WELCOME ...
... to our TREELEAF 'ALWAYS AT HOME' Two Day 'ALL ONLINE' ROHATSU (Buddha's Enlightenment Day) RETREAT, being held by LIVE NETCAST on Saturday/Sunday December 5th and 6th, 2015.
Please 'sit-a-long' with the LIVE NETCAST at the times below ... to be visible "live" on our Treeleaf Google+ Page during those hours:
HOWEVER, you may still join the Retreat and sit-a-long at ANY AND ALL TIME after, by the real time recorded version at the links below (no different from the original!).
The full sitting schedule is below, and you may download our CHANT BOOK HERE(LINK to PDF).
and please review the various RETREAT POINTERS HERE(LINK to PDF).
Recordings of each segment are posted below in time order ... and if we drop from mind all thought of 'now' 'then' 'here' and 'there' ... we will all be sitting together right when and where you are!
This Retreat celebrates the 'official' closure of our ANGO (90 day Special Practice Season) at Treeleaf, is a part of current preparations for our JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) Ceremony in January, and marks ROHATSU ... the traditional holiday in Japan celebrating the time of the Buddha's Enlightenment.
Jundo will be guiding the sittings on Saturday and Sunday from Japan, and our Treeleaf Priests including Fugen (from Sweden), Dosho, Yugen, Jiken and Shugen (from USA), Shokai and Shingen (from Canada) and Kyonin (from Mexico) with be leading other portions. Because of time zones and other circumstance, the portions by some of the fellows will have been pre-recorded. Other portions will be live.
In case of technical problems, please just go along as best you can with the schedule ... we sit with "what is".. .
OF COURSE, EVERYTHING IN MODERATION ... if the sitting ever feels too much, be sure to walk lots and lots of Kinhin (even if during a sitting period). And if the whole retreat becomes too much, or you feel ill, you may slow down ... , spread things out, shorten the sittings ... or STOP! Be sure that you have someone close by whom you can call, or who can check on you from time to time. If there is any question about health, do not take any chances!
Our thanks to Sangha Member William Anderson for presenting a 15-Minute YOGA LESSON TO HELP US STRETCH DURING ANY BREAK TIME (LINK HERE)
Please write and let us know how it goes. Gassho, Jundo
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DAY 1 UNIT 1
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 6am / NY 9am / London 2pm / Japan 11pm)
(ALL TIMES APPROXIMATE, Calculated from LA TIME)
DAY 1
06:00-06:40 AM Entrance by Officiant (Jundo) & Zazen. If you usually wear a Rakusu, DO NOT wear it yet (keep it in its bag) until Takkesage (Kesa Verse) later in morning.
06:40-06:50 Kinhin *(All Kinhin times can be bathroom break)
06:50-07:20 Zazen
07:20-07:30 Kinhin
07:30-08:05 Zazen + Kesa Verse
08:05-08:50 "Long" Service.Please follow along in the Sutra Books that will be provided. Floor prostrations when hear ching-ching-ching-ching- ching roll of bell.
08:50-09:20 REST PERIOD
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DAY 1 UNIT 2
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 9:20am / NY 12:20pm / London 5:20pm / Japan Sun 2:20am)
09:20-09:50 Oryoki Bring you bowls and small table before start.
09:50-10:30 Samu/Rest Period Mindfully wash and repack Oryoki bowls.
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DAY 1 UNIT 3
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 10:30am / NY 1:30pm / London 6:30pm / Sun Japan 3:30am)
10:30-11:10 Zazen
11:10-11:20 Kinhin
11:20-12:00 Zazen & Dharma Talk Chant Gatha on Opening Sutra
12:00-12:10 Kinhin
12:10-12:45 Zazen
12:45-13:10 REST PERIOD
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DAY 1 UNIT 4
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 1:10pm / NY 4:10pm / London 9:10pm / Sun Japan 6:10am)
13:10-13:40 Samu Work Practice Indoor if night time, Outdoor if daytime and possible
13:40-14:10 REST PERIOD
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DAY 1 UNIT 5
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 2:10pm / NY 5:10pm / London 10:10pm / Sun Japan 7:10am)
14:10-14:40 Zazen
14:40-14:50 Kinhin
14:50-15:30 Zazen & Dharma Talk
15:30-15:40 Kinhin
15:40-16:10 Zazen
16:10-16:40 REST PERIOD
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DAY 1 UNIT 6 [PRE-RECORDED]
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 4:40pm / NY 7:40pm / London SUNDAY 12:40am / Sun Japan 9:40am)
16:40-17:10 Samu Work Practice Indoor if night time, Outdoor if daytime and possible
17:10-17:40 REST PERIOD
RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 1-6 Samu
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DAY 1 UNIT 7
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 5:40pm / NY 8:40pm / SUNDAY London 1:40am / Sun Japan 10:40am)
17:40-18:20 "Short" Service & Zazen Please follow along in the Sutra Books that will be provided. Floor prostrations when here ching-ching-ching-ching- ching roll of bell.
