June 1st-2nd, 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 7pm to 11pm, Los Angeles 4pm to 8pm (Friday night), London midnight to 4am and Paris 1am to 5am (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/june-2018-zazenkai-talk-dogens-dharma-hall-discourses-part-v/

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

SatTodayLAH

PS - There is no "wrong" or "right" in Zazen ... yet here is a little explanation of the "right" times to Bow (A Koan) ...

https://youtu.be/GR6POpsXh9Q

The other video I mention on Zendo decorum is this one, from our "Always Beginners" video Series:

Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (12) - Basic Zendo Decorum At Home
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...093#post189093

[Jundo]

Our Reading Text for Today's Talk: Hokyoki (Journal of My Study In China) by Master Eihei Dogen - Part IV (Pages 24 to 27 (end))

We will finish 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.

We have spent 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 24 through the finish on page 27 today.

Gassho, Jundo

SatTodayLAH

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo, I will be there live two way with instruments ready. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Kyonin]

Thank you Jundo!

I'll be there live.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Shinshi]

I will be time shifting but am looking at the reading now.

Thank you Jundo.



Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Onkai]

Thank you, Jundo. I will join two-way, tech allowing.

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat

[Jakuden]

I should be able to make it one-way.

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[sjlabat]

may not be able to make it tonight - but do plan to attend this week.
gassho

sjl

[Sekishi]

Trying a new (old) laptop tonight after a harddrive failure. I might join two way... ^_^

gassho,
Sekishi

[Mp]

Hey folks,

Here is the event link for today's zazenkai: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts...hl=en_GB&pli=1

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Frank Murray]

Thank you Jundo.

I will join during the weekend. I am looking forward to the Dharma talk and reading the text for this week.

Gassho,

Frank

Lent a hand, on the way to my cushion.


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[Jakuden]

Thanks everyone ❤️[emoji120] Wonderful talk.
Funny, I used to put my mind in my left palm when i sat sometimes, before I joined Treeleaf, because I learned it somewhere that way. Can’t remember where, though!

Hi Chao Chao!!

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[Mp]

That was lovely, much gratitude for Jundo, Chao Chao, Daniella, the Butterflies, the birds and the bees, and of course all of you! =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Sekishi]

Thank you all.
Nine bows, Sekishi

[Onkai]

Thank you, Jundo, Shingen, Chao Chao, and everyone. It was a beautiful zazenkai, as always. Have a great weekend!

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH