Dear All,
I am pleased to announce that our old Treeleaf friend and Taigu's heir, Myozan Kodo Kilroy, now guiding the Zen Buddhism Ireland Sangha in Dublin, will be joining us for a very special Zazenkai and Talk SATURDAY OCTOBER 15th, LIVE. Please come sit with us.
Zen Budhism Ireland is an Irish-based Buddhist sangha of practitioners in the Soto Zen tradition, belonging to the lineage of Nishijima Roshi. It is part of the ‘Blue Mountain White Clouds Hermitage’ Sangha. Zen Buddhism Ireland practices Soto Zen Buddhism with an emphasis on Shikantaza, ‘just sitting’ meditation. They also honour the traditional ritual forms of Zen practice, especially with a devotion to sewing the Okesa, the Buddha’s robe, the robe of Zazen (http://www.zenbuddhism.ie/).
Three Rock Sonnets is a series of 108 poems written by Soto Zen Buddhist priest Myozan Kodo. Ranging from intimate lyrics drawing on family life to meditations on the ineffable mystery of things, these poems belong to that ancient Zen tradition of contemplating the unutterable in verse. Including elegies for the poets Seamus Heaney and Allen Ginsberg, Three Rock Sonnets is a collection with electric concerns: from the discovery of the Higgs Boson at CERN, to the ancient riddles or koans of the Zen Buddhist tradition. In a way, these 108 poems are a devotional act. They are prostrations to the mystery that lies at the heart of reality itself, and to the great ‘Triple Gem’ of Buddhism: the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. Three Rock Sonnets is a collection that keeps faith with reality as we find it, despite the trials and challenges that face us, individually and collectively, at this moment in our shared destiny.
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The festivities will begin at at 12 noon in Dublin/8pm in Japan (that is New York 7am, Los Angeles 4am, London 12 noon and Paris 1pm, all Saturday October 15th)]. Our sitting schedule will look like this ... perhaps 30 minutes of Zazen, a Talk by Myozan for 25 minutes or so, and some Questions from our participants. I anticipate the the event will be about 90 minutes to a bit longer, depending on the Q&A.
The Zazenkai can be viewed 'one way' LIVE at that time at the following screen, and in recorded form at any time thereafter:
HOW TO JOIN OUR ZAZENKAI LIVE:
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE LIVE 'TWO-WAY' BY GOOGLE+ HANGOUT:
If you feel you are a person who would like to attend, are familiar with Google+/Hangouts, and have a reliable computer and good internet connection, please post in this thread that you would like to attend and can commit to attend at that time. (If you have any question on how to sign up for Google+, please PM SHUGEN or SHINGEN and we will do our best to get you up to speed by Saturday)
We have 8 seats in the Hangout. We will also accept a waiting list of folks in case there is need. I will announce Hangout assignments this weekend, and provide further instructions for getting in. If there is demand, I will try to host a second hangout simultaneously as well.
If you wish to sit live, but only One Way instead of Two Way, the Zazenkai will be livecast on Youtube for one way viewing at the above screen, and I will be accepting Questions for Myozan via email during the Zazenkai, if you have. Remember, our way is "Not One Not Two Way!"
It would be great to fill our hangouts and have a big turnout. If you are interested and commit can come, please post in this thread. It will be worth your time.
Please make sure you state clearly "have Google+ and hope to sit in Hangout". Otherwise I will be confused about who is joining one way.
It is always a pleasure to welcome an old friend and catch up.
Gassho, Jundo
MYOZANZENKAI HANGOUT 2-WAY PARTICIPANTS LIST:
Based on current requests, I have created a circle that has the following folks. You should all receive an email invitation about 10 minutes before start time OR (if you cannot find that) Shingen will post a link to join in this thread shortly before start time.
Remember that I will also be taking questions from oneway folks at jundotreeleaf@gmail.com (Please do not send now, wait until the Q&A starts after Myozan's Talk).
1-Marcos
2-Jika
3-Shingen
4-Kyonin
5-Daizan
6-Sekishi
7-Jundo
8-Myozan
We still have a couple of spaces if folks want to join.
Gassho, Jundo
SatToday
Based on current requests, I have created a circle that has the following folks. You should all receive an email invitation about 10 minutes before start time OR (if you cannot find that) Shingen will post a link to join in this thread shortly before start time.
Remember that I will also be taking questions from oneway folks at jundotreeleaf@gmail.com (Please do not send now, wait until the Q&A starts after Myozan's Talk).
1-Marcos
2-Jika
3-Shingen
4-Kyonin
5-Daizan
6-Sekishi
7-Jundo
8-Myozan
We still have a couple of spaces if folks want to join.
Gassho, Jundo
SatToday
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