18:20-18:30 Kinhin
18:30-19:00 Zazen & Dharma Talk
19:00-19:10 Kinhin
19:10-19:40 Metta Chant & Zazen Close with Verse of Atonement & Four Vows
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DAY 1 UNIT 8
( No Live Netcast from SATURDAY LA 7:40pm / NY 10:40pm / SUNDAY London 3:40am / Sun Japan 12:40am)
PLEASE CATCH UP WITH MISSED OVERNIGHT UNITS!
(Optional: Waza = Tradition of 'All Night Zazen' ... but we recommend you sleep instead.
See you in the morning)
19:40 PM-
(Day 2)
05:45 AM
BATH & SLEEP
NO RECORDING OF ABOVE
However, this may be a good time for the 15-Minute YOGA LESSON TO HELP US STRETCH (LINK HERE) presented by our Sangha Member William.
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DAY 2 UNIT 1
(Live Netcast: Start = SUNDAY LA 6:00am / NY 9:00am / London 2:00pm / Japan 11:00pm)
(ALL TIMES APPROXIMATE, Calculated from LA TIME)
06:00-06:30 AM Zazen Begin sitting without instruction. If you usually wear a Rakusu, DO NOT wear it yet (keep it in its bag) until Takkesage (Kesa Verse) later in morning.
06:30-06:40 Kinhin
06:40-07:10 Zazen
07:10-07:20 Kinhin
07:20-07:55 Zazen + Kesa Verse When instructed, place on Kesa and recite Kesa Verse. All others, hands in Gassho.
07:55-08:30 "Long" Service Please follow along in the Sutra Books that will be provided. Floor prostrations when hear ching-ching-ching-ching- ching roll of bell.
08:30-09:00 REST PERIOD
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DAY 2 UNIT 2
(Live Netcast:Start = SUNDAY LA 9:00am / NY NOON / London 5:00pm / Japan Mon 2:00am)
09:00-09:30 Oryoki Bring you bowls and small table before start.
09:30-10:10 Samu/Rest Period Mindfully wash and repack Oryoki bowls.
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DAY 2 UNIT 3
(Live Netcast: Start = SUNDAY LA 10:10am / NY 1:10pm / London 6:10pm / Japan Mon 3:10am)
10:10-10:40 Zazen & Dharma Talk
10:40-10:50 Kinhin
10:50-11:20 Zazen
11:20-11:50 REST PERIOD
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DAY 2 UNIT 4
(Live Netcast:Start = SUNDAY LA 11:50am / NY 2:50pm / London 7:50pm / Japan Mon 4:50am)
11:50-12:20 Samu Work Practice Indoor if night time, Outdoor if daytime and possible
12:20-12:50 REST PERIOD
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DAY 2 UNIT 5
(Live Netcast: Start = SUNDAY LA 12:50pm / NY 3:50pm / London 8:50pm / Japan Mon 5:50am)
12:50-13:20 Zazen
13:20-13:30 Kinhin
13:30-14:00 Zazen & Dharma Talk Chant Gatha on Closing Sutra
14:00-14:10 Kinhin
14:10-14:40 Zazen
14:40-15:10 REST PERIOD
NOTE: FIRST 40 MINUTES, which is FIRST ZAZEN and FIRST KINHIN, are MISSING FROM THIS RECORDING. PLEASE SELF-SIT
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DAY 2 UNIT 6 - CLOSING
(Live Netcast: Start = SUNDAY LA 3:10pm / NY 6:10pm / London 11:10pm / Japan Mon 8:10am)
15:10-15:50 "Short" Service & Zazen Please follow along in the Sutra Books that will be provided. Floor prostrations when here ching-ching-ching-ching- ching roll of bell.
15:50-16:00 Kinhin
16:00-16:25 Fukanzazengi & Zazen
16:25-16:30 Verse of Atonement & Four Vows ... Closing Words ...
NOTE: DUE TO TECHNICAL NON-DIFFICULTIES, PLEASE SIT with VIDEO 1 for the CEREMONY, and then switch to VIDEO 2 for all ZAZEN and FESTIVITIES thereafter. VIDEO 2 begins shortly after the bell has rung for Zazen.
