June 16th-17th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Jundo]

Hello All,

Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast from 10am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 9pm, Los Angeles 6pm (Friday night), London 2am and Paris 3am (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 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 join us in the Chanting of the Heart Sutra (although please keep your microphone muted). You can download and print out the Chants we will recite at the following link (PDF):

Chant Book (PDF)

or

Chant Book (SHORT VERSION HTML)

Not everyone realizes that they can join in the Chanting of the Heart Sutra, Verse of Atonement and Four Vows (although we ask that you keep your microphone down). Please follow along with the Chant Book, and let your voice ring!

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

SatTodayLAH

[Mp]

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

Gassho
Shingen

SatToday/LAH

[Kyonin]

I'll be there with my instruments ready!

Gassho,

Kyonin

SATTODAY/LAH

[Onkai]

Thank you, Jundo, Kyonin, and Shingen. I will be there live, two-way if tech allows, otherwise, one-way.

Gassho,
Onkai
SatToday/LAH

[Sekishi]

Hi all,

I'll be there, but thunderstorms and poor internet may limit me to one-way tonight.

Thank you all for practicing together.

Gassho,
Sekishi #sat #lah


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[Mp]

Hello folks,

Here is the event link for tonights zazenkai: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts...mnta3iqdqixeye

Gassho
Shingen

SatToday/LAH

[Jakuden]

Will be sitting one-way.
Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[Kyonin]

Thank you everyone! Have a wonderful weekend.

Wax in, wax off!

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Onkai]

Thank you everybody. It was wonderful to practice together. Have a great weekend!

Gassho,
Onkai
SatToday/LAH

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo, Kyonin, and everyone ... great to sit with you. =)

Let the wax melt away made me smile and think of this ...



Gassho
Shingen

SatToday/LAH

[Jakuden]

Haha I guess I was the only one not thinking about the Karate Kid. Wonderful little talk, though, felt like it summed up my life pretty much to a tee. Thank you Jundo, Kyonin and everyone.
Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[Kotei]

Thank you everyone.

Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

[Myogan]

Please thank the folks from science city, the iron trick also works with wax on carpet. (I won't try it on the cat who knocked over the candle)


Gassho
Sat, LAH
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[Seishin]

Just finished this morning. Why does wipe on wipe off spring to mind ? Thank you and gassho for this.

Sat today with LAH in mind for the rest of the day, even if its just a smile to a passing stranger.

Gassho

Toby

[Hoko]

Sat zazenkai today.
Love the waxy wisdom. Funny how a little warmth can sometimes soften a situation and melt our problem away.
Also:
Happy Father's Day to all the new dads, old dads, dads of dads and dads who have left us but live on in our memories.
Gassho,
Hōkō
#SatToday
LAH


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[Byokan]

Thank you dear Sangha!

Wow, I am so grateful for that waxy buildup! This story reminds me to look deeply, to see the nature of each thing, or each "problem," and work with it, not against it. Wax will always drip and spill, but next time we'll know how better to respond.

Gassho
Byōkan
sat + lah

[Kokuu]

Thank you all!

My mother always taught me that the way to get wax spills off was to put a piece of paper over it then apply the iron. I think that was what you did.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[M.C. Easton]

Ha ha! Love all the Karate Kid references! Best movie ever! And I had no idea about the wax tip--super handy.

But more seriously, thanks for the reminder that under the wax, there is always the altar of life.

Gassho
Melanie
SatToday

[Jundo]

Ha ha! Love all the Karate Kid references! Best movie ever! And I had no idea about the wax tip--super handy.

But more seriously, thanks for the reminder that under the wax, there is always the altar of life.

Gassho
Melanie
SatToday

Yes, As well, Altar is the wax, wax is the Altar ... although hard to see that sometimes.

Gassho, J

SatTodayLAH

[Riewe]

Thank you everyone.
I will be thinking about that wax for a while, there truly is wisdom to be found in everything.

Gassho
Steve
SatToday

[Gokai]

Hello everyone
Only today i Sat with this zazenkai. I am grateful for sharing my practice with all of You and learn with Jundo talks. Thank You very much for that.
Be in peace
Gassho, Gokai
Sattoday/LAH

[Matt]

Catching up after having been out of town for several weeks. Will be sitting this one tonight. Gassho, Matt

[Margherita]

First time for me joining you on the Zazenkai, although few days after!
Thanks to everybody for your efforts.
Gassho.

Sat today