June 21st-22nd Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Doshin]

Jundo grateful for the good health report! I will also be grateful for the small things.

Thank you all

Gassho
Doshin
St

[Mp]

Thank you folks ... and lovely talk Jundo. All things are the way they are ... it is our minds that need to see such.

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Tairin]

Thank you everyone. I sat with you this morning.

I like the homework. I adopted a similar practice a few years ago. Simple things that I did daily without any consideration now transformed in to a moment of awareness and gratitude

I was glad to hear your checkup went well Jundo


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Jakuden]

Thanks to all. Jakuden, you have a beautiful voice.

Gassho
STlah
James

[emoji4][emoji120] Aw shucks! Thank you James!

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/ LAH


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[Kotei]

Thank you everyone!
Gassho,
Kotei sat with you today.

[Souchi]

Thank you for sitting together

Gassho
Souchi

SatToday

[Kakunen]

I sit right now.

Thank you very much,Jundo Jakuden,from Japan

Gassho
Sat today
Kakunen


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[Seishin]

Thank you Jundo, thank you jakuden. thank you all.

[lorax]

Thank you Jundo for a meaningful opening to this weeks zazenkai. It is a major relief to hear you have hit the year and a half mark on post-treatment. Take care

SAT TODAY

[Junkyo]

Thank you all! I sat with you this morning.

Gassho,

Junkyo
SAT

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[Heiso]

Thank you everyone, I sat the zazenkai with you all this morning.

Gassho,

Neil

STLaH

[Kyonin]

Sat last night. Thank you all.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Nanrin]

Bit late to the party. Glad to sit with you all.

Gassho,

Nanrin

Sat

[Kokuu]

Thank you all!

On the subject of dying during zazenkai, I have been reading Roshi Joan Halifax's book 'Being with Dying'. In one part she talks about a retreat she was on in the 1970s during which a man keeled over on his meditation cushion and died. CPR was attempted but they later discovered his aorta had burst during sitting.

Gassho
Kokuu

[Jundo]

Thank you all!

On the subject of dying during zazenkai, I have been reading Roshi Joan Halifax's book 'Being with Dying'. In one part she talks about a retreat she was on in the 1970s during which a man keeled over on his meditation cushion and died. CPR was attempted but they later discovered his aorta had burst during sitting.

Gassho
Kokuu

The Zen Masters of old (some today) used to intentionally try to go in the Lotus Posture.

If I have the where-with-all at the time, I'll try that! Of course, I will netcast it so that the Sangha can be present and we can post to youtube.

I am sure that you have seen some of the collections of Zen death poems. They say that the Master should pen one just for going (going not going). However, I think it is okay to pen one in advance, then just pretend it is one's last words ...

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/07/02/books/black-illumination-zen-poetry-death/

Empty-handed
I entered the world
Barefoot I leave it.
My coming, my going –
Two simple happenings
That got entangled.
(Kozan)

Gassho, J

STLah