Sunday Sit (Zazen for Peace) - Sunday, May 21st, 2023

[Meian]

Please Join Us as we continue to sit, offering our sincere efforts to peace, children, and the injured in Ukraine and around the world.

We will gather for the Sunday Sit on Sunday, May 21st, 2023, beginning at 6 am Los Angeles time, 9 am New York time, 2 pm in London, 3 pm in Paris, 4 pm Kyiv time, and 4 pm Moscow time.

You can check the Treeleaf Calendar for your local time here: https://www.treeleaf.org/now/#calendar

PLEASE NOTE -- THIS SUNDAY ONLY, we will meet in the Treeleaf MEETING ROOM which can be found here:
https://www.treeleaf.org/now/go.php?l=meet

Livestream and "any-time" recording can be found here: https://youtube.com/live/fsjsApsFovg?feature=share

The format of the sitting will be:

- Heart Sutra
- Zazen 40 minutes
- Verse of Atonement and the Four Vows

ALL are welcome! Please, join us! No prior experience is required -- just come sit with us.

meian

[Jundo]

My apologies for the change. We have a Guest Teacher coming Sunday, and it had to be at the same time.

Special Treeleaf Event -Shunzan Jill Kaplan- Deep Connections to Dharma - Sun. May 21

https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?21531-Special-Treeleaf-Event-Shunzan-Jill-Kaplan-Deep-Connections-to-Dharma-Sun-May-21

Thank you to Washin, Meian and all the Peace Sitters for their understanding this time.

Gassho, Jundo

stlah

[Meian]

All is well, we have Sunday Sit for Peace sorted for this one week. [emoji4]

Gassho2 stlh

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[Jundo]

All is well, we have Sunday Sit for Peace sorted for this one week. [emoji4]

Gassho2 stlh

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I really should have done it the other way, and move the special event to the special room. It did not pop into mind. If it happens again, that is how we would handle it.

Washin's sitting should have stayed put.

Oh well.

We still can do that if you think it not confusing to switch again, Washin and Meian. I still could move things the other way, and give you the main room. Let me know. Or would that just be muddling everything more?

Gassho, J

stlah

[Meian]

Let things be as they are, I think. The post has already circulated, and it would confuse things to change it now.

Thank you for offering, however.

[emoji120] stlh

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[Washin]

Thank you, Jundo. I agree with Meian. Let it be as it is arranged now.
We may offer Meeting Room for the guests in the future.

Gassho
Washin
stlah

[Washin]

May we also ask Bion, who's supposed to be Ino for the guest event, to put a note
in the Zoom chat for all participants?

Something like...

Those coming to attend the Sitting for Peace please use the following one-time link:
https://www.treeleaf.org/now/go.php?l=meet

It would help to re-direct those using the old link who didn't read the announcement and avoid last-minute confusion.

Gassho
Washin

[Bion]

May we also ask Bion, who's supposed to be Ino for the guest event, to put a note
in the Zoom chat for all participants?

Something like...

It would help to re-direct those using the old link who didn't read the announcement and avoid last-minute confusion.

Gassho
Washin

I am sure I can work something out! [emoji3526]

[emoji1374] Sat

[Jundo]

Russian missile attacks have again rocked Ukraine with one person reported killed in the southern city of Odesa and falling debris from destroyed missiles causing fires in two districts of the capital, Kyiv.

Two more people were also wounded in the Odesa attack, Ukraine’s military administration spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk wrote on Telegram on Thursday.

...

Officials in Odesa said an unspecified industrial facility had been struck when a missile crashed to the ground after being hit by air defences, killing one person and wounding two.

Russia, which launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, has stepped up air strikes in recent weeks as Ukraine prepares to launch a counteroffensive to try to take back occupied territory.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/may/18/russia-ukraine-war-live-updates-kyiv-missile-strikes-attack

Gassho, J

stlah

[Washin]

I am sure I can work something out! [emoji3526]

[emoji1374] Sat

[Jundo]

Dear Washin and Mei,

I hope your sitting went well. I am sorry again for the mix-up.

I told Washin that, next time, should it ever happen again, I'm moving to the other room ... not you guys.

I'm sure that Dogen sometimes double booked Ceremonies in the main Hondo of Eiheiji, so somebody had to move to the nearby Butsuden.

Gassho, Jundo

stlah

PS - Washin, it was a very nice Dokusan chat last night too.

[Washin]

Hello Jundo,

Thank you. The sitting was great as always, and switching the room was a good experience for us indeed.
Next time we will arrange it as you suggest - guests to the Meeting room...

Let me thank again, Meian for all the techno-magic and Kotei for the backup
and everyone who sat

Gassho
Washin
stlah