August 9th-10th 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 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:

ZAZENKAI BEGINS --8-- MINUTES FROM START OF THE VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC8l27maV1o?t=490

FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, A LINK TO JOIN WILL BE POSTED BELOW IN THIS THREAD ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE START TIME. JUST CLICK AND JOIN. 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

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

[Junkyo]

I am planning on being there 2 way!

Gassho,

Junkyo
SAT

[Shinshi]

I will be time shifting as usual - but I will be around right at the beginning in case anyone is having trouble with getting in to either one way or two way.

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Shonin Risa Bear]

2 way plan _()_

gassho
doyu sat lah today

[Sekishi]

Hi everyone,

Google has retired the "Hangouts on Air" feature we've used in the past for the Zazenkai. From now I we will be using a tool called "Zoom." This is free to all who sit the Zazenkai. The Zazenkai will also be streamed one-way on youtube (as before, it will be posted here about 10 minutes prior to the Zazenkai).

To join two way, here is the Zoom meeting link:

https://zoom.us/j/319926276

If you have not installed Zoom, following the above link will walk you through installing Zoom as an app on your mobile device or as a desktop client under Windows, Mac, or Linux. If you have already installed the Zoom desktop client or mobile app, you can use the link above, or simply open Zoom and join with the following meeting id: 319 926 276

We've not actually tried this feature yet (so I'm not sure how well it works)... If you have a limited data plan, but lots of "minutes" available on your phone, you can also join us (with audio only) by simply dialing in on any phone.

One tap mobile:

+16465588656,,319926276# US (New York)
+17207072699,,319926276# US

Dial by your location (you'll need the meeting id from above):
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 720 707 2699 US

To call in from outside of the US, see this list of International dial-in numbers: https://zoom.us/u/acKunHUR1K

For all of the above methods, you'll remain on hold until about 10 to 15 minutes before the Zazenkai starts.

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat #lah

[Kyonin]

Hi all,

I am currently at a Chinese medicine seminar. I'll have to sit this one on Sunday morning.

Gassho,

Kyonin

[Shinshi]

Hi Folks,

If anyone is having any trouble logging in please post here and I will try and help get you in.

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[sosen]

Sitting with you all live, oneway,

_()_
sosen
stlah

[Nanrin]

I'm waiting for the zoop app to download - is it ok if I join two-way a bit late? Hope I can figure it out quickly.

Nanrin

Sat

[Shinshi]

Nanrin,

That will be fine. No worries.

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Shinshi]

You can also watch one-way via the youtube link that is in the first post. Just click on the video link at the top of the post.

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Jakuden]

Beautiful, thank you everyone who sat and will sit. Love my Sangha!

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

[Mp]

Thank you Jakuden, Sekishi, Shinshi, and Shoka for being there to make sure all went off without a hitch! We were successful! Thank you to everyone for coming and sitting and being a part of this great Sangha.

Have a great weekend and Jundo, hope you are feeling better. =)

Gassho
Shingen

Sat/LAH

[Shokai]

Thank you all, Shingen, Sekishi and Jakuden (great chanting by the way), and everyone else who sat and will sit, Have a great week.

Gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Onkai]

Thank you, Shingen, Jakuden, and everyone. I hope Jundo feels better soon. With the new system, one-way seems to work better for me. Have a great weekend!

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH