DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

[Jundo]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Links 2 4 and 5, with a message to update flash.

Hi Undo,

I just tested 2, 4 and 5 and they are working fine. I think the difficulty is just what it says: YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR FLASH.

http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Gassho, J

[michaeljc]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Sorry If I have missed this somewhere but I need to print out a schedule. I will work off the clock and timer according to that schedule and sit on real time . My internet connection is too unreliable to trust. Can someone point me in the right direction to this please.
Thanks
Michael

[Jundo]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Sorry If I have missed this somewhere but I need to print out a schedule. I will work off the clock and timer according to that schedule and sit on real time . My internet connection is too unreliable to trust. Can someone point me in the right direction to this please.
Thanks
Michael

I am sorry to hear of your connection issues. It is the sitting, however, that is the True Connection!

The webpage with the exact schedule for this year will be up later this week. It will be very close to the schedule for last year, with a few minor adjustments.

Here is last year's schedule ...

http://www.treeleaf.org/sit-a-long/with ... 10---.html

Gassho, J

[michaeljc]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Jundo thanks
m

[Hoyu]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Jundo wrote:
Long story short ... I was chanting 3x in the Korean way (in Japan and China, it is 1x) just because I liked to sing it 3x! A Korean group I used to sit with years ago did so, and I just liked the sounds and "bounce" they had in their Heart Sutra recitations compared to more staid Japanese! When first making Treeleaf and our Chant Book, I just did so on a whim (that is why the "Heart Sutra" that accompanies our Zazen Timers is also in lively Korean)!

Thank you for this answer Jundo Sensei.
In studying the Japanese version I did notice that it was chanted only once. I must admit that chanting it 3x was one of the things I greatly enjoyed.

Jundo wrote:
It does not matter. The Heart Sutra is not English, Lithuanian, Korean or Japanese ... 1x or 3x or 0x or Infinite-x ... yet all of those things!

Dropping all preferences, I quickly came to the same conclusion and just went with the change.

Gassho,
John

[Undo]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Hi Undo,

I just tested 2, 4 and 5 and they are working fine. I think the difficulty is just what it says: YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR FLASH.

I was using an ipad ops:

[Kaishin]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Are other treeleafers sitting with google+ or the treeleaf zendo during the retreat?

Shawn and I will both be sitting "live" (Japan time) and should be on Google+, or at least I will be during the zazen periods at the least.

[Dokan]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Are other treeleafers sitting with google+ or the treeleaf zendo during the retreat?

Shawn and I will both be sitting "live" (Japan time) and should be on Google+, or at least I will be during the zazen periods at the least.

Jep Jep...I'll have mine up and online. G+ has a pop up that asks if you are there around 60 minutes or so. As long as I don't miss that I plan on being on the entire sesshin.

g

s

[Undo]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

I will try and join you if you don't mind me droping in on European time?
I've not used G+ before, do I need an invite or can I just search for treeleaf group?

Thanks

Undo

[Dokan]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

I will try and join you if you don't mind me droping in on European time?

Of course I don't mind! I open my sits to Treeleafers. We have a Treeleaf group on G+ so if you get setup just add the Treeleaf user and you should be able to see everyone else.

Treeleaf Sangha G+ Page:
https://plus.google.com/107488152513960611269/posts

G,

s

[Dokan]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Been working on re-arranging our spare bedroom to be a makeshift Zendo for this weekend and I had a question about the Buddha placement. I had read in the guide that the altar should be in the middle of the room. Why is that? Just curious as to the logic/reasoning behind the placement. I've seen it mostly placed at the end of the zendo in the middle of the room but not in the middle. I'm assuming this is the traditional placement and the middle/far-end placement is a western adaptation?

I had to move the bed and some end tables and a bookshelf but was able to make room and still have enough for computers, zabuton/zafu and kinhin space. Also, it feels a bit funny sitting behind the Buddha...back to back as it were. So used to sitting in front of the altar all these years.

