December 13th-14th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Hello All,

Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast from 10am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 8pm, Los Angeles 5pm (Friday night), London 1am and Paris 2am (early Saturday morning)

... and to be visible on the following screen during those times and sit-a-long-able any time thereafter ...

LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST IS HERE:

ZAZENKAI BEGINS 4 MlNUTES FROM START OF THE VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU-8SmtOfG8

FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, A LINK TO JOIN WILL BE POSTED BELOW IN THIS THREAD. JUST CLICK AND JOIN BEFORE START TIME. 'TWO WAY' REQUIRES INDIVIDUALS WITH CAMERAS, BUT ANYONE 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 VERSE OF ATONEMENT & FOUR VOWS

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 join us in the Chanting of the Heart Sutra (although please keep your microphone muted). You can download and print out the Chants we will recite at the following link (PDF):

Chant Book (PDF)

or

Chant Book (SHORT VERSION HTML)

Not everyone realizes that they can join in the Chanting of the Heart Sutra, Verse of Atonement and Four Vows (although we ask that you keep your microphone down). Please follow along with the Chant Book, and let your voice ring!

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

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

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/show...093#post189093

Attending a concert this evening; will sit trhis tomorrow, Thank you for joining

gassho, Shokai
stlah

Hi all.

I'll have to sit this one over the weekend :(

Gassho,

Kyonin

I am Ino tonight I think, I am pretty sure I will get out of work in time to be there today with the bells [emoji348]

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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2 way intention

gassho
doyu sat 2day

I'll be time shifting to Sunday. See everyone then!

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

I will sit with you all tomorrow morning.
Gassho,
Krista
st/lah

i will sit the recording. my Econ class lecture/final projects, family visiting this weekend, and holiday schedules are all colliding.

gassho2
kim
reclined lh

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Jakuden

I am Ino tonight I think, I am pretty sure I will get out of work in time to be there today with the bells [emoji348]

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I'll be there too in case you are not back in time. gassho2

Gassho,
Sekishi #sat

Hi everyone,

You can join the Zazenkai two-way in the Scheduled Sitting Room using Zoom any one of the following ways:

- Use this direct link: https://zoom.us/j/4834831244
- Open Zoom and join with this meeting id: 483 483 1244
- Go to Treeleaf NOW and select the Scheduled Sitting Room: treeleaf.org/ssr

Notes:

- When you first join, you'll need to choose an audio source (usually you can simply select "Join with Computer Audio" on desktop or "Call using Internet Audio" on mobile).

- You can switch between the "speaker view" (the default view) and "gallery view" (a grid / Hollywood Squares / Brady Bunch style view):
-- On desktop, click the "gallery view" / "speaker view" toggle button on the top right
-- On mobile, swipe right for "gallery views" -- only 4 participants are shown at a time on mobile, so keep swiping right to go through different groups, swipe left to go back to the "gallery view"

- You can mute, unmute, etc. with the control bar on the bottom of the screen
-- On desktop, hover the mouse over the window and the control bar should pop up
-- On mobile, tap the screen and the control bar should pop up
-- On mobile, so that your own picture does not take up one of the four slots you see, you can tap for the control bar, then tap "... menu" and select "Remove myself from gallery view"

- If you are on a slow Internet connection and are experiencing drop-outs, try turning off video (you can always turn it on for a bit at the beginning and end to say hi and bow to everyone)

Gassho,
Sekishi #sat

I am joining live one-way today, thank you!

Gassho,
Mui
Sat/LAH

Thanks everyone! Stay safe from all the scary monsters!

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday?LAH

Thank you, Jundo, Jakuden, and everyone. Look out for furry slippers! Have a great weekend.

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

Thank you to all innocent empty monsters. Like Cookie Monster!

Gassho,
Sekishi #sat #rawr!

