SITTING TOGETHER DURING ANGO

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  • WorkerB
    Member
    • Jan 2023
    • 176

    #91
    Bion and friends, i’ve missed sitting with you recently. Work crises have prevented taking a break to be with you. Every day at the appointed time, though, my Outlook calendar reminder pops up and i send metta to you.

    Fondly with gassho,
    b.

    stlah

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    • Bion
      Senior Priest-in-Training
      • Aug 2020
      • 4975

      #92
      Originally posted by WorkerB
      Bion and friends, i’ve missed sitting with you recently. Work crises have prevented taking a break to be with you. Every day at the appointed time, though, my Outlook calendar reminder pops up and i send metta to you.

      Fondly with gassho,
      b.

      stlah
      Miss sitting with you as well, but at the same time, every day I join the sitting room, I think “maybe B comes as well” .. so, you’re technically always there, never truly missing. [emoji3526]
      Hope things slow down a bit for you.. It’s probably making Jukai preparations super tough. [emoji53]

      Gassho

      Sat and lah
      "Stepping back with open hands, is thoroughly comprehending life and death. Immediately you can sparkle and respond to the world." - Hongzhi

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      • Bion
        Senior Priest-in-Training
        • Aug 2020
        • 4975

        #93
        Quick reminder to anyone watching that might need a group to sit with,

        we sit together during Ango, evenings for Europeans, mid-day for Americans, in the Scheduled Sitting Room (SSR) : https://www.treeleaf.org/now/go.php?l=ssr

        You can find the time for your location at the following link, under the listing Sitting with Bion : http://treeleaf.org/now

        Let's sit together!

        gassho
        sat and lah
        "Stepping back with open hands, is thoroughly comprehending life and death. Immediately you can sparkle and respond to the world." - Hongzhi

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        • usuallymatt
          Member
          • May 2021
          • 25

          #94
          Thanks again for hosting this sit, Bion. Due to work/sleep schedule I sit with the earlier group when I work days and I attend this one when I work evenings or on my weekends. It's a great way to always ensure I get at least one daily sit.

          Gassho, Matt
          STLAH

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          • Bion
            Senior Priest-in-Training
            • Aug 2020
            • 4975

            #95
            Originally posted by usuallymatt
            Thanks again for hosting this sit, Bion. Due to work/sleep schedule I sit with the earlier group when I work days and I attend this one when I work evenings or on my weekends. It's a great way to always ensure I get at least one daily sit.

            Gassho, Matt
            STLAH
            Always grateful and glad when you can make it! [emoji3526]

            Gassho
            Sat and lah
            "Stepping back with open hands, is thoroughly comprehending life and death. Immediately you can sparkle and respond to the world." - Hongzhi

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            • Bion
              Senior Priest-in-Training
              • Aug 2020
              • 4975

              #96
              SITTING TOGETHER DURING ANGO

              Dear friends, we are just about ready to end this daily sit we started along with Ango for a second year now. How wonderful to get together everyday, with folks that came even from other sanghas, to ask each other how we are, to give each other updates about travels, or health or family and then to sit the zazen of the Buddhas. Tomorrow we complete this three-month commitment and so, this year as well, we mark the occasion with another group selfie. Not everyone is in it, we have had many regulars during these three month and I APPRECIATE AND REMEMBER ALL OF YOU, even though your physical body is not in this photo. [emoji3526] I am deeply fond of all of you




              Gassho
              Sat and lah
              Last edited by Bion; 12-01-2023, 12:47 AM.
              "Stepping back with open hands, is thoroughly comprehending life and death. Immediately you can sparkle and respond to the world." - Hongzhi

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              • Onkai
                Senior Priest-in-Training
                • Aug 2015
                • 3141

                #97
                Thank you, Bion, for hosting this sit, and thank you, everyone who joined in the sits. This was a wonderful part of ango.

                Gassho, Onkai
                Sat lah
                美道 Bidou Beautiful Way
                恩海 Onkai Merciful/Kind Ocean

                I have a lot to learn; take anything I say that sounds like teaching with a grain of salt.

