August 8-9th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - Why Zen? The Tree in the Garden

[Jundo]

A monk asked Jōshū,
“What is the meaning of Bodhidharma’s coming from the West?”
Jōshū said, “The oak tree in the garden.”

Dear All,

Our Treeleaf Zazenkai is for 90 minutes with Zazen, Heart Sutra and more. We meet virtually in our Zoom Scheduled Sitting Room here:
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JOIN ZOOM >>
The password (if needed): << dogen >>

For local times, please check the Practice Calendar here: TREELEAF NOW >> ( 10am Japan Saturday morning, NY 9pm, LA 6pm Friday night, London 2am and Paris 3am Saturday morning) or sit this Zazenkai any time thereafter here:
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However, "one way" live sitters are encouraged to come into the Zoom sitting, and just leave the camera and microphone turned off.

00:00 – 00:15 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA in English) and Dedication
00:15 – 00:45 ZAZEN
00:45 – 00:55 KINHIN
00:55 – 01:25 ZAZEN
01:25 – 01:30 VERSE OF ATONEMENT & FOUR VOWS
01:30 - 01:45(?) INFORMAL TEA TIME (ALL WELCOME)
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Chant Book is here for those who wish to join in:
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CHANT BOOK LINK

For some more information about Zendo etiquette at Treeleaf and to help you be more comfortable with joining the Zoom room, please have a look here:
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ZENDO ETIQUETTE


ATTENTION: Everyone, when rising for Kinhin or Ceremonies after Zazen, get up slowly, don't rush, hold something stable, you won't be "late", so TAKE YOUR TIME! Make sure you are careful getting up!
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Gassho
sat lah
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PS - There is no "wrong" or "right" in Zazen ... yet here is a little explanation of the "right" times to bow (A koan) ...
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The other video I mention on Zendo decorum is this one, from our "Always Beginners" video Series:
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Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (12) - Basic Zendo Decorum At Home
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I also recommend a little Talk on why small rituals and procedures are so cherished in the Zendo:
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SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: Small Things in the Zendo
(LINK)

[Bion]

It'll be great, as always, to share this practice time with you all! See you later!

Gassho
sat lah

[Seikan]

Thank you all once again for sharing in this practice. And Thank you Jundo for the talk and Kokuu for the lovely Ino-ing.

Oh, and Jundo, per the tea time discussion, "First Name" then "Last Name" for the footnotes, so you've got it correct already... We've been sticking to Chicago style formatting (but definitely not Chicago style pizza...).

Gassho,
Seikan

stlah

[Jundo]

Thank you all once again for sharing in this practice. And Thank you Jundo for the talk and Kokuu for the lovely Ino-ing.

Oh, and Jundo, per the tea time discussion, "First Name" then "Last Name" for the footnotes, so you've got it correct already... We've been sticking to Chicago style formatting (but definitely not Chicago style pizza...).

Gassho,
Seikan

stlah

You see, I just put in a Chicago style pizza, I mean, footnote, and it was last name first name ...

Hacking, Ian. “The Inverse Gambler’s Fallacy: The Argument from Design. The Anthropic Principle Applied to Wheeler Universes.” Mind 96, no. 383 (1987): 331–40. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2254310.

Copied from here ...

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2254310

Gassho, Cohen, Jundo
stlah

[Kotei]

Thank you Jundo.
Thank you Kokuu for Ino-ing, Bion for the tech, and everyone for sitting this together across space and time.
Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

[Bion]

Thank you for your practice, everyone and thanks Kokuu for the chanting.

Gassho
sat lah

[Tairin]

Thank you everyone. I sat with you this morning.


Tairin
sat today and lah