April 28th-29th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

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  • Jundo
    Treeleaf Founder and Priest
    • Apr 2006
    • 40772

    April 28th-29th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

    Hello All,

    Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast from 10am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 9pm, Los Angeles 6pm (Friday night), London 2am and Paris 3am (early Saturday morning)

    ... and to be visible on the following screen during those times and sit-a-long-able any time thereafter ...

    LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST IS HERE:
    CLICK ON THE TAB ON LOWER RIGHT FOR 'FULL SCREEN





    FOR THOSE NOT ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE CIRCLE WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, INSTRUCTIONS ARE POSTED AT THIS LINK. WE ARE NOW LIMITED TO 10 INDIVIDUALS WITH CAMERAS, BUT ANY NUMBER CAN WATCH LIVE 'ONE WAY' AND SIT-A-LONG VIA THE ABOVE SCREEN. IF JOINING WITH CAMERA, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS MUTED:

    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 FOUR VOWS & VERSE OF ATONEMENT


    As you can see, our Zazenkai consists of chanting the 'Heart Sutra' in English (the words are at the link below), some full floor prostrations in sets of three (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), followed by our Dedication, Zazen twice for about 30 minutes each, with 10 minutes of Kinhin in between, and we end the sitting with 'The Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'.

    Please join us in the Chanting of the Heart Sutra (although please keep your microphone muted). You can download and print out the Chants we will recite at the following link (PDF):


    Chant Book (PDF)

    or

    Chant Book (SHORT VERSION HTML)

    Not everyone realizes that they can join in the Chanting of the Heart Sutra, Verse of Atonement and Four Vows (although we ask that you keep your microphone down). Please follow along with the Chant Book, and let your voice ring!

    So, please join us as soon as you can, and we will keep a Zafu open for you.

    Remember, when we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together!


    Gassho, Jundo
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
  • Mp

    #2
    Wonderful, I will be there live with bells ready. =)

    Gassho
    Shingen

    S@today

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    • Kakunen

      #3
      April 28th-29th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

      I will be there.


      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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      • Onkai
        Senior Priest-in-Training
        • Aug 2015
        • 3097

        #4
        I will be there, live, two-way, tech allowing.

        Gassho,
        Onkai
        SatToday
        美道 Bidou Beautiful Way
        恩海 Onkai Merciful/Kind Ocean

        I have a lot to learn; take anything I say that sounds like teaching with a grain of salt.

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        • Kyonin
          Dharma Transmitted Priest
          • Oct 2010
          • 6748

          #5
          Hi all!

          I'll be there live

          Gassho,

          Kyonin
          SatToday
          Hondō Kyōnin
          奔道 協忍

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          • Mp

            #6
            Hello everyone,

            Here is the event link for todays zazenkai: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts...bumfptkjcnlwqe

            Gassho
            Shingen

            s@today

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            • Kyonin
              Dharma Transmitted Priest
              • Oct 2010
              • 6748

              #7
              Thank you all who sat / will sit.

              Have a lovely weekend

              Gassho,

              Kyonin
              SatToday
              Hondō Kyōnin
              奔道 協忍

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              • Onkai
                Senior Priest-in-Training
                • Aug 2015
                • 3097

                #8
                Thank you, everybody for your practice. Have a great weekend!

                Gassho,
                Onkai
                SatToday
                美道 Bidou Beautiful Way
                恩海 Onkai Merciful/Kind Ocean

                I have a lot to learn; take anything I say that sounds like teaching with a grain of salt.

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                • Sekishi
                  Dharma Transmitted Priest
                  • Apr 2013
                  • 5673

                  #9
                  Thank you all. How wonderful to sit together!

                  Gassho,
                  Sekishi #sat
                  Sekishi | 石志 | He/him | Better with a grain of salt, but best ignored entirely.

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                  • Mp

                    #10
                    Thank you Jundo and everyone, great to see and sit with you all. =)

                    I also loved the little birds singing away half way through, very lovely.

                    Gassho
                    Shingen

                    s@today

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                    • Jishin
                      Member
                      • Oct 2012
                      • 4821

                      #11
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                      • beginningagain
                        Member
                        • Apr 2017
                        • 7

                        #12
                        Just sat with the recorded version. Thank you all for sitting together. I am very grateful.

                        Have a wonderful weekend!

                        Gassho

                        Marion

                        sat today

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                        • Meian
                          Member
                          • Apr 2015
                          • 1720

                          #13
                          I sat with the recording, thank you.

                          Thank you for the inspiring talk, beautiful in Japanese and English. Very comforting to me at this time. Is it possible to get a written version (including the Japanese)? It was so beautiful and encouraging.

                          Deep bows, much gratitude.

                          Gassho
                          Kim
                          Sat today

                          Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk
                          鏡道 |​ Kyodo (Meian) | "Mirror of the Way"
                          visiting Unsui
                          Nothing I say is a teaching, it's just my own opinion.

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                          • Jundo
                            Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                            • Apr 2006
                            • 40772

                            #14
                            Originally posted by allwhowander

                            Thank you for the inspiring talk, beautiful in Japanese and English. Very comforting to me at this time. Is it possible to get a written version (including the Japanese)? It was so beautiful and encouraging.
                            Thank you, I am glad you found it helpful. You are beautiful and encouraging too.

                            There is a written version, but only if you write it down I guess. Otherwise, such words are best just to fade into the wind (especially all my grammatical errors in Japanese) .

                            Gassho, J

                            SatToday
                            ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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                            • Byokan
                              Senior Priest-in-Training
                              • Apr 2014
                              • 4284

                              #15
                              Thank you so much, dear Sangha!

                              Gassho
                              Byōkan
                              sat today
                              展道 渺寛 Tendō Byōkan
                              Please take my words with a big grain of salt. I know nothing. Wisdom is only found in our whole-hearted practice together.

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