September 14th-15th 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 WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, A LINK TO JOIN WILL BE POSTED BELOW IN THIS THREAD ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE START TIME. JUST CLICK AND JOIN. 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 VERSE OF ATONEMENT & FOUR VOWS

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

PS - There is no "wrong" or "right" in Zazen ... yet here is a little explanation of the "right" times to Bow (A Koan) ...

The other video I mention on Zendo decorum is this one, from our "Always Beginners" video Series:

Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (12) - Basic Zendo Decorum At Home
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...093#post189093

[Mp]

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

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Onkai]

Thank you, Jundo and Shingen. I will join two-way, tech permitting.

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

[Beakon]

Thank you, Jundo. This will be the first month with the Tree Leaf Sangha where I'll participate in more than one Zazenkai. I went to a Tai Chi class last night, too!

[Kyonin]

Thank you Jundo.

I'm looking forward to sit with you all tonight.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Jakuden]

Got Ringo Starr tickets tonight! Will sit this over the weekend!

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

[Mp]

Got Ringo Starr tickets tonight! Will sit this over the weekend!

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

What??? What does Ringo Starr have over my singing? LOL

Have fun. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Beakon]

You ain't no Ringo Starr, Shingen. Just kidding, that's the name of a song. Impressive about the tix, Kyonin. Paul McCartney is playing live this week in Winnipeg.

[Shinshi]

I'll be doing the time warp till Sunday. Sit with everyone then!

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Mp]

Hey folks,

Here is the Zazenkai Event Link for todays zazenkai: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts...hl=en_GB&pli=1

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Shokai]

Sorry folks, Big week-end of Seasonal yard work. Have a line up of helpers to keep up with early tomorrow. I've scheduled this sit for tomorrow night.

Gassho, Shokai

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo and everyone .... peace to you all. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Beakon]

Thank you for the great Zazenkai. I feel like tonight is going to be a good night sleep before I do my volunteer work for the second annual Veg Festival tomorrow.

[Nengei]

Sitting live with folks around the world... wow. Contact with the meta-Sangha. That is amazing.

Gassho
Joseph
Sat. LAH.

[Onkai]

Thank you, everyone. Have a great weekend!

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

[Jakuden]

What??? What does Ringo Starr have over my singing? LOL

Have fun. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

Haha actually he’s probably not much competition in the singing department (sorry Ringo) but his drumming is still legendary!! Bucket list item checked.

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[Jundo]

Pretty much sums up our Sangha.

[Jakuden]

Pretty much sums up our Sangha.

One guy (or one band) can bring the whole world together. It is possible!!

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[Joyo]

Thank you everyone, it was wonderful to sit with you all tonight.

Gassho,
Joyo
sat today/lah

[Kotei]

Thank you everyone.
Gassho.
Kotei just sat with you all.

[Enjaku]

Good to sit with you all today.
Lovely talk this week, Jundo. Thank you.
Gassho,
Enjaku
Sat LAH

[Eva]

Thank you everyone for Zazenkai .
I liked the way Jundo has cleared the teaching using the language .

I must apologize for mine , here and elsewhere .

Arigato Jundo - san,
Gassho, eva

sattoday and also LAH

[Tairin]

Thank you for the talk Jundo. It was perfect timing and helped clarify some reading I’ve been doing.

Thank you all for your practice


Tairin
Sat today and LAH

[Eishuu]

Thank you all Great talk!

Gassho
Eishuu
ST/LAH

[Meitou]

Thank you everyone, thank you Jundo for such a great talk, thank you to the technology that makes this possible. And thank you Jakuden for a heartwarming Ringo moment!
Gassho
Meitou
sat/lah

[Jakuden]

Sat with you all ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Jundo and Shingen and everyone. Lovely talk.

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[Seishin]

Great talk, thank you Jundo and everyone. How lovely to sit listening to the birdsong in the courtyard here in France and there in Japan at the same time .......................even though I'm participating On Demand.

[sjlabat]

Thanks, everyone.
gassho
sjl
sat

[Ryokudo]

Hey,

Everyone I have just finished sitting zazenkai with you all and it was great to see you as ever. Plus I finally got to see my Ango partner Leon's face so that was cool.

Thanks also for the talk on Bodhidharma. It really helps I think for these words to drift in whilst sitting zazen with everyone. Its like osmosis, I'm hoping.

Anyway thanks again,

Gassho,

Neilio

[Anka]

Sat with you all this morning. Gassho
James F
Sat lah

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[Washin]

Thank you everyone.

Gassho
Washin
just sat

[Kokuu]

Thank you all, dear sangha.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

[M.C. Easton]

Just sat this with you all. So grateful for the reminder that the flower, the smile, the illness, the Buddha--it is all sitting with us, not one, not two.

Gassho,
Melanie
SatToday/LAH