October 24th-25th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Jundo]

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 8pm, Los Angeles 5pm (Friday night), London 1am and Paris 2am (early Saturday morning)

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

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



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) 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

[Jundo]

Our Heart Sutra for today, in Japanese ... Eminem Kanzeon ...



Maka Han Nya Hara Mita Shin Gyo (Heart Sutra in Japanese)

KAN JI ZAI BO SA GYO JIN HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA JI
SHO KEN GO ON KAI KU DO IS-SAI KU YAKU
SHA RI SHI SHIKI FU I KU KU FU I SHIKI
SHIKI SOKU ZE KU KU SOKU ZE SHIKI
JU SO GYO SHIKI YAKU BU NYO ZE
SHA RI SHI ZE SHO HO KU SO FU SHO FU METSU
FU KU FUJO FU ZO FU GEN
ZE KO KU CHU MU SHIKI MU JU SO GYO SHIKI
MU GEN-NI BI ZES-SHIN I
MU SHIKI SHO KO MI SOKU HO
MU GEN KAI NAI SHI MU I SHIKI KAI
MU MU MYO YAKU MU MU MYO JIN NAI SHI
MU RO SHI YAKU MU RO SHI JIN
MU KU SHU METSU DO
MU CHI YAKU MU TOKU I MU SHO TOK'-KO
BO DAI SAT-TA E HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA KO
SHIM-MU KEI GE MU KEI GE KO MU U KU FU
ON RI IS-SAI TEN DO MU SO KU GYO NE HAN
SAN ZE SHO BUTSU E HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA KO
TOKU A NOKU TA RA SAM-MYAKU SAM-BO DAI
KO CHI HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA
ZE DAI JIN SHU ZE DAI MYO SHU
ZE MU JO SHU ZE MU TO TO SHU
NO JO IS-SAI KU SHIN JITSU FU KO
KO SETSU HAN-NYA HA RA MI TA SHU
SOKU SETSU SHU WATSU
GYA TEI GYA TEI HA RA GYA TEI HARA SO GYA TEI
BO JI SOWA KA HAN-NYA SHIN GYO

[Mp]

Wonderful, I will be there live. =)

Gassho
Shingen

[Shinzan]

Looking forward to being there for the first hour, but then I have some business to take care of. I'll catch up the rest later. _/\_
Shinzan

[Anshu Bryson]

Hoping that the Google+ gremlins will let me 'in' this week...

Gassho,

Bryson

[Kyonin]

I'll be there live

Gassho,

Kyonin

[Dosho]

I'll be here with bells on!

Gassho,
Dosho

[jeff_u]

I will be there, see you all soon

Gassho,

Jeff

[Joyo]

Hello everyone, very long week for me, not feeling well, so I will not be there live. Have a wonderful zazenkai everyone.

Gassho,
Joyo

[Myosha]

Participating.


Gassho,
Myosha

[Anshu Bryson]

I fear I am not going to get 'in' again today... The youtube screen is up here, but nothing on the Google+ hangout dropdown...

[Anshu Bryson]

Thanks ! Good to see you, even tho from the outside looking in...

[Jishin]

Could not get in 2 way. Maybe next time. Great sit. Good weekend everyone!

Gassho, Jishin

[Myosha]

Thanks to all.


Gassho,
Myosha

[Mp]

Thank you everyone, great to sit with you. Have a wonderful weekend. =)

Gassho
Shingen

[jizu]

thank you all!

sat one-way and, even in spite of that, didn't dance/chant as if no one was watching :-)

Gassho,
Jon

[Yugen]

Thank you and deep bows
Yugen


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[RichardH]

Gassho and Thank you.

Daizan

[Meishin]

Thank you very much

Gassho
John

[Shinyo]

Question on chanting Heart Sutra. I like chanting Hannya Shingyo, but when chanting in English, it feels awkward. Does anyone else struggle with this and, if so, how do you remedy? It would seem logical that an English speaker would do better chanting in English. For me, it becomes a distraction. Thoughts?

Gassho

[Geika]

Many don't feel comfortable chanting in English right away. I think the remedy is not to think about it and let it become comfortable over time.

Gassho

[Mp]

Question on chanting Heart Sutra. I like chanting Hannya Shingyo, but when chanting in English, it feels awkward. Does anyone else struggle with this and, if so, how do you remedy? It would seem logical that an English speaker would do better chanting in English. For me, it becomes a distraction. Thoughts?

Gassho

Hello Shinyo,

If you feel it in your heart while chanting, then language does not matter. =)

Gassho
Shingen

[Matt]

Sitting this one now. Gassho, Matt J

[Jundo]

Hello Shinyo,

If you feel it in your heart while chanting, then language does not matter. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Yes!

Where is the resistance one is feeling, in a Sutra about seeing through resistance?! What words truly hold the Heart of the Heart Sutra?!

But there is no reason not to also chant in one's own language as we chant in English. Some of our Japanese visitors, who do not understand English, chant under their breath the Japanese version as we go our merry way in English.

Gassho, J

[Jika]

Thanks to all.
Great to have guests.

Gassho,
Danny

[pinoybuddhist]

Did you say "Eminem heart sutra"? Oh this I gotta hear - I'm gonna be joining tomorrow morning, fo shizzle yo! Or whatever gangsta rapper phrase is more appropriate.

Gassho from your far southeast coast rapper-wannabe homie,
Rafael

[Heisoku]

Thank you Jundo and Dosho and Gassho to everyone sitting.
Gassho Heisoku

[Risho]

Thank you

Gassho,

Risho

[Kaiku]

Just sat this. Wonderful everyone. deep bows.

Gassho
Bobby

[Shinyo]

I also had to follow with the recording. Still very nice and felt like I was there. Thank you.

Gassho,
Shinyo

[Dosho]

Still very nice and felt like I was there.

That's because you were!

Gassho,
Dosho

[Jundo]

I also had to follow with the recording. Still very nice and felt like I was there. Thank you.

Gassho,
Shinyo

There is no "had to", no now or then, and here is there and there is here.

Gassho, Jundo

[Shinyo]

There is no "had to", no now or then, and here is there and there is here.

Gassho, Jundo

_/|\_

Gassho,
Shinyo

[Gi Shu-George]

Thank you Jundo,thank you all
Gassho
Gi Shu-George

[Daitetsu]

Thanks for your practice, everyone!

Gassho,

Daitetsu