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                • Doshin
                  Member
                  • May 2015
                  • 2634

                  #98
                  Originally posted by Bion
                  Dear friends, we are just about ready to end this daily sit we started with Ango for a second year now. How wonderful to get together everyday, with folks that came even from other sanghas, to ask each other how we are, to give each other updates about travels, or health or family and then to sit the zazen of the Buddhas. Tomorrow we complete this three-month commitment and so, this year as well, we mark the occasion with another group selfie. Not everyone is in it, we have had many regulars during these three month and I APPRECIATE AND REMEMBER ALL OF YOU, even though your physical body is not in this photo. [emoji3526] I am deeply fond of all of you




                  Gassho
                  Sat and lah


                  Doshin
                  Stlah

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                  • Jundo
                    Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 40980

                    #99
                    Beautiful, all of you.

                    Gassho, J

                    stlah
                    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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                    • Houzan
                      Member
                      • Dec 2022
                      • 548

                      Originally posted by Bion
                      Dear friends, we are just about ready to end this daily sit we started along with Ango for a second year now. How wonderful to get together everyday, with folks that came even from other sanghas, to ask each other how we are, to give each other updates about travels, or health or family and then to sit the zazen of the Buddhas. Tomorrow we complete this three-month commitment and so, this year as well, we mark the occasion with another group selfie. Not everyone is in it, we have had many regulars during these three month and I APPRECIATE AND REMEMBER ALL OF YOU, even though your physical body is not in this photo. [emoji3526] I am deeply fond of all of you




                      Gassho
                      Sat and lah
                      Thank you for hosting this, Bion[emoji120]
                      It was great to sit live with you all although my audio was only one way.
                      Missed it greatly the last three weeks, but traveling and living in a house without internet made it difficult to join.

                      Gassho, Michael
                      Satlah

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                      • Bion
                        Senior Priest-in-Training
                        • Aug 2020
                        • 4975

                        Originally posted by Jundo
                        Beautiful, all of you.

                        Gassho, J

                        stlah
                        Thank you

                        gassho
                        sat and lah
                        "Stepping back with open hands, is thoroughly comprehending life and death. Immediately you can sparkle and respond to the world." - Hongzhi

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                        • Kotei
                          Dharma Transmitted Priest
                          • Mar 2015
                          • 4310

                          Yes, thank you Bion!
                          I enjoyed dropping in here and there.
                          Can't believe Ango is already over and there will be Rohatsu this weekend.
                          Deep bows,
                          (edit: of course I sat and lah today, just forgot to note it here)
                          Kotei.
                          Last edited by Kotei; 12-01-2023, 12:46 PM.
                          義道 冴庭 / Gidō Kotei.

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                          • Bion
                            Senior Priest-in-Training
                            • Aug 2020
                            • 4975

                            Originally posted by Kotei
                            Yes, thank you Bion!
                            I enjoyed dropping in here and there.
                            Can't believe Ango is already over and there will be Rohatsu this weekend.
                            Deep bows,
                            Kotei.
                            Nah, you were a regular. You just managed to once again escape the group selfie! I’ll get you next year!!!

                            Gassho
                            Sat and lah
                            "Stepping back with open hands, is thoroughly comprehending life and death. Immediately you can sparkle and respond to the world." - Hongzhi

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                            • Do Mi
                              Member
                              • Apr 2023
                              • 96

                              Bion, I was hoping to sit with you more but the time just didn't quite work! Maybe next year! Glad I did it once, at least!

                              See you at rohatsu.

                              Gassho,

                              Do Mi
                              sat and lah

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                              • Bion
                                Senior Priest-in-Training
                                • Aug 2020
                                • 4975

                                Hello, everyone.
                                As we´re just a week away from kicking off our Ango, for a third year in a row now, I would like to invite you to join me for zazen during the next three months. As in the previous years, this will be a friendly, warm gathering, lasting just half an hour.
                                This year we’ll get together for 6 days each week, beginning next Saturday, after our Monthly Zazenkai, with Sunday being off this time around, because we are working on adding some other exciting practice opportunities, and for safety, I need an available day For local times, please check out the Practice Calendar here: CALENDAR

                                I cannot wait to see all of you!

                                Gassho
                                Last edited by Bion; 08-31-2024, 08:38 PM.
                                "Stepping back with open hands, is thoroughly comprehending life and death. Immediately you can sparkle and respond to the world." - Hongzhi

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