February 23rd-24th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Jundo]

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 8pm, Los Angeles 5pm (Friday night), London 1am and Paris 2am (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 VERSE OF ATONEMENT & FOUR VOWS

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

SatTodayLAH

[Kyonin]

Hi Jundo,

I'll be there live with instruments ready

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Sekishi]

See you all soon!

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

[Shinshi]

I'll be there one way.

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Onkai]

Thank you, Jundo and Kyonin. I will practice with everyone one-way tonight.

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

[Seishin]

ZOD Sat & Sun am, see you on the replay.

[Jundo]

Since we have some Spanish speakers attending Treeleaf Tsukuba in recent weeks, I have asked Kyonin if he would mind to Chant the Heart Sutra in Spanish today ...

Gassho, J

STLah

[Sekishi]

Hangout link: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts...pegrmvn3kk7rue

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sittingsoon

[Onkai]

Gracias!

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

[Sekishi]

Gracias por tu practica.



Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

[Shokai]

Thank you all and thank you Kyonin for the Spanish version of Zazenkai verses. Although I could not follow the text I understood the intonations.

gassho, Shoaki

stlah

[Kyonin]

Thanks for sitting everyone.

Here is the Heart Sutra in Spanish:

El Sutra de la Perfección de la Gran Sabiduría *
Avalokiteshvara bodhisattva, quien despertó
al Prajna Paramita, la Perfección de la Gran Sabiduría *
Percibió el vacío de las Cinco Condiciones
y se liberó del sufrimiento.
O Shariputra, la forma equivale al vacío;
el vacío equivale a la forma;
la forma es precisamente el vacío, el vacío es precisamente la forma.
Las sensaciones, percepciones, formaciones y consciencia también son así.
O Shariputra, todas las cosas son expresiones del vacío,
Nada nace, ni se destruye, nada se mancha, nada es puro;
Nada se oculta, nada nace.
Por eso el vacío no es la forma; no hay sensación, no hay percepción, no hay formación, no
hay consciencia.
No existen ojos, oído, nariz, lengua, cuerpo ni mente.
No existen los sentidos de la vista, oído, olfato, gusto, tacto, ni objeto mental;
No hay reino de la vista, no hay reino de la consciencia;
No existe la ignorancia, no existe el fin a la ignorancia;
No hay vejez ni muerte;
No hay cesación de vejez ni muerte;
No hay sufrimiento, no existe causa o fin para el sufrimiento;
No hay camino, no hay sabiduría y nada qué ganar.
Nada qué ganar, por ende los Bodhisattvas viven en Prajna Paramita*
Sin ningún obstáculo mental-
Sin obstáculos el miedo se va.
Más allá del autoengaño, el Nirvana siempre ha estado aquí.
Todos los Budas pasados y futuros
Viven en Prajna Paramita*
Y alcanzan la suprema y completa iluminación.
Por eso entiende que Prajna Paramita
es el mantra sagrado el mantra luminoso,
el mantra supremo, el mantra incomparable
con el que el sufrimiento se va
Esto es la verdad
Por ello entona el mantra de Prajna Paramita
Canta este mantra y proclama *
Gate Gate
Paragate
Parasamgate
Bodhi! Suaka!
Han Nya Shin Gyo


Verse of Atonement / Verso*de*la*Enmienda
Todos los daños causados por mis actos, palabras y pensamientos, a lo largo de mi vida.
Provenientes de mi infinita avaricia, ira e ignorancia,
Los enmiendo aquí y ahora.

Four Vows / Cuatro Promesas
Salvar a todos los seres vivos, aunque los seres vivos sean incontables.
Destruir mis autoengaños, aunque mis autoengaños sean innumerables.
Percibir la realidad, aunque la realidad sea infinita.
Caminar hacia la iluminación, aunque a esta nunca llegue.

All were translations made by me from the Treeleaf Chant Books.

Have nice weekend y muchas gracias!

Gassho,

Kyonin
Hoy hice zazen/Di la mano a alguien

[Shinshi]

Thank you everyone!

I need to learn to say thank you in more languages.

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT

[Mp]

Thank you everyone .... Sitting with you all beyond space and time. Have a great weekend. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Meitou]

Eishuu and I are doing a retreat day tomorrow (Sunday) together across the ether, so I'll be sitting this as part of that. Looking forward to hearing the Heart Sutra in Spanish, like Italian a beautiful , poetic language.
Gassho
Meitou
Satwithyoualltoday lah