January 30th-31st 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]

I will be there live. =)

Gassho
Shingen

SatToday

[RichardH]

I'll be here/there

Gassho
Daizan

sat today

[Anshu Bryson]

Me too!

Gassho

Bryson

sat today

[Kyonin]

((I'll be there live!))

Correction: I won't be able to attend live because I need to go to the dentist for an emergency fix.

I'll have to sit this one over the weekend

Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatToday

[Hotetsu]

Me too!

Gassho,
Hotetsu

#SatToday

[Shinzan]

Count me in,..... zazen, not the dentist.
_/\_ Shinzan
sattoday

[Mp]

I need to go to the dentist for an emergency fix.

We will be sitting with you in that dentist chair Kyonin ... and the drill will be muffled by our chanting. =)

Gassho
Shingen

SatToday

[Joyo]

((I'll be there live!))

Correction: I won't be able to attend live because I need to go to the dentist for an emergency fix.

I'll have to sit this one over the weekend

Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatToday

Oh Kyonin, I just had dental work done. May you be well and free of suffering.


I have been sick all week and have not sat live with Dosho's group at all so I'd love to attend zazenkai. I will just see how I am feeling by tonight. I do miss practicing with you all.

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

[Ishin]

See you all then. Wellness to Kyonin and Joyo, and anyone else suffering from poor health tonight.
Gassho
Ishin
Sat Today

[Mp]

Hello,

There seems to be no hangout join button, so just sitting. =)

gassho
Shingen

Sitting now

[Sekishi]

Just got home. Need sustainance first, but will join during kinhin.
Gassho,
Sekishi

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[RichardH]

Cannot find hangout. Sitting


Gassho
Daizan

sat today

[Jishin]

Cain't find it either.

Gassho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Yugen]

Cannot find hangout either.....

Deep bows
Yugen

#st


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[Joyo]

I could not find the hangout either, but I did practice with you all for awhile tonight anyway. Thank you for sitting together, have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today

[Ishin]

Thanks for everyone's practice.

Gassho
Ishin
Sat Today ( with all of you)

[Jishin]

Good times.

Gassho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo, the kitty, and Clark. =) Even when Google drops the ball, we all sit together. =) Have a great weekend everyone.

Gassho
Shingen

SatToday

[Anshu Bryson]

Thanks Jundo! Looking forward to next week's commemoration.

Gassho,

Bryson

​sat today

[Sekishi]

Thank you all.
Gassho,
Sekishi
#sattoday

[Dosho]

Thanks to all!

Gassho,
Dosho

Sat today

[Kyotai]

Sat a little later with you all.

Gassho, Kyotai
Sat today

[Hotetsu]

Wonderful to sit with all of you. Great weekend to everyone :-)!

Gassho,
Hotetsu

#SatToday

[Myosha]

Thanks to all. *patting head and rubbing stomach*


Gassho,
Myosha sat today

[Jika]

Thank you all.
Jundo, another teaching by G+ for me:
It makes me sad when I cannot join, but seeing you playing the music and dancing the steps as one (as always, but more visibly so), was awsome!!
Otto-san loved it too.

Gassho,
Danny
#sattoday

[Meishin]

Thank you all very much

Gassho
Meishin
Sat today

[adrianbkelly]

Thanks everyone!

I hope you're feeling better, Joyo.

_/\_
Ade
Sat today

[Heisoku]

Thank you Jundo and everyone sitting this.
Gassho
Heisoku
Sat today

[Matt]

Sitting this now.
Gassho,
Matt

[Troy]

Sat this morning. Hope you are feeling better Kyonin and Joyo


..sat2day•

[Matt]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who has to navigate cats during zazen.

Kyonin and Joyo, hope you are feeling well.

Gassho,
Matt
#SatToday

[Byokan]

Thank you dear Sangha!
Thank you kitty.

Gasho
Lisa
sat today

[Peter Rowe]

sat

[Kokuu]

Zen and the art of chasing a cat!

This is the first Zazenkai I have managed to sit since September, albeit propped up with cushions.
Lovely to see the inside of the Zendo again!

Thank you for everyone who sat.

Gassho
Kokuu
#sattoday

[Peter Rowe]

sat

[Gi Shu-George]

Thank you all for this sitting
Gassho
Gi shu-George.

[Josan]

Thanks everyone,
Gassho,
David

sattoday