Retreat Comments

Thank you Jundo and everyone else.
My Samu started early at around 2:00 but was able to rejoin at 4:00.

This was excellent. Looking forward to the next one.

Gassho

[Shohei]

Gassho All!
Whew my knees are done but it was wonderful.

Jundo that was perfect. perfectly what it was - Thankyou!

Audio and vid were fine for me through out most. Only catch i had was during Oryoki and it cleared up quickly. Nice to see you all on there too... if i got a bit lost i just snuck a quick peek

Kelly i had the the same problems too, i was still unpacking and i looked up and everyone was a step or 5 ahead. i was caught up @ seconds though ops:

Gassho
Dirk

[Jarkko]

Hello all!
Thank you Jundo for well organised retreat. Thank you all participants.
My legs and back hurts but the mind is feather like. Thank you!

Gassho
Jarkko

[Komoku]

Reposted in new topic:

I sat until after the first Dharma talk. I had to go pick up my step-son from an activity then had too much going on in the house. Jundo, there was sound during the Oryoki. I just had to turn up the volume. Then when you said you were turning on the sound it got real load again, so it was not completely muted.

I enjoyed the part I sat for and will definitely repeat beginning to end soon.

PS to original: I received good audio and video with my aircard after all.

[Kelly M.]

Gassho,

Well, it is quarter after three and I have just bowed out of the retreat. I would like to begin by congratulating Jundo for the success of the retreat thus far, and thanking him for all the preparation that went into making it possible. It was quite a positive experience. I experience some technical difficulties at fist this morning that had me a bit concerned, but they cleared up just before the retreat began, and were fine from there on (all were probably due to the old age of my laptop and not the server or host).

At your end Jundo, the audio and visual were good throughout, though twitchy from time to time (again, probably due to my old laptop). The sound was not lost during the Oryoki chants; it was only just a bit lower than usual (I just had to turn up the volume a bit).

At my end, things also went well, though this would be a very long post if I listed all the errors (AKA non-errors?) I made throughout! Haha ops: . I am rather pleased I was alone as I’m sure I would have thrown everyone else out of sequence!

The greatest challenge for me, being my first time attempting anything like this, was keeping up; turning the pages of my chant book without missing a beat, finding the appropriate chant quick enough, and taking all the proper steps during the Oryoki meal while attempting not to spill anything, feed myself, and watch to see what stage everyone else was at. At a few points I simply found myself laughing as I broke perhaps every Oryoki rule trying to play catch-up… I think I could have used more time there, but that is probably more an expression of how green I am to the ritual!

Anyways, I thank you again Jundo, and all those who I was sitting with. Enjoy the Samu and the rest of the retreat.

Gassho,
KElly

PS- I think my cat also enjoyed the retreat as she curiously spent half of it curled up napping on my chant book. I had to bring her bed over so that she could lay beside me for the other half. :roll: