Sept 27th-2th, 2019 - OUR MONTHLY (Oct.?) 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI with Rev. KYONIN!

[Jundo]

Our Zazenkai Welcomes Rev. Kyonin Barros to Japan from far off Mexico! ...

... so, our "October" Zazenkai is a little early this month!

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, 6pm to Midnight in Mexico City (Friday night), London midnight to 4am and Paris 1am to 5am (early Saturday morning)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ...

... 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 3 MINUTES FROM START OF THE VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=novorz3Ux6c

Dharma Talk Audio / Podcast Episode:
LINK TO BE POSTED HERE IN THE COMING DAYS

FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, A LINK TO JOIN WILL BE POSTED BELOW IN THIS THREAD. JUST CLICK AND JOIN BEFORE START TIME. 'TWO WAY' REQUIRES INDIVIDUALS WITH CAMERAS, BUT ANYONE 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 & HOKEY-POKEY

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) ...

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 Heart Sutra recital will be in Spanish this time ...

El Sutra de la Perfección de la Gran Sabiduría
(Sutra del corazón)

* * *//
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! Soaka!
Han Nya Shin Gyo * * *//

[Jundo]

Our Sacred "Hockey Pockey" becomes a Maha Mambo ...

We will be dancing the Great Mambo No. 8 of the renowned band leader Dámaso Perez Prado, featuring the Charlie Chaplain of Mexico, comedian Resortes (today played by Kyonin) and actress Ninon Sevilla (that's Jundo) ...

https://youtu.be/T-Qnsk56_g4

Gassho, Jundo

He sentado hoy, y echado una mano!

[Ishin]

Que Bueno! I will be sitting this one on Saturday. Thanks in advance to all,

Gassho
Sat/lah

[Horin]

¡Genial!
No puedo esperar, pero voy a sentar este zazenkai otra día.

Muchas gracias y
Gassho


Ben

Stlah

Gesendet von meinem PLK-L01 mit Tapatalk

[Onka]

I have other commitments so won't be joining 2 way live this week. Will sit 1 way on Sunday morning.
Gassho
Anna
ST

[Daitetsu]

This is the first time I have read the Heart Sutra in Spanish, and for some reason it resonates more with me than the English version.
A while ago I read a few chapters of the Shobogenzo in Spanish - the same. I think I should explore this avenue of reading Dharma related things in Spanish...
(Sorry for the off-topic!)

Anyway, I won't make it live (too late), but will sit this on another day.
Looking forward to see Kyonin together with Jundo!

Gassho,

Daitetsu

#sat2day

[Daiyo]

No lo puedo creer!

I think I will miss it. Maybe I can join later, perhaps.

What a wonderful translation of the Sutra!!!
I used to recite another, rough, translation with the local sangha, but this one is beautiful, more poetic.

Who did it?

I will surely sit with you over the weekend.

(I guess today I could be excused because it's my birthday, and my family wants to take me out for dinner?)


Gassho,
Daiyo,

St/Lah

Enviado desde mi Redmi 5 Plus mediante Tapatalk

[Shonin Risa Bear]

Two way intention.

Gassho
Doyu sat today

[Shinshi]

I will be there part of the time one way. I'll finish up Sunday.

Can't wait!

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Ippo]

I should be there to attend the talk. Grateful that Kyonin is there safe and sound.

Gassho,

Brad

[Junkyo]

I will try to attend 1 way to at the very least hear the talk! I will be working this evening so I will sit with you all tomorrow!

Gassho,

Junkyo
SAT

[Sekishi]

Hi everyone,

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

https://zoom.us/j/4834831244

If you have not installed Zoom, following the above link should 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: 483 483 1244

Here are a few other notes and tips for using Zoom that we've learned over the past weeks:

- When you first join, you'll need to choose an audio source (usually you can simply select "Join with Computer Audio" on desktop or "Call using Internet Audio" on mobile).

- When you first join, you *should* be automatically muted (this is how the room is set up, but I'm still not 100% this works as expected -- please let me know if anyone discovers otherwise).

- Each participant can switch between the "speaker view" (the default view) and "gallery view" (a grid / Hollywood Squares / Brady Bunch style view) whenever they would like
-- On desktop, click the "gallery view" / "speaker view" toggle button on the top right
-- On mobile, swipe right for "gallery views" -- only 4 participants are shown at a time on mobile, so keep swiping right to go through different groups, swipe left to go back to the "gallery view"
-- During the Zazenkai, the Doshi (Jundo) should always be "pinned", so in "speaker view" you'll never see anyone else

- You can mute, unmute, etc. with the control bar on the bottom of the screen
-- On desktop, hover the mouse over the window and the control bar should pop up
-- On mobile, tap the screen and the control bar should pop up
-- On mobile, so that your own picture does not take up one of the four slots you see, you can tap for the control bar, then tap "... menu" and select "Remove myself from gallery view"

- The free version of Zoom will only allow you to HOST meetings up to 40 minutes long, but you can JOIN meetings of any length (the Zazenkai, etc.) with it.

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

[sosen]

Sitting with you all live oneway

sosen & Mundi

_()_
stlah

[Tokan]

Hi all

Will sit half today half tomorrow, but will have to do with the recorded version - there with you 'live' in spirit.

Gassho, Tokan