Sunday Sit with Washin - July 13th, 2025

[Kotei]

Hello everyone,

led by our Washin from Odessa, we'll continue sitting for peace in the Ukraine and around the world this coming Sunday.

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]

Posted in other thread ...

Russian Soto Zen Leader Sentenced to Eight Years Prison for Anti-War Post

https://forum.treeleaf.org/forum/treeleaf/treeleaf-community-topics-about-all-of-life/551176-russian-soto-zen-leader-sentenced-to-eight-years-prison-for-anti-war-post#post551176

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[Jundo]

Another story of heroism and dedication to the well-being of others amid this war ... Imagine, a heart transplant even as drones fly overhead! What a world of science and technology, good and bad, in this current day ...

Ukrainian doctor drives a child’s heart through Russian attack to perform a life-saving transplant

Kyiv was burning as Dr. Borys Todurov sped through the city in an ambulance, undeterred by the deep thuds of explosions and the terrifying sounds of Russian drones flying overhead.

He was determined to deliver his precious cargo: a human heart.

Todurov’s patient – a child – was seriously ill in a hospital. He had hours to act.

The child has been living with a heart disease for several years, but her condition deteriorated earlier this week and Todurov knew a new heart was her only chance.

So when one became available from a child donor on the opposite side of the city, he didn’t wait for the Russians to stop attacking.

... After performing a heart surgery at the institute on Wednesday, he traveled across the city toOkhmatdyt where he removed the heart from the body of the donor.

He then personally escorted the organ across the city.

Crossing the Dnipro by a bridge is extremely dangerous during an attack on Kyiv, because vehicles are exposed and Ukrainian air defences target Russian drones and missiles when they are above the river to minimise the impact from falling debris.

A video taken during the frantic drive shows a large fire burning near the road as Todurov drives on. “We’re carrying a heart,” he says calmly.

The Russian attack on the capital was still underway when Todurov got into the operating theater at the Heart Institute, heading a large medical team and transplanting the heart into the body of his patient.

In a stunning moment captured on camera and shared with CNN, the new heart is seen beating inside the patient’s chest, just hours after it was driven through Kyiv as Russian drones and missiles rained down on the city.

... “The heart is working, and the pressure is stable. We hope that … (the patient) will recover and live a long and full life,” the doctor said. ...

... And so, just as Todurov was transplanting the girl’s heart into his patient’s body at the Heart Institute, her kidneys were being transplanted to a 14-year-old boy and her liver to a 16-year-old girl, the center said. The two other patients were at the Okhmatdyt hospital, so no transport was required to get the organs to them. The coordination center said that two of the three recipients were in critical condition and had they not received the transplants, they would have just days or weeks to live.

“May the little donor rest in peace. Our condolences to her family and gratitude for their difficult but important decision,” the center said.

MORE HERE: https://us.cnn.com/2025/07/11/europe...ransplant-intl

Here is a video of the drive and surgery: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sCyaQ9orGuI