The Sitting Hall

[Shujin]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Gary -- Happy to see another name on the Sitting Hall schedule.

Sitting Hall "Peeps" -- I'm at my folks' this week for the holiday. I'll be trying to sit in the Hall, if I can make it work. I don't have a webcam for the laptop, so I'll be sitting with an icon, a la Roky.

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.
:mrgreen:

gassho,
Chris

[Gary]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Thank you Chris have a great Thanksgiving with your folks,
I sat in the Zendo today for the first time, in fact it was the first time I've sat in any Zendo and dropping all thoughts of time and distance it's cool to sit with you guys.
Gassho
Gary

[Shugen]

Re: The Sitting Hall

My schedule is about to get crazy so I may not be in the zen-hall as much as usual. I'll try and post on the scheduler if I'm pretty certain I'll be able to sit at a specific time, otherwise it will be kind of sporadic.

Ron

[Shujin]

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...so the whole "Sitting Hall during Thanksgiving holiday" didn't quite pan out. ops: I'm back & am going to night shift for a month so I'll be sporting the daytime zazen in the Hall.

gassho,
Chris

[Shokai]

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Gary;

Good to see you in the zen hall. Hope to sit with you again soon.

gassho, Richard

[Gary]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Hi Richard,
Just a brief sitting today, with a slight interruption from my son Leon, but it's all good.
Great to share the space with you too, see you soon.
Gassho
Gary

[Shujin]

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Hey y'all, is the Sitting Hall down? Maybe it's temporary, but I tried to log in just now (to http://videocallroom.oovoo.com/room/shoh3i/room/1) and received the following message:

The requested ooVoo video call URL was not found. Please make sure that the URL was entered correctly.

When I tried the link through Treeleaf, I received this message:

There was a problem, please try to call again.

Going to sit sans Zendo now. Thanks for the help.

gassho,
Chris

[Gary]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Over my shoulder rain taps on the window,
the wind calls my name,
like daylight my thoughts fade,
sitting in Zazen open but unmoved.

Thank you for sitting.
With gratitude
Gary

[Tainin]

Re: The Sitting Hall

Hello,

New to Treeleaf Zendo and I just sat for the first time using the zendo meditation timer. Very nice! No longer a need for my standard sit watch timer with its alarm. I noticed from this screen a Zen Hall (Live) button and haven't tried that yet - but looking forward to it.

Gassho,
Tainin

[Dokan]

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Being only a few weeks in Treeleaf I am always finding new things out, like the Sitting Halls. I was going to sit this morning before I attended Hanh's Christmas Eve Dharma Talk and thought it'd be a perfect opportunity to do that online as well. I had no technical issues at all, video came up and I saw myself. However, I was wondering if this is what we are supposed to see. I've seen a few pictures on the thread of a meditation hall (zafu's & zabutons) so just wanted to make sure. I am assuming that when more people are together the video will split to show all persons?

Thank you for this, I will try to watch the calendar and join others, in the mean time, I will also attempt to join when I am sitting.

Gassho,

Shawn

[Shokai]

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Shawn;

As each person comes on-line an additional window (like your own) is added until the entire screen is filled. Hope to see you there some time.

gassho, Richard

[Shujin]

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Hi Shawn & Tainin -- nice to see new faces in the Sitting Hall. It's a great aid to my practice; unfortunately, there usually aren't very many people there. I post my sitting times in advance on the schedule, so others can join me if they would like. Sometimes other events come up (like my son's night wakings tonight) but I'm on schedule more often than not.

gassho,
Chris

[Kaishin]

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I plan to start joining some of the scheduled times in the coming weeks. Things have been crazy with the holidays and my practice has been irregular. But I hope to sit with some of you soon!

Cheers,
Matt

[Tainin]

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Hi Chris,

Thanks. Seeing others like yourself listed on the schedule regularly has certainly motivated me to get in there. Having a sitting hall like this available is incredible! My schedule has required last minute sit times so far but one of these days I will get in there when others are there too!

Gassho,
Tainin

[Shugen]

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Hey Chris,

Thanks for the company! I'm slowly getting back on the horse.

Ron