Tonglen Practice Circle - December 18, 2022

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  • Meian
    Member
    • Apr 2015
    • 1722

    Tonglen Practice Circle - December 18, 2022

    Hello Everyone!

    We welcome everyone to join us this Sunday, December 18, 2022, for a guided Tonglen Practice Circle and zazen. The purpose of Tonglen Practice is for anyone who wishes to do taking and sending practice for themselves and others. No prior experience is required -- it is fine to just come and sit with us also.

    If you would like to learn more about Tonglen practice and how it's done, please visit here: About Tonglen Practice Circle

    This event will occur in the Treeleaf Scheduled Sitting Room: at 7pm UK time (UST/GMT) and last for around 35 minutes. The Treeleaf calendar will translate the time into your local time zone.

    Including Kokuu's warning/request in this post from last week:
    "Just to warn people that it may be the case that neither Washin or I are there to lead Tonglen this Sunday. If that happens then please either sit Zazen for thirty minutes, or one of you who is a regular attendee might bring a bell and lead Tonglen as usual. It is not terribly complicated and can be done with or without the Verse of Atonement and Four Vows at the end.

    As a reminder, the structure is:

    10 minutes Zazen
    5 minutes of Taking and Sending for ourselves
    10 minutes of Taking and Sending for our chosen group of sentient beings e.g. those involved in the Ukrainian war or the indigenous people, animals and plants of the Amazonian rainforest
    5 minutes of Taking and Sending for all sentient beings.

    If anyone would like to volunteer to lead on a more regular basis in case this happens again (which it may well do considering the current situation regarding power in Ukraine) that would be really helpful."
    You can also view one-way (and any time after) via Livestream at:



    All are welcome -- please, join us!

    Gassho
    Kokuu and Washin
    鏡道 |​ Kyodo (Meian) | "Mirror of the Way"
    visiting Unsui
    Nothing I say is a teaching, it's just my own opinion.
  • Naiko
    Member
    • Aug 2019
    • 841

    #2
    Once again, thanks to Meian. Thank you all for practicing.
    Gassho,
    Naiko
    st lah

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    • Meian
      Member
      • Apr 2015
      • 1722

      #3
      Originally posted by Naiko
      Thank you all for practicing.
      Naiko, thank you for your service to the sangha, and for all your efforts! Arigato gozaimasu

      Deep Bows
      Last edited by Meian; 12-18-2022, 10:36 PM. Reason: Removed extraneous
      鏡道 |​ Kyodo (Meian) | "Mirror of the Way"
      visiting Unsui
      Nothing I say is a teaching, it's just my own opinion.

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      • Guest

        #4
        Good job both !

        Merci !

        Mokushō &Suzanne

        Sat today

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        • Washin
          Treeleaf Unsui
          • Dec 2014
          • 3768

          #5
          Thank you, Naiko, for a good backup!
          Bows to all for your support.

          Gassho
          Washin
          stlah
          Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
          Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
          ----
          I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
          and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.

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          • Tai Do
            Member
            • Jan 2019
            • 1431

            #6
            Thank you, Naiko, Meian, and everyone! Thank you, Washin!
            I sat with you all almost a week latter.
            Gassho,
            Mateus
            Satlah
            怠努 (Tai Do) - Lazy Effort
            (also known as Mateus )

            禅戒一如 (Zen Kai Ichi Nyo) - Zazen and the Precepts are One!

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