Sunday Sit with Washin - March 9th, 2025

[Kotei]

Hello everyone,

we are continuing sitting for peace around the world.
As Jundo posted, Washin's hometown is in an especially bad situation right now.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-drone-attack-kills-one-triggers-power-cuts-odesa-second-day-2025-03-04/

Sending a wagonload of Metta your way, brother

You can check with the Treeleaf Practice Calendar for your local time, under the listing Sunday Sit (Zazen for Peace): https://www.treeleaf.org/now/#calendar
We meet in the Treeleaf Scheduled Sitting Room: https://www.treeleaf.org/now/go.php?l=ssr password if needed is << dogen >>

A livestream of the meeting can be found here:

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 follow along - come sit with us.

Gassho,
Kotei

[Jundo]

It is worse in Odesa right now ...

[Kotei]

Hello,

if I am not mistaken, most of the US will change to DST in the night from coming Saturday to Sunday.
Our Sunday Sitting for Peace is anchored in Ukrainian time, where the change does not happen.
I believe the beginning time will therefore shift an hour for folks in the US.
Please be aware and double check with the calendar.

Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

[Jundo]

Heavy attacks continue in Odesa and the rest of Ukraine. The power grid in Odesa is a regular target ...

https://odessa-journal.com/7th-strike-in-three-weeks-russians-have-attacked-energy-infrastructure-in-the-odessa-region-again

Gassho, J
stlah