November 20th, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE CHANGED TO AN EARLIER SITTING TIME A FEW WEEKS AGO FOR THE LIVE NETCAST!

ALSO NOTE THE END OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!

Hi,

Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE TODAY 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 ...

LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at USTREAM:

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/10962627

OUR 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

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

Hi all,

Many thanks to all who sat, are sitting, or will sit...deep bows to you and your practice!

Gassho,
Dosho

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Peter

Thank you everyone for the company; tonight or later.
Gassho,
Don

Deep bows to all. Sorry I arrived a little late to the live broadcast!

- Peter

A bright morning there and here!
Gassho to all who sit.

Nigel

Hi all,
great sit despite same tech probs as last week (think I have a solution though for next week).


Gassho
Joe

Sat Saturday morning. Very nice to see people continuing to be at the Zendo in Tsukuba. Imagine that,...Buddhists, Muslims, Jews and Christinas all sitting together :)


Gassho,

Seishin Kyrill

Gassho,

Cyril

it was nice to sit with you live last night.. no rush to get home.. no worries at all.

very peaceful

Thanks to all who sat & will sit -- good to practice with you.

gassho,
Chris

Did the "live but later" thing. :)

Gassho

Hi! :D
Thank you everyone! I'm very happy to see that "our guests" are keeping sitting with all of us!
Thank you again Jundo! :wink:

deep gassho,
Jinyu