Invitation to a day of just Zazen and Kinhin. 09/16/2020 via Zoom

[Kyonin]

Hello dear sangha,

Ango is in full speed now and I hope you all are doing fine in your commitments. This is a good time to sit for a little longer and to be with the sangha.

So, in my merry band of Spanish Speaking fellows, Ango began with a bang. Lots of new people came in and now I have even more friends than I ever imagined.

Anyway, after the first week I thought, "well I need to rest at least a full day. I'll sit a mini-Sesshin Antaiji style", where there's only Zazen and Kinhin in 50 and 10 minutes respectively. Since the 16th of September is a holiday here in Mexico, I thought I'd invite people to sit with me expecting no one would join since this kind of Sesshin is really hard core for people who is used to sit for 20 to 25 minutes a day.

I was wrong. Now there are 23 people willing to sit with me! I'll start from 6 AM to 6 PM (Mexico City time) with breaks for eating and rest.

And because it will no longer be a solitary practice, I want to invite Treeleaf to sit with me if possible. I know it's only a holiday in Mexico and the rest of the planet will be busy, but I will be pretty much all day sitting. Please join if you can! I'd be happy to see you all there.

I'll spent the whole day sitting in silence, so there won't be any chanting or dharma talk. However, since there will be some folks new to Kinhin, I'll have to give some instructions in the very first kinhin session.

The schedule is as follows (please note that all times are in Mexico City time):

6:00h – 6:50h: Zazen
6:50h – 7:00h: Kinhin
7:00h – 7:50h: Zazen
7:50h – 9:00h: Breakfast and rest or samu. Offline.
9:00h – 9:50h: Zazen
9:50h – 10:00: Kinhin
10:00h – 10:50: Zazen
10:50h – 11:00h: Kinhin
11:00h – 11:50h: Zazen
11:50h – 12:00h: Kinhin
12:00h – 12:50h: Zazen
12:50h – 13:00h: Kinhin
13:00h – 13:30h Zazen
13:30h – 16:30h: Lunch and rest. Offline.
16:30h – 17:00h: Zazen
17:00h – 17:10h: Kinhin
17:10h – 18:00h: Zazen

To see the current time in Mexico City go here: https://time.is/Mexico_City

The Zoom room info is this:

Time: September 16th 2020 06:00 AM Mexico City

Join Zoom
https://zoom.us/j/93268250789?pwd=Y1...Qvc3JrTk5mZz09

ID: 932 6825 0789
Password: 994844

If you want to join, please do so. It doesn't matter if it's just one session. I'll be very happy to sit next to you.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Onka]

Gassho
Onka
Sat

[Meian]

Gassho2, meian st lh

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[Doshin]

Kyonin,,

Thanks you for this opportunity. I hope to join you for awhile.

Doshin
St

[Margherita]

Thank you, if I will be able to, I will be there for a little while (I don't think I have the strength yet to do so much!).

Gassho,
Mags
ST

[nknibbs]

Gracias y Gassho, Kyonin

Nos vemos mañana...por un ratito (necesito trabajar).

Gracias por su práctica,
Nick
SatLah

[Jundo]

Que Bueno!

[Eva]

Thank you for invitation, Kyōnin .
I will join you from the beginning


Gassho,
eva
sattoday

[Inshin]

Thank you for organising this. I'll try to join you for 16:30 (22:30 where I live) zazen and stay till the end. I would love to have an opportunity one day to do few days long Shesshin.
Gassho
Sat

[Seishin]

Kyonin

Thank you providing an opportunity to practice. Give the timezone difference, you are 7 hrs behind me in France, I will sit late evening here (your afternoon sessions).

sat lah

[Tairin]

I see your time at Antaiji rubbed off on you. I like the idea of “Sesshin without Toys” but unfortunately this is during my work day so I won’t be able to sit any of this. Gassho to the sitters no matter how long or short.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Kyonin]

I see your time at Antaiji rubbed off on you. I like the idea of “Sesshin without Toys” but unfortunately this is during my work day so I won’t be able to sit any of this. Gassho to the sitters no matter how long or short.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

I know, I'm sorry I had to pick this day. But it seems there's a lot of interest so maybe we can do another miniature Sesshin soon.

And yes, I know I am crazy. I miss Antaiji

So I can recreate the experience at home... Except for the magnificent food and Muho's shouts.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Kyonin]

By the way,

In their YouTube channel, Antaiji posted a little NHK feature about Mygen-San, the extraordinaire Tenzo of the temple. He is a nice, wise and charming guy who cooks like the angels. The video is in Japanese, but you can get a sense of daily life in there.



And I think our very own Mr. K is in the video

Gassho,

Kyonin

[Eva]

Thank you for the video, Kyōnin!

Gassho,
eva
sattoday

[Yokai]

Thank you Kyonin, if a time fits I will join you for a session.

Gassho, Chris satlah

[shikantazen]

This is great Kyonin. It will be good to make a habit of doing this monthly once on a weekend

Gassho,
Sam
ST

[Washin]

Awesome, Kyonin! Thank you for organizing this.
I'll try to join some of the sittings.

Gassho,
Washin
stlah

[Naiko]

Thank you, Kyonin, for the opportunity to sit with you this morning. I hope to join you again after work.
Gassho,
Krista
st/lah

[Washin]

Thank you, Kyonin and everyone.
Lovely sitting together

Gassho,
Washin
stlah

[Risho]

Thank you Kyonin and everyone - repeating Washin. hahahaha It was nice to be able to sit a period with you all.

Gassho

Risho
-stlah

[Margherita]

Thank you for this, Kyonin.
I did one zazen session, not much maybe, but it was what I could do.
Gassho,
Mags
ST

[Seishin]

Very late sleepy sit but lovely to be with you all.

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[Doshin]

Thank you

Doshin
St

[Kyonin]

Hi guys!

Thank you all for joining. It was a humbling experience because I had no idea so many people would connect. And I thought it was going to be a lonely day of practice for me.

At one point were 31 people sitting!

I guess this opens the door for more events like this.

We'll see.

Thank you very much.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Jundo]

[Jakuden]

Thank you Kyonin, I was there for awhile, it was wonderful to sit with you. There were only a few folks there when i joined, but then quite a few more when I was leaving. Thank you for your practice and for your teaching!

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

[Jundo]

Oh, did you record any of this, Kyonin? It would be lovely if people could sit even now.

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Jundo]

By the way,

In their YouTube channel, Antaiji posted a little NHK feature about Mygen-San, the extraordinaire Tenzo of the temple. He is a nice, wise and charming guy who cooks like the angels. The video is in Japanese, but you can get a sense of daily life in there.



And I think our very own Mr. K is in the video

Gassho,

Kyonin

Kakunen says it could not be him, as he was not there when filmed. Unless the NHK used old footage, which they do sometimes.

Gassho, J

STLah