No doubt it was a coiled rope the monk saw. BTDT! gassho2

Thank you, everyone!

gassho
doyu sat today

Thank you Jundo...and everybody for your practice!
It is always beautiful share at Treeleaf!
Even amongst such dreadfully monstruous snake-like ropes and rope-like snakes!!!:p

I would like to suggest, in all humility, a sequence for the chant of the verse of atonement...since it seems as though the mind and thoughts come first, followed by mouth and speech and lastly (but not leastly[duh]...for sure!), body and acts....I wonder...why not put it like that...?
I mean...it could go like:

All harmful thoughts, words and acts
Ever committed by me since of old,
On account of beginningless greed, anger and ignorance
Born of my mind, mouth and body
Now I atone for them all.

I don't know...just a humble suggestion...consider it...

Gassho.
Arya....(Yes....Me....The Hindu Misfit!:D lol)
Sat Today With You...LAH.

Thank you

Doshin
St

Thank you everyone. I sat with you this morning.

gassho2
Tairin
Sat today and lah

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Thank you from me and this rope in my garden.

Gassho
stall
James

Recently we were decorating for the holidays in our office and I had a furry owl ornament in my hand. My coworker came up to ask me something and nearly screamed when she saw it, thinking it was a mouse.

I wonder if there's something going on in our building they're not telling me? :D

Gassho

Nenka

ST

Thank you, Jundo, for your talk today. I really needed to hear that even Zen Masters feel fear. After being in an autoimmune disease flare for nine months, my doctor told me I have no more treatment options available to me, except for my worst nightmare. And there I am, staring it down, and going through the gamut of absolute refusal, fear, grief, curiosity, acceptance (just a teensy bit) and back.
Gassho,
Krista
st/lah

Metta to you, Krista; will sit this. _()_

gassho
doyu sat/lah

Thank you, Doyu. That’s very kind.
Gassho,
Krista
st/lah

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Originally Posted by KristaB

Thank you, Jundo, for your talk today. I really needed to hear that even Zen Masters feel fear. After being in an autoimmune disease flare for nine months, my doctor told me I have no more treatment options available to me, except for my worst nightmare. And there I am, staring it down, and going through the gamut of absolute refusal, fear, grief, curiosity, acceptance (just a teensy bit) and back.
Gassho,
Krista
st/lah

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We will dedicate all our Sitting this week and Metta to you and all with autoimmune diseases. Krista.

Gassho, J

STLah

Thank you, Jundo. A good reminder for me how many are suffering and how it connects us—I will pour all my anxious energy into my Sitting and Metta for all.
Gassho,
Krista
st/lah

Thank you all.[monk]

Sat

Sat this this morning. Thank you everyone. And for the talk Jundo gassho1

Gassho
Washin
ST

Thank you all very much for practicing together.

A month ago, during a routine checkup, they found some immune system proteins in my blood, that shouldn't be there in this amount.
Nobody knows for now, if it's just a 'to be monitored' condition, something that needs/can be treated, or a type of blood cancer, that can not be treated.
I am thankful for our practice, because it makes me feel OK with the unclear situation during the ongoing tests. More ok, than people around can understand.
I can relate to this week's talk very much.

Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

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Originally Posted by Kotei

Thank you all very much for practicing together.

A month ago, during a routine checkup, they found some immune system proteins in my blood, that shouldn't be there in this amount.
Nobody knows for now, if it's just a 'to be monitored' condition, something that needs/can be treated, or a type of blood cancer, that can not be treated.
I am thankful for our practice, because it makes me feel OK with the unclear situation during the ongoing tests. More ok, than people around can understand.
I can relate to this week's talk very much.

Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

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The best for you Kotei. The talk was good for me as well.

Doshin
st

gassho2 Waiting to hear can be very hard, but good practice in letting the mind not runaway with us. That was the very point of this week's talk.

Metta to you, Kotei

Gassho, J

STLah

Thanks a lot for your practice!

Who says slippers can't be dangerous, too? ;)
(You could stumble over them and break your neck!)

Gassho,

Daitetsu

#sat2day

Sat with you all this week. I have been in some physical discomfort from my job and getting enough sleep has been a challenge, but even so I'm not terribly worried.

Gassho
Sen
Sat|LAH