November 28th-29th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Jundo]

NOTE: MY LITTLE DAUGHTER JOINS US TODAY AS GUEST ... A LESSON IN SITTING WITH EYES OPEN, AND HOW 'GETTING BREAKFAST FOR THE KIDS' IS ZAZEN TOO!

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 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

[Mp]

I will see you all there live. =)

Gassho
Shingen

#sattoday

[Anshu Bryson]

I'll be there; hope to see you all

Gassho,

Bryson

sat today

[Shinzan]

I'll be there.

_/\_ Shinzan
sattoday

[Jundo]

Hi All,

I just found out that my wife's obligation means my 4-year old daughter will be joining us this week in the "Dharma Backpack". In this Sangha, kids are always welcome.

Gassho, Jundo Dad

[Jundo]

Also, because Shugen will be the Ino today, and he could use the experience and practice, I have decided that we will be chanting the Heart Sutra in the usual way ... and will save Hatsune Miku for another week.

Let us welcome Shugen/Ron as Ino!

Gassho, Jundo

[Daiyo]

Hi All,

I just found out that my wife's obligation means my 4-year old daughter will be joining us this week in the "Dharma Backpack". In this Sangha, kids are always welcome.

Gassho, Jundo Dad

One of these days perhaps I will join online with my kids.
It's difficult to find the chance, because it's 9 PM here dinner time.

But someday we will do it.


Gassho,
Walter

#SatToday

[Dosho]

Let us welcome Shugen/Ron as Ino!

Yay Shugen! Kick some...uh, chant well!

My folks are in town so we may slip out for some time to ourselves. Otherwise, I'll be here.

Gassho,
Dosho

Sat today

[RichardH]

I'll be there bright eyed and bushy tailed.


Gassho
Daizan

Sat Today

[Mp]

Let us welcome Shugen/Ron as Ino!

WooHoo ... Rock it my rock star Dharma brother! =)

Gassho
Shingen

#sattoday

[Kyonin]

Hi guys!

If I can, I'll be there live to be present with Shugen

Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatToday

[Sekishi]

Well, I was hoping to join live, but the internet is broken here (I only have the phone). Will sit with you all when I can.
Gassho,
Sekishi

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

[Anshu Bryson]

Still no hangout... Oh well.... I'll be sitting with you

Gassho,

Bryson

[Anshu Bryson]

Thanks Shugen! And great to see your daughter, Jundo; so cute!

Gassho,

Bryson

​sat today

[RichardH]

Your're a natural Shugen !

Thank you all.

Daizan

Sat today

[Ishin]

Thank you everyone who sits this, and for your practice. Ironically, my computer DID decide to reatart just as we started, and I do not know how to stop it

Nice to see your daughter, Jundo. Reminds me very much of mine when she was younger.
Gassho
C
Sat Today!

[Jishin]

Great fun.

Gassho, Jishin

#SatToday

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo and Shugen, wonderful stuff! I have to admit it was nice to hear Jundo's daughter ... made me smile. I also think we have a new mantra ...

B-I-N-G-O and Bingo was his name oh ... care of Jundo's little one. =)

Have a great weekend everyone.

Gassho
Shingen

#sattoday

[Shoka]

Thanks to Jundo, Shugen, and everyone, it was nice to be able to join live one-way. And when the BINGO mantra started I was glad it was only one way, because it was all laughter on my side.

Gassho,
Kathryn

Sat Today

[Shugen]

Thank you. It was great to hear Jundo's daughter in Japan and me sons in America being exactly who they are. Wonderful first time!

Gassho,

Shugen

#SatToday


Shugen

[Myosha]

Blessed Buddha Bounty!

Thanks to all.


Gassho,
Myosha sat today

[Jika]

Thank you, Jundo and Shugen and all.
I always enjoy the Japanese birds and helicopters. This young bird was great.

Gassho,
Danny
#sattoday

[Shinzan]

Had to sit this later. What a delight to have that little-one energy on board.
_/\_ Shinzan
sattoday

[Meishin]

Thank you, all.

Gassho
John
sat today

[Daitetsu]

Thanks a lot for your practice everyone!

Gassho,

Daitetsu


#sat2day

[Heisoku]

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

Sat today

[Jinyo]

Thank you Jundo (and little one) and Shugen.

Gassho

Willow

Sat today

[Matt]

Will be sitting this one tomorrow evening.

Gassho,
Matt

[Gi Shu-George]

Thank you all for this siting
Gassho
Gi shu-George

[Byokan]

Thank you dear Sangha!

Gassho
Lisa
sat today