April 7th, 2012- OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI!

[Jundo]

Dear All,

In reflection of VESAK, THE BUDDHA'S NON-BIRTHDAY (known as Hana Matsuri in Japan, and traditionally celebrated there on April 8th although other days in other Buddhist countries ... AS A NON-BIRTHDAY, NEVER TOO MANY!) ...

Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 7pm to 11pm, Los Angeles 4pm to 8pm (Friday night), London midnight to 4am and Paris 1am to 5am (early Saturday morning)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ...

LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at JUSTIN.TV:
CLICK ON THE TAB ON LOWER RIGHT FOR 'FULL SCREEN

http://www.justin.tv/treeleafzen (http://http://www.justin.tv/treeleafzen)

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 . Just click then on the links below:

THE 'REAL TIME, ANY TIME' recorded version is divided into 3 parts as follows (click on the links) :



00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA / DAI HI SHIN DHARANI IN JAPANESE) & ZAZEN
00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN
01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN
01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN
ZAZENKAI PART I LINK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS5leQZ6m8c

01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN
02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN
TALK & ZAZEN PART 2 LINK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHrICLjeosQ

02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN
03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN
03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING
ZAZENKAI PART 3 LINK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW4rJR2Gbiw




Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between!

Please download and print out the Chant Book (PDF) at the following link:

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

I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN.

ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS.

I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together!

Gassho, Jundo

[Seimyo]

Thank you Taigu. Thank you Dokan for the invite as well. It was great to sit with everyone and thing.

Regretfully I had to depart from Zazenkai early.

Gassho,
Chris

[Kyonin]

I will do the recorded version over the weekend. Sorry I couldn't be live.

[Rich]

Wonderful zazenkai. Had planned to split it but did the whole thing except for the first half hour cause I thought it started at 8pmNY time. anyway due to a back injury the only thing I can do back pain free is sit zazen and lay down. So please excuse my substituion of lying down during kinhin :)

[Dosho]

I have family in town, so I'll be sitting this one next Friday.

Gassho,
Dosho

[Dokan]

Wonderful sit and an absolutely amazing dharma talk....thank you for your continued support of our practice Taigu.

During the sit my mind wandered down a poetic path so I'd thought I'd share...

Adrift in the misty fog of the mind's ocean,
Waves of perception crash relentlessly on reality's shore.
Buddha Dharma in each droplet, each grain.
I drown.

Last but not least is the Dharma talk up on Podcast (see URL in my signature below).

Gassho,

Dokan

[Yugen]

I wil be sitting this to to tonight. Thank you all!

Gasso,
Yugen

[Myoku]

Thank you, Taigu and everyone sitting, practicing,
Gassho
Myoku

[Gary]

Thank you Taigu and all,
Gassho
Gary

[Nenka]

Thank you Taigu.

That was a very moving dharma talk.

Gassho

Jen

[Koshin]

Thank you master Taigu and everybody.... deep hug to all Liam's family and friends, and to all who are suffering

Gassho

PS That is a beautiful Kesa :)

[Heisoku]

I have not sat this yet but I did listen to the Dharma talk.
Thank you Taigu.
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PS will sit

[Jinyo]

Thank you Taigu.

Gassho

Willow

[andyZ]

Thank you Taigu.

[Yugen]

A deep bow of gratitude for this teaching.

Yugen

[Kaishin]

Thank you, Taigu, for Zazenkai and for the touching dharma talk. Many bows to all, may all be at peace.

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[Ekai]

I will be sitting in segments, my son wake up this morning in the beginning of th sit.

Gassho,
Ekai

[jefftos]

Thank you Taigu,

Gassho,

Jeff

[Myozan Kodo]

Wise. Intimate. Generous. Helpful and truthful.
Thank you.
Gassho
Myozan

[gilles]

That is a beautiful Kesa :)
i agree.

i 'll be attending the zazenkai this eveving 20:00 CET
thX taigu,jundo & all

gassho
gilles :D

[gilles]

thX taigu & take care 2

gassho
gilles :D

[Jiken]

Thank you Taigu.

For Liam, Family and all

Daido

[Marek]

Thank you Taigu for this teaching

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[Dosho]

Taigu and all,

I just sat this zazenkai tonight and am most grateful to Taigu for his teachings and also to all who sat, are sitting, or will sit.

Incidently, it was my first time sitting with a kesa...I am again, most grateful.

Thank you all!

Gassho,
Dosho

[Shujin]

Thank you for your practice, Taigu.

gassho,
Shujin