Sunday Weekly Zazenkai (European morning)

[Shigeru]

Thank you Bion and Kotei for organizing this, it was a great time. I'm very grateful to have a longer sit in the euro-zone

Gassho
Will
SatLah

[Tosei]

Just super duper fantastic. It was such a joy. Thanks Bion and Kotei for getting this organized and off to a great start. Here’s to many more…

Gassho,
Tōsei

satlah

[Mokuseki]

Thank you Bion and Kotei for getting this together - it was such a lovely event; a joy and honour to be part of it and hopefully many more to come.

Gassho
Mokuseki
Sat LAH

[michaelw]

Thank you Kotei and Bion for organising the European Zazenkai.
Managed to be late today as still recovering from Saturday Ango Zazenkai.

Gassho
MichaelW

satlah

[Bion]

Thank you Kotei and Bion for organising the European Zazenkai.
Managed to be late today as still recovering from Saturday Ango Zazenkai.

Gassho
MichaelW

satlah

Oh, how I feel that as well hahaha Thank you for being there! Hope I see you next week!

Gassho
sat and lah

[Huichan]

I feel spoilt. For us in Asia, both Zazenkais are at a reasonable time, so it gives me the chance to connect with a lot of different people in the sangha. Thanks for making that possible.


慧禅
stlah

[Bion]

I feel spoilt. For us in Asia, both Zazenkais are at a reasonable time, so it gives me the chance to connect with a lot of different people in the sangha. Thanks for making that possible.


慧禅
stlah

I really appreciate your presence, my friend and your sustained effort to be involved!

Gassho
sat and lah

[Kiri]

Great news! Hopefully I will join you next week
Gassho, Kiri
Sat/Lah

[Bion]

Great new! Hopefully I will join you next week
Gassho, Kiri
Sat/Lah

It would be fantastic!

Gassho
sat lah

[Bion]

Dear friends, this is your reminder that our European Sunday morning Zazenkai is coming up. This week, our Heart Sutra will be in Japanese.
Last week we had a fantastic first zazenkai and I am hoping to see many of our Euro friends again. Feel free to join the meeting close to the beginning of it and head straight to your sitting space. We can have a chat and exchange some words at the end!
See you Sunday!

Gassho
sat lah

[Bion]

Thank you all for your practice this morning! Lovely as always to get together! See you next week!

Gassho
sat lah

[Ester]

I'm sorry I missed it again. Yesterday I broke my foot and came back from the hospital around 4:30 am. I hope I can amke it next time.
Gassho
Ester
Sat (my first one in a hospital) and lah

[Bion]

I'm sorry I missed it again. Yesterday I broke my foot and came back from the hospital around 4:30 am. I hope I can amke it next time.
Gassho
Ester
Sat (my first one in a hospital) and lah

Just take care of that foot. I am happy you are back home and on your way to recovery. Maybe I´ll see you later..

Gassho
sat lah

[Ester]

Hi, Paul! Great question. Jundo will have to clarify on the topic, but I imagine we’d all want to catch up on the dharma talks he gives on Fridays, regardless of what other sits we might be joining, so that part at least, I’d consider quite important. I, for example, will continue to attend the Friday Zazenkai as I have been doing. On Sundays we will not have the 4 hour zazenkai, so that one definitely is to be sat with the Friday event. I’d wait on a clarification from Jundo, yeah

Gassho
sat and lah

I have the same doubt. Is that ok if we attend the 4h friday (saturday 1:00am in Europe) zanzekai and the european zanzekais or are the weekly short zanzekais on Fridays (1:30 in Europe) compulsory too?

Gassho,
Ester
Satlah

[Bion]

I have the same doubt. Is that ok if we attend the 4h friday (saturday 1:00am in Europe) zanzekai and the european zanzekais or are the weekly short zanzekais on Fridays (1:30 in Europe) compulsory too?

Gassho,
Ester
Satlah

Sounds really exciting!
Question though: in the main Ango post Jundo mentioned " Zazenkai: Join in each and every 90 minute Saturday Treeleaf Zazenkai, and 4-hour monthly Treeleaf Zazenkai netcast without fail." as a required Ango activity. How does it work with the Sunday Zazenkai?

Gassho
Paul
Sat today & Lent a hand

I actually have an answer for you both now, having checked with Jundo. You can simply catch up on the dharma talks from Fridays and include the metta practice and dance from the Monthly into your schedule somehow, but attend the Sunday morning zazenkai for the group sitting and ceremony. That would be perfectly acceptable. Does that sound good?
Thank you both for being a part of the zazenkai!

Gassho
sat lah