• November 24th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

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    Jundo
    Published on 11-29-2012 01:31 AM  Number of Views: 6795  
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    reMINDer: OUR "AT HOME" 2-DAY ROHATSU RETREAT is the weekend of December 8th & 9th, via live netcast

    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 any time thereafter ...

    LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at GOOGLE+ IS HERE:
    CLICK ON THE TAB ON LOWER RIGHT FOR 'FULL SCREEN

    http://youtu.be/9UFirHfW0ms

    FOR THOSE NOT ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE CIRCLE WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, INSTRUCTIONS ARE POSTED AT THIS LINK. 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 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 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)

    or

    Chant Book (SHORT VERSION HTML)

    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
    This article was originally published in forum thread: November 24th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai started by Jundo View original post
    Comments 30 Comments
    1. Nindo's Avatar
      Nindo - 11-25-2012, 05:45 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by zen_rook View Post
      Participated in my first zazenkai this past friday night (saturday morning japan time). Very welcoming experience, encourage everyone to try if able.
      Excellent! I was going to ask who the maple leaf guy was

      Sat Sunday morning. Fresh snow outside.
    1. Kyonin's Avatar
      Kyonin - 11-25-2012, 05:57 PM
      Sunday morning zazenkai for me.

      With stuffy nose, headache, sore throat and noisy neighbors. Pure practice opportunities.

      Still, everything is fine and as it should be.

      Thanks to all who sat/will sit.

      Gassho,

      Kyonin
    1. Risho's Avatar
      Risho - 11-25-2012, 06:51 PM
      Gassho,

      Risho
    1. Shugen's Avatar
      Shugen - 11-25-2012, 10:33 PM
      Will sit around 9pm EST this evening with Shujin if anyone would like to join for part or all.

      Gassho


      Shugen
    1. Hans's Avatar
      Hans - 11-26-2012, 04:46 PM
      Hello folks,

      just a quick thank you to thank you all for your practise. I sat the Zazenkai on Sunday, but it was great to know you gus had been sitting beforehand and would sit slightly later as well.

      Big gassho,

      Hans Chudo Mongen
    1. Matt's Avatar
      Matt - 11-27-2012, 01:45 AM
      Was able to sit this today. Enjoyed it. Gassho, Matt
    1. Jiken's Avatar
      Jiken - 11-27-2012, 02:40 PM
      "In the rain there is the sun and in the sun there is the rain."

      Thanks Treeleaf.

      Gassho,

      Daido
    1. Yugen's Avatar
      Yugen - 11-27-2012, 08:24 PM
      Thank you all - Thank you Jundo

      Deep bows
      Yugen
    1. Marla567's Avatar
      Marla567 - 11-28-2012, 08:46 PM
      Thank you all for sitting together.

      Gassho
      Bianca
    1. Gi Shu-George's Avatar
      Gi Shu-George - 11-29-2012, 05:39 PM
      Thank you all. Thank you Jundo
      Gassho George-Gishu
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