ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai December 27th, with Heiku Jaime Mcleod

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  • Jundo
    Treeleaf Founder and Priest
    • Apr 2006
    • 40719

    ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai December 27th, with Heiku Jaime Mcleod


    Dear All,

    I am pleased to announce that Zen Priest (and my friend) Heiku Jamie Mcleod will be joining us for a very special Zazenkai and Talk on SUNDAY December 27th, LIVE from Maine, USA and Treeleaf Tsukuba.

    More about Heiku ...

    Heiku Jaime McLeod is a priest and teacher at Treetop Zen Center in Maine, having received dharma transmission from Peter Seishin Wohl in 2016. Jaime is a member of the White Plum Asanga, the Soto Zen Buddhist Association and the Zen Peacemaker Order. She's a proponent of socially engaged Buddhism and believes practice must find its expression through compassionate activity in the world, growing out of a direct experience of connection with the Earth and all beings. Her teaching focuses on the opportunities for figurative “home-leaving” available to those who remain householders, and she strives to help students awaken right within the realms of work, love, and home. She lives with her wife, Melissa, and their two children in Winthrop, Maine. Read Jaime’s essay, “Picking and Choosing” in the new compilation Zen Teachings in Challenging Times, published by Temple Ground Press.
    She wrote me to describe the Talk like this:

    I will talk about “Staying Home” as a contrast (not really) to the tradition of “Homeleaving.” ... While one entry point, of course, is that we’re all staying home as much as possible because of COVID, it [is] more expansive than that. I’m thinking of how some Treeleafers aren’t able to leave home much, even before this, and about how many, or most, contemporary practitioners must make room for practice amidst full and busy lives of work and family, and how it’s not only possible, but that we have ample opportunity, to practice true renunciation (of the three poisons) in that context. We can always “leave” the “home” of our fixed notions of reality without literally leaving our homes. I’ll look to one or more of the koans that gently admonish the wandering monks of old for always going about looking for “it“ somewhere else.

    As part of that, I’ll talk a little about my personal life, with my wife and kids and work and my practice journey. So if folks need some inspiration as LGBTQ practitioners or as parents, they will find something in there they can relate to.
    If you would like to read a bit more about Jaime, here's an interview with her: https://www.sunjournal.com/2018/02/04/to-be-zen/

    The festivities for our Zazenkai will begin at 11:00 AM US MAINE TIME SUNDAY 12/27 (that is 11am in New York, 8am in California, London 4pm and Paris 5pm, all SUNDAY December 27th) ... (Alas, Monday 1am for those of us in Japan. )

    THE ZAZENKAI WILL BE VISIBLE AT THOSE TIMES and AFTER HERE:

    https://youtu.be/GvLWrsJWGGQ

    Our sitting schedule will be about the following: About 10 minutes of Zazen, the Talk by Heiku for about 30 minutes, and some Questions from our Treeleaf participants. I anticipate the the event will be about 60 minutes or so, maybe a bit longer if the discussion needs.

    FOLKS HAVING QUESTIONS FOR JAIME CAN PRIVATE MESSAGE ME DURING THE Q&A PORTION HERE (PM to JUNDO), and I will check from time to time, and ask as many questions from viewers as possible.

    I hope that we will have a big turnout, with many folks joining us "two way" too (instructions below).

    Let's all get together to welcome Jaime and hear about "Homeleaving" from right at home!

    Gassho, Jundo

    HOW TO JOIN THE ZAZENKAI LIVE:


    You can join "two-way," with camera and microphone, although "one way" live sitters are encouraged to come into the Zoom sitting, and just leave the camera and microphone turned off: Join live (with or without a camera & microphone) on Zoom at: TREELEAF Now OR at DIRECT ZOOM LINK, password (if needed): dogen
    Sorry to run long. STLah

    Last edited by Sekishi; 12-26-2020, 05:03 PM. Reason: Youtube video added.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
  • Jakuden
    Member
    • Jun 2015
    • 6141

    #2
    Wonderful! Thank you Jundo, I’m very much looking forward to this!

    Gassho
    Jakuden
    SatToday/LAH


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    • Kotei
      Dharma Transmitted Priest
      • Mar 2015
      • 4231

      #3
      Looking forward to this!
      Thank you.

      Gassho,
      Kotei sat/lah today.
      義道 冴庭 / Gidō Kotei.

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      • Tomás ESP
        Member
        • Aug 2020
        • 575

        #4
        Sounds great! Will definitely catch it live or later

        Gassho, Tomás
        Sat&LaH

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        • Inshin
          Member
          • Jul 2020
          • 557

          #5
          I'm looking forward to this so much! After watching clips of Gudō Wafu Nishijima sitting Zazen in his flat, among hoover and drying laundry, I don't perceive anymore my own flat as a less perfect place for practice.

          Gassho
          Sat

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          • Onka
            Member
            • May 2019
            • 1576

            #6
            Thank you Jundo. This sounds like a talk I will get a lot out of.
            Gassho
            Onka
            sat today
            穏 On (Calm)
            火 Ka (Fires)
            They/She.

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            • Kyōsen
              Member
              • Aug 2019
              • 311

              #7


              Gassho
              Kyōsen
              Sat|LAH
              橋川
              kyō (bridge) | sen (river)

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              • Onkai
                Senior Priest-in-Training
                • Aug 2015
                • 3081

                #8
                Thank you, Jundo, for arranging this talk. I look forward to it.

                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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                • Washin
                  Senior Priest-in-Training
                  • Dec 2014
                  • 3804

                  #9
                  Thank you, Jundo. Looking forward to join it

                  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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                  • Yokai
                    Member
                    • Jan 2020
                    • 506

                    #10
                    Thank you Jundo! Heiku Jaime Mcleod's talk outline looks fascinating and very relevant.

                    Gassho, Chris satlah

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                    • Shinshi
                      Senior Priest-in-Training
                      • Jul 2010
                      • 3720

                      #11
                      Sounds great. I plan to be their live.

                      Gassho, Shinshi

                      SaT-LaH
                      空道 心志 Kudo Shinshi

                      For Zen students a weed is a treasure. With this attitude, whatever you do, life becomes an art.
                      ​— Shunryu Suzuki

                      E84I - JAJ

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                      • Jundo
                        Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                        • Apr 2006
                        • 40719

                        #12
                        A little bump for Sunday ... Don't forget, and I hope that many can attend ...

                        Gassho, Jundo

                        STLah
                        ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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                        • Naiko
                          Member
                          • Aug 2019
                          • 842

                          #13
                          Thank you for the reminder!
                          Gassho,
                          Krista
                          st

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                          • Bokugan
                            Member
                            • Dec 2019
                            • 429

                            #14
                            Looking forward to this, I plan to be there live.

                            Gassho,
                            Ryan
                            Sat Today
                            墨眼 | Bokugan | Sumi Ink Eye
                            Ryan-S | zazenlibrarian.com

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                            • Jundo
                              Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                              • Apr 2006
                              • 40719

                              #15
                              REMEMBER, if anyone who is not in the Zoom group (and is watching "one way" via the youtube screen above) has questions for Heiku after her talk, please PM me ...



                              ... and I will try to ask Jaime for you.

                              Gassho, Jundo

                              Stlah
                              ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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