March 2nd-3rd, 2018 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI!

[Jundo]

Today's Talk is based on some pages of Master Dogen's Diary of his Travels in China "HOKYOKI" (text below)

Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 6pm to 10pm, Los Angeles 3pm to 7pm (Friday night), London 11pm to 3am and Paris midnight to 54am (early Saturday morning)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ...

... to be visible on the below screen during those times and any time thereafter ...

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

Dharma Talk Audio / Podcast Episode:

https://treeleaf.podbean.com/e/march-2018-zazenkai-talk-dogen%E2%80%99s-hokyoki-part-iv/

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:

The Sitting Schedule is as follows:

00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA IN JAPANESE / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN
00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN
01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN
01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN

01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN
02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN

02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN
03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN
03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING


Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' in Japanese and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between!

Please 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, Identity of Relative & Absolute, Metta Verses, 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!

I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN.

ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS.

I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together!


Gassho, Jundo

[Jundo]

Our Reading Text for Today's Talk: Hokyoki (Journal of My Study In China) by Master Eihei Dogen - Part III (Pages 21 to 23 (first few lines of 24))

We continue this series of talks on a text by Dogen which is not so commonly the topic of Dharma Talks, but which contains a detailed record of Dogen's own lessons and interactions with his Teacher in China, Master Tiāntóng Rújìng (天童如淨; Japanese: Tendō Nyōjo). Dogen was then a young student who went to travel (by boat, across deadly seas, not airliner) seeking an answer to many questions. This is the record of Dogen's remembrances of much of the advice and guidance he received on those questions from his own Teacher.

I thought that we might spend a few months with the text, taking it a few pages at a time. Not all the advice is something one need agree with in modern times, maybe (based on his own later Teachings) some of it even Dogen did not take to heart. However, let us see what we can find.

The most readable version is Tanhashi Sensei's translation in his book "Enlightenment Unfolds", a collection of various writings by Dogen. If you do not have the book, I created a PDF file (about 13 pages) with the entire Hokyoki, which can be used for this limited purpose.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HU_8x679myk5bd4hDpUoWnVXvqYPuW8C/view?usp=sharing

I am going to read from page 21 through the first few lines of 24 today if there is time. It is a grabbag of topics, so let's see what we find.

Here is one translation of Rujing Zenji's "Windbell" poem, mentioned in the text ...

The whole body is like a mouth hanging in empty space.

Not questioning the winds from east, west, south or north,

Equally with all of them, speaking of prajna:

Ding-dong-a-ling ding-dong.

Tiantong Rujing (1162 - 1228)

Gassho, Jundo

SatToday(LAH)

[Shinshi]

Thank you Jundo!

I have fence mending after work so I might be time shifting a bit - otherwise I will be there one way.

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Seishin]

After a little flooding due to burst pipe and power loss I'm back online, so will be sitting ZOD over the next 3/4 days

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Eishuu]

Look forward to sitting with you all over the weekend.

Gassho
Eishuu
ST/LAH

[Onkai]

Thank you, Jundo. I will join two-way, tech allowing. We have a new Internet provider, so it might work this time.

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

[Sekishi]

I'll be there with bells on!

Jundo - our power and internet is really unstable with the winds from the nor'easter. If I disappear, I'll rejoin using audio only from my phone.

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

[Sekishi]

Hi all,

Here is the link: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts...lby5mbh2h7csee

Gassho,
Sekishi #sat

new link...

[arnold]

Thank you Jundo. Would love to hear what you have to say about Hokyoki. Won't be able to make it 2 way but will sit with this over the weekend.

Gassho,
Arnold

Sat Today

[Onkai]

Thank you, Jundo, Sekishi, and everyone who participated and will participate. Have a great weekend!

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

[Shokai]

Thank you Jundo and Sekishi, and all who sat and will sit. Wasn't Avaloketeshvara, Quan-yin, Kannon, Kanzeon, Kanjizai known as the Blue Necked Bodisattva?

gassho, Shokai

stlah

[Sekishi]

Thank you all for this opportunity to practice together. We are lucky lions all!

Gassho,
Sekishi #sat


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[Jakuden]

Sat with the last hour one-way, thanks everyone! [emoji120]
Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[Sekishi]

March 2nd-3rd, 2018 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI!

By the way, the answer to ANY question involving a Blue Lion is always: Voltron.

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat #bluelionftw


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