Day 3 - Treeleaf 10th Anniversary Zazenathon

[Graceleejenkins]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, TREELEAF!

Today, April 2/ April 3, starts Day 3 of our Zazenathon continuous sit in celebration!

TODAY'S SITTERS PLEASE POST HERE YOUR SITS, REFLECTIONS, OR JUST HAPPY BIRTHDAY MESSAGES!
If you use Insight Timer or Google+, please post a message there, too!

Never to late to join in and sign-up spreadsheet link!: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...DRg/edit#gid=0

Thank you to our sitters for today:

Washin
Shujin
Shugen
Shokai
Shoka
Shingen
Shinzan
Sekishi
Roland
Rich
Pinoybudhist (Rafael)
Ongen
Nindo
Nenka
Nengyo
Myosha
Myoku
Matt
mark
Lucy
Libby
Kyonin
Kotei
Kotai
Kazashimo
Karen (MacK)
Joyo
Joshua Lewis
JimH
Jika
Jakuden
Ishin
Graceleejenkins
Fugen
Entai
Dosho
Doshin
Dillon
David W
David (davidclp)
Daizan
Byrne
Byokan
Anshu
Alan
Allwhowander (Kim)
adrianbkelly (Ade)

[MacK]

Sat this morning, 0900:0930

Gassho

Karen

[Jika]

Sat after shower and before coffee.

My mother seems to get used to this, was only mildly perplexed that Treeleaf-schedule is more important than me having breakfast.
(But she got to have coffee with me, so all well.)

Gassho
Jika
#sattoday

[Eishuu]

Sat first sit of the day. Happy sitting everyone.

[Josan]

(reposted from the Day 2 thread)


Sat 9-930am GMT.
I felt like a small link in a very long chain stretching back through time and extending forward forever. Thanks to all of who sat and will sit. Gassho. David

sattoday

[Myosha]

Hello,

To practice zazen is the self selfing the self by the self.


Gassho
Myosha sat today

[Mp]

Hey there Grace,

I see you have missed me on the list from yesterday and today. I am sitting at 6:15-6:45 and 18:30-1900. =)

Gassho
Shingen

#will be sitting

[Kyonin]

Hi everyone!

Sat today in silence and before dawn.

Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatToday

[Rich]

Sunday 4/3 6:45-7:15 central

Sent from my LG-LS720 using Tapatalk

[Shujin]

Sat this morning, 0500-0530 EDT; arrived home late from the rodeo last night, so I went back to sleep afterwards.

Gassho,

Shujin

[kazashimo]

I've yet to sit my part in Zazenathon today and I couldn't join in to do any time slots yesterday, but since this (Zazenathon) started I find myself looking at my phone very often throughout the day (something usually I never do) to see who is sitting via Insight Timer, especially on waking up in the morning.

I try to envisage that person sitting there meditating and I can honestly say I feel a real connection with that sitter at that time, even though I've not actually met anyone personally on here.

Blimey! I was even on the dance floor at a 50's Rock-n-Roll charity dance last night, thinking about people the other side of the world to me, just sitting.

I held back from joining this Zazenathon as I thought I didn't want to be pinned down by having to sit at a certain time, but it's only day three and boy, I would've kicked myself if I'd missed being a part of this special occasion.

There's something about coming together in unison, Buddha was so right (as if I'm an authority on Buddhism)- call it the 'Three Refuges', 'The Three treasures' or the 'Three Jewels' this Sangha of Treeleaf is a very special 'jewel' and one I am so thankful to have come in to contact with and be a part of (if only recently).

Thank you and much, much metta to all......

[Mp]

Hey folks,

Just sat my 6:15-6:45am PST zazen ... enjoy your day! =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today

[Myoku]

Just sat my 15 minutes, thank yo everyone
Gassho
Myoku

[Graceleejenkins]

I've yet to sit my part in Zazenathon today and I couldn't join in to do any time slots yesterday, but since this (Zazenathon) started I find myself looking at my phone very often throughout the day (something usually I never do) to see who is sitting via Insight Timer, especially on waking up in the morning.

I try to envisage that person sitting there meditating and I can honestly say I feel a real connection with that sitter at that time, even though I've not actually met anyone personally on here.

Blimey! I was even on the dance floor at a 50's Rock-n-Roll charity dance last night, thinking about people the other side of the world to me, just sitting.

I held back from joining this Zazenathon as I thought I didn't want to be pinned down by having to sit at a certain time, but it's only day three and boy, I would've kicked myself if I'd missed being a part of this special occasion.

There's something about coming together in unison, Buddha was so right (as if I'm an authority on Buddhism)- call it the 'Three Refuges', 'The Three treasures' or the 'Three Jewels' this Sangha of Treeleaf is a very special 'jewel' and one I am so thankful to have come in to contact with and be a part of (if only recently).

Thank you and much, much metta to all......

I feel the same! And although, I felt connected to the Treeleaf Sangha before, which is why I volunteered to help with the Treeleaf 10th Anniversary celebration, it didn't seem quite as real as it does now! Thanks for sitting with me, Kazashimo! Gassho, Grace.

[Graceleejenkins]

Hey there Grace,

I see you have missed me on the list from yesterday and today. I am sitting at 6:15-6:45 and 18:30-1900. =)

Gassho
Shingen

#will be sitting

I am soooooo sorry, Shingen! NOT EVEN SURE HOW I DID THAT! Thank you for telling me! I will be very careful when sorting and eliminating duplicates with all the names beginning with "Sh"!

I knew you were sitting! Just don't know why I wouldn't have caught that!

You have been a great supporter of the Zazenathon and a big help, and you and the Treeleaf Coffeehouse attendees are sitting today! Please forgive me! I can't believe I overlooked this mistake. Thank you for everything! Gassho, Grace. (My cheeks are red in the emoji from how embarrassed I am!)