01-19-2014, 03:34 PM
Thanks all,
Hope you guys feel better soon.
Gassho
Myozan

Risho
01-19-2014, 04:13 PM
Get well soon Dosho and Kyonin.

Gassho,

Risho

Stacy
01-19-2014, 05:20 PM
Thank you everyone. gassho1

The PDF version of the chant book still lists it as "evil karma" as well.


Gassho, Stacy

Kaiku
01-19-2014, 10:53 PM
gassho2

Mp
01-20-2014, 03:51 PM
Thank you everyone ... Sat with you all over the weekend and was a nice grounding point. Feel better Dosho and Kyonin. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Liang
01-20-2014, 07:46 PM
Thank you. Gassho, Fred

Kantai
01-21-2014, 09:47 AM
Very nice!

Gassho
Kantai (Edward)

Kokuu
01-21-2014, 01:55 PM
Thank you so much for doing this each week. It really feels like a chance to touch base with the sitting sangha.

Gassho
Kokuu

Shujin
01-22-2014, 07:50 PM
Sat this afternoon; thanks, y'all.

Gassho!
Shujin