December 11th, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

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/11363166

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!

Thank you, Jundo.
Thanks also to Gina and Amin there, all who sat here, as well as all who will sit here.
Gassho,
Don

Much graitude to all who who sat, are sitting, or will sit...and deep bows.

:)

Gassho,
Dosho

Thanks everybody, sat this early morning,
Gassho
Peter

Thanks everyone :)

Gassho,

Cyril

Thanks for the sit!

Gotta go put in some Saturday morning samu now.

Gassho,

Jennifer

Got to sit this today.

Gassho Nigel

Good to sit with you all this week on a cold Georgia night.

gassho,
Chris

Hi All,
Just finished this week's zazenkai , rather later than usual, but no less satisfying, (in an unsatisfactory way of course) :twisted:
Much thanks to Jundo, Gina and Amin and everybody else who sat.

Gassho

Joe