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Jundo
07-24-2010, 12:54 AM
PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW --90-- MINUTE SITTING SCHEDULE!!

Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE TODAY from 10pm Japan time (that is New York 9am, Los Angeles 6am, London 2pm and Paris 3pm, SATURDAY) ...
... and to be visible at the following link during those times ...

LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at USTREAM:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sit-a-long-with-jundo (http://http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sit-a-long-with-jundo)

But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'on demand' at any time after that, no different from the 'live' sitting :

'REAL TIME' recorded 'ANY TIME' version link is here:

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8480411 (http://http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8480411)

OUR NEW 90 MINUTE SITTING SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:

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 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 words of the Chants we will recite at the following link:

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231 (http://http://www.treeleaf.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231)

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

Risho
07-24-2010, 02:31 PM
Gassho Jundo, Gassho everyone.. that was wonderful.

Saijun
07-24-2010, 02:32 PM
Thank you everyone.

Heisoku
07-24-2010, 02:33 PM
Thanks Jundo et al that was a good sitting.

Gassho Nigel

Seishin the Elder
07-24-2010, 02:35 PM
There was NO cushion sitting for me today. I don't think I would ever have gotten up from the cushion. I used a chair today and sat with the discomfort, although I was moving around a bit to be less uncomfortable. It was a good sit dispite all that, although most of my "sitting" this week has been ...on my back. It was so good to be with everyone today....You don't know!!! :?

Gassho,

Seishin Kyrill

Tb
07-24-2010, 02:36 PM
Hi.

A good sit.

Mtfbwy
Fugen

Shohei
07-24-2010, 03:37 PM
Thank you all
Gassho
Shohei

Dosho
07-24-2010, 09:55 PM
Hi all,

Had to go right from sitting to my Dad duties...great to see so many Treeleafers! :D

Gassho,
Dosho

sittingzen
07-25-2010, 03:44 PM
Though I couldn't join you all Saturday morning EST, I just sat now with you all in spirit now on Sunday morning.

Jundo, as usual, thank you for Zazenkai.

Gassho all,

Lu

Taylor
07-26-2010, 01:28 PM
Nice to sit "with" all of you two days late :)