The Sitting Hall

[Sloppy_Zen]

Hello all;

Greetings from Canada! I thought that I would attempt my first sitting in the "Zendo". I've booked Wed Dec 23 1:00 (GMT) for 30 minutes. I hope that I'm following correct procedure, but if not, please correct me. If you happen to be about around then, please sit with me.

Thanks all,
Jim

[Shohei]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Hi Jim
You can book off time then folks know when your sitting and can join you. You dont have to book it though you for simplicities sake you could just post like you did and go sit. Either way welcome again and a good sitting with you

Gassho
Shohei

[Shugen]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Hello all,

I've been using the zen-hall again if anyone is interested in joining in. I just sit, nothing fancy, for about 20 minutes around 9:30pm Eastern Standard Time. I have youngish children (one 5 year old that refuses to go to bed when he is supposed to) so sometime I have to start a little late.

Ron

[Taylor]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Here's the newbie question of the day:

What sitting hall? :shock: is it a video chat thing? Please explain

Taylor

[Tb]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Here's the newbie question of the day:

What sitting hall? :shock: is it a video chat thing? Please explain

Taylor

Hi.

This is the zen hall (sitting hall)
http://www.treeleaf.org/zendo/zen-hall.php

And this is the meeting hall
http://www.treeleaf.org/zendo/meeting-hall.php

By the way, we used the meeting hall for a time for our sunday teapartys, but have now gone over to using skype instead.
If you want to join those, you are very welcome, just pm me your skypename.

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Rimon]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Didn't know there were these halls in the Shanga. The zen hall asks for permission to connect the camera, but then I just get a light blue screen with the words "Silence". Maybe it is not activated unless there are more than one people using the hall?

Thanks a lot for your help

Gassho

Da5id

[Tb]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Hi.

It's set to start in "silent mode" if you click on the silent text others can hear you, and there should be no blue screen, you can sit there by yourself (not self by the way...).

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Risho]

Re: The Sitting Hall

That's cool!!! I didn't know about this either. If others are sitting, will it show their user names?

[Shugen]

Re: The Sitting Hall

That's cool!!! I didn't know about this either. If others are sitting, will it show their user names?

You can type your user name or a short message at the bottom of the screen.

There is more information under "Technical FAQ" that is on the drop down menu when you hold your cursor over "Library" in the upper right hand corner of the screen between "About Us" and "Sangha". Just click on the "Video Zendo FAQ" subject header.

There used to be a thread around here somewhere that had a lot of the information on it but I can't seem to find it.

If you have any other questions, just post them here and I am sure someone will answer them.

Ron

[Rimon]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Thank you so much Fugen and Ron for the information.

It seems that is something related to my webcam. I'll try to solve it

Gassho

Da5id

[anista]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Thanks to this thread, I've started using the Zen hall on a daily basis. It's a great way to feel connected to the sa?gha, even though I'm alone in there .

I usually sit 22.00 CET (what's that, 10 p.m.? Or 10 a.m.? I never could figure out the English way of time telling).

[Adam]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Thanks for this topic! I will have to try this. I've never used the zen hall before, so it will be an interesting experience.


Adam

[Dosho]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Hello all,

I've been using the zen-hall again if anyone is interested in joining in. I just sit, nothing fancy, for about 20 minutes around 9:30pm Eastern Standard Time. I have youngish children (one 5 year old that refuses to go to bed when he is supposed to) so sometime I have to start a little late.

Ron

Hi Ron,

I'll have a go since it's a good time for me as my eldest (almost 5) goes to bed around 9pm, but that time can become a bit loose like you mentioned with yours! Hopefully I'll catch you one of these nights.

Gassho,
Dosho

[Adam]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Does the zen hall not work with Mac users? I cannot login. I seem to just get the blue box with Adobe Flash information, but I cannot go from there. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Gassho,

Adam

[Rimon]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Does the zen hall not work with Mac users? I cannot login. I seem to just get the blue box with Adobe Flash information, but I cannot go from there. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Gassho,

Adam

I do have a Mac and it worked. It's a little bit tricky though. Once in the Hall, with the blue screen, click on "settings" and instead of choosing the default camera try another one. I choose "usb camera" which I don't have but suddenly there I was on the screen. :-D

Hope it helps

gassho

Da5id