G

s

[Jundo]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Been working on re-arranging our spare bedroom to be a makeshift Zendo for this weekend and I had a question about the Buddha placement. I had read in the guide that the altar should be in the middle of the room. Why is that? Just curious as to the logic/reasoning behind the placement. I've seen it mostly placed at the end of the zendo in the middle of the room but not in the middle. I'm assuming this is the traditional placement and the middle/far-end placement is a western adaptation?

I had to move the bed and some end tables and a bookshelf but was able to make room and still have enough for computers, zabuton/zafu and kinhin space. Also, it feels a bit funny sitting behind the Buddha...back to back as it were. So used to sitting in front of the altar all these years.

G

s

The Buddha does not have to be in the middle of the room, and can be somewhere else. It comes just from the traditional design of large Zendos with Manjusri Bodhisattva (or a Buddha) in the middle ...



... and is meant to help to avoid walking directly in front of the Buddha/Manjusri, as one can walk respectfully behind to cross the room.

However, it is fine to have the Buddha elsewhere in the room, and if you have to walk in front of your statue to pass, maybe give a momentary pause and a little Gassho or nod of the head as "Excuse me". That is traditional too.

Before the retreat, please look at this short page published by Soto-shu of manners in the Zendo, see if you can pick up a couple of pointers. It is a little different from most folks, cause in Japan (as in our Tsukuba Zendo) the sitting is on raised platforms, not on the floor like most folks in the West.

http://global.sotozen-net.or.jp/eng/pra ... n/manners/

Not everyone faces the wall either, but it is good to do so if you can. Soto Tradition is to face the wall, but in the west it is more of a mixed picture.

Gassho, Jundo

[Hoyu]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

Hi All,

Spent the morning and then the rest of the day going over all the material for Rohatsu. It was great to review everything because I even found a number of things to adjust which I have been doing incorrectly during Zazenkai ops:
My Oryoki set is all made up and I went over the video multiple times to practice throughout the day. Also Going to try to practice at least once each day prior to Rohatsu!

My schedule for Rohatsu will be as Follows:
Rohatsu starts 6am Sunday Japan time, which will be 3pm Saturday my time. I'll sit 3pm-10pm(Live)

Sleep from 10pm-5:30am, Sunday

Start 6am-3pm(Recorded version, from day #1, of what I missed while sleeping)

3pm(Start of day #2 with Taigu Sensei)-10pm(Live)

Sleep 10pm-5:30am, Monday(Vacation day, off from work)

Start 6am-3pm(Recorded version, from day #2, of what I missed while sleeping)

3pm-The rest of the week(Giving my wife lots of extra attention! )

Gassho,
John

[Dokan]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

My schedule for Rohatsu will be as Follows:
Rohatsu starts 6am Sunday Japan time, which will be 3pm Saturday my time. I'll sit 3pm-10pm(Live)

Sleep from 10pm-5:30am, Sunday

Start 6am-3pm(Recorded version, from day #1, of what I missed while sleeping)

3pm(Start of day #2 with Taigu Sensei)-10pm(Live)

Sleep 10pm-5:30am, Monday(Vacation day, off from work)

Start 6am-3pm(Recorded version, from day #2, of what I missed while sleeping)

3pm-The rest of the week(Giving my wife lots of extra attention! )

That's a great schedule John...I'm going to try to sit live...but should I be overcome by sleep I will adapt with your proposed schedule. Thanks for sharing!

g

s

[Jundo]

Re: DATE CHANGE: Our 'AT HOME' 2-day ROHATSU RETREAT Dec 4-5

That's a great schedule John...I'm going to try to sit live...but should I be overcome by sleep I will adapt with your proposed schedule. Thanks for sharing!

g

s

Just to say again ... we do recommend a mix of 'live' and 'recorded' segments so that everyone can sleep in a natural cycle.

Gassho, J