Zazen for Beginners Series: THREAD for QUESTIONS, COMMENTS

[Bion]

I’m not too swift negotiating websites. I only have a smartphone. Your reply to a post I made yesterday ( and can’t find) was to ask me to change my username into one that has my name in it. I chose “ Randroid”. You also asked for a photo. I took a selfie ( I hate that word) this morning. I don’t know how to change my username or post the photo.
I sat today
Gassho
Randroid

Hi, Randy. If you click on your photo in the top right corner of the page, you'll see the option of viewing your profile. Click on that, and then on the left side, on your profile photo, click edit avatar. It should allow you to do that from there. Let me know if you can't manage

Gassho
sat lah

[Zeno Nine]

I’m not too swift negotiating websites. I only have a smartphone. Your reply to a post I made yesterday ( and can’t find) was to ask me to change my username into one that has my name in it. I chose “ Randroid”. You also asked for a photo. I took a selfie ( I hate that word) this morning. I don’t know how to change my username or post the photo.
I sat today
Gassho
Randroid

[Zeno Nine]

I joined many years ago, but never practiced with you . Over the years I’ve practiced off and on , mostly off. You sent me a “ Happy Birthday “ greeting anyway . That impressed me. I’m probably paraphrasing, but I remember “ That’s the secret to the arts, always be a beginner “ . Shunryu Suzuki. Talk # 1
Gassho (sp ) ?
Zeno Nine

[Angel_zee]

Thank you Jundo and Bion!

Gassho,
Angel
satlah

[Angel_zee]

We have these for now ... Youtube. Our "Long Service" has the Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyo) in Japanese, the Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai) in English, and their Dedication of Merit at the end ...

... while our "Short Service" has the Heart Sutra in English with a Dedication:

We are working to see if we can convert those to Mp3 format too.

Gassho, J
stlah

[Jundo]

And here they are as sound files ...

Long Service: https://www.treeleaf.org/wp-content/...ng-Service.m4a
Short Service: https://www.treeleaf.org/wp-content/...rt-Service.m4a

Thank you, Bion, for the links.

Gassho, J
stlah

[Jundo]

I think we have some somewhere around here. Let me check with those who actually know what goes on around here.

Gassho, J
stlah

We have these for now ... Youtube. Our "Long Service" has the Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyo) in Japanese, the Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai) in English, and their Dedication of Merit at the end ...

... while our "Short Service" has the Heart Sutra in English with a Dedication:

We are working to see if we can convert those to Mp3 format too.

Gassho, J
stlah

[Jundo]

Are there stand alone recordings of the chants that I could download?

I think we have some somewhere around here. Let me check with those who actually know what goes on around here.

Gassho, J
stlah

[Angel_zee]

I am not sure about specific recordings (someone else here might know) but you can hear the regular chants in past YouTube videos on the channel in the Live section, like in the short and long Zazenkai's.

Gassho,
Seiraku
Satlah

Thanks Seiraku! Attended weekly Zazenkai a couple weeks ago. I’m going o follow along with the recordings until I can attend again ????

Gassho,
Angel
Satlah

[Seiraku]

Hello everyone

Are there stand alone recordings of the chants that I could download?

Angel
sat/lah

I am not sure about specific recordings (someone else here might know) but you can hear the regular chants in past YouTube videos on the channel in the Live section, like in the short and long Zazenkai's.

Gassho,
Seiraku
Satlah

[cvanhorn521]

I just finished the Zazen for Beginners series and enjoyed it very much. I appreciate the fact that they are available as podcasts as well which allowed me to listen to them on the go. Thank you for making these available. I look forward to Buddha basics podcasts next

Gassho,
Chris
Sat today

[Angel_zee]

Jundo,

Your analogy of timelessness and the time cicadas spend underground is very helpful. Being able to identify moments of timelessness during my zazen is very beneficial.

Side note, a few years ago, I was camping during an emergence of cicadas and it was very beautiful. I wondered since then what it was like to be underground for so long.

Gassho

satlah

[Angel_zee]

Hello everyone

Are there stand alone recordings of the chants that I could download?

Angel
sat/lah

[Ryūdō-Liúdào]

Class 11...
Yu-chan finally appears on camera!

Thank you for your style and vibe, Jundo. I'm enjoying the series during breaks at work.
In this case, though, I have nothing else to mention at this point other than to throw love to the kitty-cat

[LieLo25]

Thank you Chojou for today's Zazen session at 7amET today, this was my 1st time, you could tell, Zoom was messy, I had too many distractions, was trying to get a feel for the Zoom affect since I haven’t used it in a while. I forgot to add the timer on my watch, err, I promise I will be better prepared next time. Again many thanks for your time today!!
Gassho Lorie Liehr