October 11th-12th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - For Kyonin and All in the Typhoon Path

[Jundo]

ATTENTION: OUR ZAZENKAI THIS WEEK WILL HAPPEN AS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TYPHOON NEARS HERE. AS WELL, KYONIN WILL BE SOMEWHERE ALONG HIS RETURN FROM EIHEIJI, AS THE TRAINS AND BUSES FOR RETURN TO THIS PART OF JAPAN HAVE STOPPED. THERE ARE OTHERS WHO FACE SERIOUS DANGER. LET US OFFER THIS ZAZENKAI FOR ALL.

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 ~10 MINUTES FROM START OF THE VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVTnpVIY77Y

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::

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

[Jundo]

I hope folks might make an effort to come out for this Zazenkai, to support Kyonin who is taking shelter at Eiheiji, and everyone in the face of nature today.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Jakuden]

Will be there with bells to sit with my Sangha in support of Kyonin. [emoji120]

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH


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[Doshin]

Will be there....most likely one way.

Doshin
St

[Shoki]

Will see you tonight. Stay safe. I wish I could send some of this beautiful, sunny, warm autumn day I'm experiencing right now over there.

Gassho
STlah
James

[Junkyo]

See you all live two way! We are having a snow storm so I can't make it to my evening job, but the bright side is I can join in live for Zazenkai!

Gassho,

Junkyo
SAT

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[Kyōsen]

I intend to be there to sit with you all live!

Gassho,
Sen
SatToday|LAH

[Washin]

I'm planning to be there to sit for Kyonin with all of you.

Gassho,
Washin
sat-lah

[Amelia]

I will be joining live for as long as is possible for me between work. Metta for all caught up in storms.

Gassho
Sat today, lah

[Ishin]

Joining in Zen time later this week as I am away. Metta and safety to all!
Gassho
Ishin
Sat/lah

[Shonin Risa Bear]

Metta for those caught in the storm; hoping to attend this zazenkai live _()_

gassho
doyu sat/lah today

[Jundo]

We will be also keeping in heart some of our folks in Southern California who are being impacted by the huge fires there right now ...

Saddleridge Fire has forced 100,000 people in northern Los Angeles to flee their homes

Since it started Thursday, the blaze has spread rapidly into northern Los Angeles neighborhoods and was moving north toward Santa Clarita, fueled by strong Santa Ana winds, with gusts around 60 mph.
This is just one of the several blazes in Southern California fueled by one of those fires has left at least one person dead, and many parts of the region are under red-flag warnings — meaning there's a high risk of fire — into Saturday afternoon.
At least 25 homes — many in the Porter Ranch area — have been destroyed and more than 13,000 residences in the San Fernando Valley are in threatened by the wildfire, California governor's office said.

https://youtu.be/gHwMRQ8vxRo

... as well as everyone, everywhere, who is struggling with fear and loss in the face of nature's power today.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Naiko]

I will be sitting with you all, one-way.
Gassho,
Krista
st/lah

[Sekishi]

Hi all,

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:

- 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.

- 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"

- 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.

- If you are on a slow Internet connection and are experiencing drop-outs, try turning off video (you can always turn it on for a bit at the beginning and end to save and bow to everyone)

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

[Junkyo]

Well given that we seem to be under siege from a bit of a freak October snow storm (early even for Manitoba!) I have been sent on an emergency supply run for our household.

I will have to sit with you all later.

Hoping all are safe in Japan and California. I will do Metta with you all later.

Gassho,

Junkyo
SAT

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