Jundo
12-25-2020, 03:43 PM
It is a Soto Zen tradition to celebrate this week the Winter Solstice, as the days will now grow longer. A Winter Solstice dedication by Taigen Dan Leighton Roshi ...
On this Winter Solstice, Darkest day of the year, we now resolve
Not to turn away from the deep darkness of our troubled world and of our lives.
We welcome the light increasing now from this day on.
May we all spread this glowing light in our lives,
May the Bodhisattva Way pervade all human hearts,
And may the world begin healing in this awakening light
And so end wars, cruelty, corruption, and the corrosive greed damaging our planet and its beings.
May kindness be shared and grow among all beings,
And may our sangha be a welcoming beacon
To support all who enter to face their lives and our world,
And so all find our inner calm and dignity,
And extend to all the comforting glow of the awakening way.
https://www.ancientdragon.org/winter-solstice-dedication
Dear All,
Please sit our Treeleaf Zazenkai for 90 minutes with Zazen, Heart Sutra and more:
10am Japan Saturday morning, NY 8pm, LA 5pm Friday night, London 1am and Paris 2am Saturday morning, or any time thereafter here:
https://youtu.be/p5E3RB7ngk0
However, "one way" live sitters are encouraged to come into the Zoom sitting, and just leave the camera and microphone turned off: Join live (with or without a camera & microphone) on Zoom at: TREELEAF Now (https://www.treeleaf.org/now/go.php?l=ssr) OR at DIRECT ZOOM LINK (https://zoom.us/j/4834831244), password (if needed): dogen
Gassho, Jundo
SatTodayLah
PS - There is no "wrong" or "right" in Zazen ... yet here is a little explanation of the "right" times to Bow (A Koan) ...
https://youtu.be/GR6POpsXh9Q
Chant Book is here for those who wish to join in: CHANT BOOK LINK (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?7032-Chant-Book-For-Weekly-and-Monthly-Zazenkai)
The other video I mention on Zendo decorum is this one, from our "Always Beginners" video Series:
Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (12) - Basic Zendo Decorum At Home
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14884-Sit-a-Long-with-Jundo-Zazen-for-Beginners-%2812%29&p=189093#post189093
On this Winter Solstice, Darkest day of the year, we now resolve
Not to turn away from the deep darkness of our troubled world and of our lives.
We welcome the light increasing now from this day on.
May we all spread this glowing light in our lives,
May the Bodhisattva Way pervade all human hearts,
And may the world begin healing in this awakening light
And so end wars, cruelty, corruption, and the corrosive greed damaging our planet and its beings.
May kindness be shared and grow among all beings,
And may our sangha be a welcoming beacon
To support all who enter to face their lives and our world,
And so all find our inner calm and dignity,
And extend to all the comforting glow of the awakening way.
https://www.ancientdragon.org/winter-solstice-dedication
Dear All,
Please sit our Treeleaf Zazenkai for 90 minutes with Zazen, Heart Sutra and more:
10am Japan Saturday morning, NY 8pm, LA 5pm Friday night, London 1am and Paris 2am Saturday morning, or any time thereafter here:
https://youtu.be/p5E3RB7ngk0
However, "one way" live sitters are encouraged to come into the Zoom sitting, and just leave the camera and microphone turned off: Join live (with or without a camera & microphone) on Zoom at: TREELEAF Now (https://www.treeleaf.org/now/go.php?l=ssr) OR at DIRECT ZOOM LINK (https://zoom.us/j/4834831244), password (if needed): dogen
Gassho, Jundo
SatTodayLah
PS - There is no "wrong" or "right" in Zazen ... yet here is a little explanation of the "right" times to Bow (A Koan) ...
https://youtu.be/GR6POpsXh9Q
Chant Book is here for those who wish to join in: CHANT BOOK LINK (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?7032-Chant-Book-For-Weekly-and-Monthly-Zazenkai)
The other video I mention on Zendo decorum is this one, from our "Always Beginners" video Series:
Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (12) - Basic Zendo Decorum At Home
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14884-Sit-a-Long-with-Jundo-Zazen-for-Beginners-%2812%29&p=189093#post189093