January 9th-10th 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 7pm, Los Angeles 4pm (Friday night), London midnight and Paris 1am (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 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]

Thank you Jundo, I I will be there live. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat today

[Daiyo]

I'll join you tomorrow morning.

Gassho,
Walter

#SatToday

[RichardH]

Will be there/here live.

Gassho
Daizan

sitting shortly on G+

[Kyonin]

Hi guys,

Not sure if I will be able to join live. If not, I'll sit on Sunday afternoon.

Gassho,

Kyonin

[Shinzan]

I'll be there, altho perhaps not in G+.
_/\_ Shinzan
sattoday

[Troy]

I will sit this weekend. Fridays at 6 usually do not work for me because that is when I am leaving work.


_|sat2day|_

[Sekishi]

Hello friends,

I recently had a bit of a fall and sprained some things, bruised some things, and generally made a minor mess of this poor body.

I will join in a chair and see how it goes (sitting daily for a half hour has been fine, but 90 minutes may be a bit much). Anyhow, thank you all for supporting each other through practice.

Gassho,
Sekishi

#SatToday

[Mp]

Hello friends,

I recently had a bit of a fall and sprained some things, bruised some things, and generally made a minor mess of this poor body.

I will join in a chair and see how it goes (sitting daily for a half hour has been fine, but 90 minutes may be a bit much). Anyhow, thank you all for supporting each other through practice.

Gassho,
Sekishi

#SatToday

Ouch ... take it easy my friend. We will sit an A535 zazen with yah. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat today

[Dosho]

I'll be here with bells on!

Hello friends,

I recently had a bit of a fall and sprained some things, bruised some things, and generally made a minor mess of this poor body.

I will join in a chair and see how it goes (sitting daily for a half hour has been fine, but 90 minutes may be a bit much). Anyhow, thank you all for supporting each other through practice.

So sorry to hear that my friend....if there is anything we can do please ask!

Gassho,
Dosho

Sat today

[Myosha]

Participating.


Gassho,
Myosha sat today

[RichardH]

Gassho and Thank you.

Daizan
sat today

[Myosha]

Thanks to all.


Gassho,
Myosha sat today

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo and everyone, great to sit with you. See you at Jukai! =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat today

[Ishin]

Thank you everyone for your practice. Thank you Dosho. Thank you Treeleaf Altar. Thank you construction people.

Metta and speedy recovery Sekishi.

Gassho
C
Sat Today!

[Sekishi]

Thank you all for your practice. Thank you Shingen and Dosho for your well wishes. Thank you alter for your years of service. Particle board or ancient oak, both hold the sun of many summers and both express the Dharma flawlessly.

Deek bows,
Sekishi
#sattoday

[Shinzan]

Thanks, everyone. Great ethereal sound effects today.
_/\_ Shinzan

[Anshu Bryson]

Thanks everyone! Hope to see you all tomorrow!

Gassho,

Bryson

​sat today

[FabianS]

Thanks everyone! Indeed something new with additional practice from construction noise.
Sekishi, get well again soon! Always nice to see how people deal with minor and major obstacles in practice. During mid December I sat with 2 blankets when my cold was shaking me. As long as I'm not tied to a bed I can sit.

Now it's 3am here and time for bed.

Gassho and good night!
Fabian
#SATTODAY

[Dosho]

Thank you all!

Gassho,
Dosho

Sat today

[Daiyo]

Thanks to all who sat and will sit. Nice to sit with you.

Gassho,
Walter.

#SatToday

[Myoku]

Thank you Jundo, Dosho and everyone sitting this zazenkai,
have a wonderful weekend!
Gassho
Myoku
sat today

[Jika]

Thank you all very much.
Thanks to the old altar, and thanks to the anonymous donor for making change possible.
See you tomorrow.

Gassho,
Danny
#sattoday

[Meishin]

Thank you all very much.

Gassho
John
sat today

[Jishin]

Gassho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Byokan]

Thank you dear Sangha!

Gassho
Lisa
sat today

[Shokai]

Thank you all who took part, sat or will sit; including the altar and it's altarnate (sic)
gassho

#Sattoday

[adrianbkelly]

Thanks everyone!

_/\_
Ade

Sat today

[jloveland]

Thank you all.

Sat today.

[MikeTango]

I am sorry for discovering this part of the site just right now and put my answer with such a delay.
Thank you for inspiring my practice.
Gassho
Miguel
#Sat Today