TREELEAF SANGHA online 2-DAY ANGO-JUKAI-ROHATSU RETREAT -- 2019 -- MAIN PAGE

[Jundo]

WELCOME ...

... to our TREELEAF 'ALWAYS AT HOME' Two Day 'ALL ONLINE' ROHATSU (Buddha's Enlightenment Day) RETREAT, being held by LIVE NETCAST on Saturday/Sunday December 7th and 8th, 2019.

Please 'sit-a-long' with the LIVE NETCAST at the times below ... to be visible "live" on the screens below during those hours.

HOWEVER, you may still join the Retreat and sit-a-long at ANY AND ALL TIME after, by the real time recorded version at the links below (no different from the original!).

The full sitting schedule is below, and you may download our CHANT BOOK HERE(LINK to PDF). Our Chant Book now includes recitals, not only of the traditional list of Zen Ancestors, but also of our Female Ancestors and 'Differently Enabled' Ancestors, as well as all the many diverse Ancestors known and unknown.


Before sitting, please review the various RETREAT POINTERS HERE(LINK to PDF).

Some PREPARATORY LESSONS on topics such as Oryoki, Bowing and other daily procedures are also posted: LINK TO PREPARATORY LESSONS.


Recordings of each segment are posted below in time order ... and if we drop from mind all thought of 'now' 'then' 'here' and 'there' ... we will all be sitting together right when and where you are!

This Retreat celebrates the 'official' closure of our ANGO (90 day Special Practice Season) at Treeleaf, is a part of current preparations for our JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) Ceremony in January, and marks ROHATSU ... the traditional holiday in Japan celebrating the time of the Buddha's Enlightenment.

I, (Jundo) will be guiding the sittings on Saturday and Sunday from Japan, and our Treeleaf Priests including Kyonin (from Mexico), Shingen and Shokai (from Canada), Kokuu (in the UK), Shugen, Sekishi, Byokan, Jakuden, Shoka. Geika and Shinshi (from the USA), and Washin (in Ukraine) with be leading other portions. Because of time zones and other circumstance, one or two portions have been pre-recorded. All other portions will be live.

In case of technical problems, please just go along as best you can with the schedule ... we sit with "what is".. .

OF COURSE, EVERYTHING IN MODERATION ... if the sitting ever feels too much, be sure to walk lots and lots of Kinhin (even if during a sitting period). And if the whole retreat becomes too much, or you feel ill, you may slow down ... , spread things out, shorten the sittings ... or STOP! Be sure that you have someone close by whom you can call, or who can check on you from time to time. If there is any question about health, do not take any chances!

Our thanks to Sangha Member William Anderson for presenting a 15-Minute YOGA LESSON TO HELP US STRETCH DURING ANY BREAK TIME (LINK HERE)

Please write and let us know how it goes. Gassho, Jundo

Our Han (Wooden Block), which hangs outside the front door of our Treeleaf Zendo in Tsukuba, Japan:




It calls all sitters to Zazen. Inscribed is the traditional verse ...

"Life and death are the great matter.
To waste time is a pity.
All is impermanent and passes swiftly away.
Time waits for no one."

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How to Join Two-Way with Zoom

Except for the pre-recorded units, you can join two-way in the Scheduled Sitting Room using Zoom any one of the following ways:

- Use this direct link: https://zoom.us/j/4834831244
- Open Zoom and join with this meeting id: 483 483 1244
- Go to Treeleaf NOW and select the Scheduled Sitting Room:
-- treeleaf.org/ssr
-- OR https://www.treeleaf.org/now/go.php?l=ssr

Notes:

- The full schedule of the retreat is on the Treeleaf NOW calendar (which will automagically adjust timezones): https://www.treeleaf.org/now/#calendar

- 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).

- You can switch between the "speaker view" (the default view) and "gallery view" (a grid / Hollywood Squares / Brady Bunch style view):
-- 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"

- 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 say hi and bow to everyone)

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DAY 1 UNIT 1
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 6am / NY 9am / London 2pm / Japan 11pm)
(ALL TIMES APPROXIMATE, Calculated from LA TIME)

DAY 1
06:00-06:40 AM Entrance by Officiant (Jundo) & Zazen. If you usually wear a Rakusu, DO NOT wear it yet (keep it in its bag) until Takkesage (Kesa Verse) later in morning.
06:40-06:50 Kinhin *(All Kinhin times can be bathroom break)
06:50-07:20 Zazen
07:20-07:30 Kinhin

07:30-08:05 Zazen + Kesa Verse
08:05-08:50 "Long" Service.Please follow along in the Sutra Books that will be provided. Floor prostrations when hear ching-ching-ching-ching- ching roll of bell.
08:50-09:20 REST PERIOD

RECORDING OF ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 1-1

Ceremony and Sitting begins -5- minutes from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE5qXQo0tj8

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DAY 1 UNIT 2
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 9:20am / NY 12:20pm / London 5:20pm / Japan Sun 2:20am)

09:20-09:50 Oryoki Bring you bowls and small table before start.
09:50-10:30 Samu/Rest Period Mindfully wash and repack Oryoki bowls.

RECORDING OF ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 1-2 Oryoki

Ceremony begins -8- minutes from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeTYaLuJY1Q

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DAY 1 UNIT 3
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 10:30am / NY 1:30pm / London 6:30pm / Sun Japan 3:30am)


10:30-11:10 Zazen
11:10-11:20 Kinhin
11:20-12:00 Zazen & Dharma Talk Chant Gatha on Opening Sutra

12:00-12:10 Kinhin
12:10-12:45 Zazen
12:45-13:10 REST PERIOD

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 1-3

Sitting begins -7- minutes from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuZUlnnRR00

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DAY 1 UNIT 4
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 1:10pm / NY 4:10pm / London 9:10pm / Sun Japan 6:10am)

13:10-13:40 Samu Work Practice Indoor if night time, Outdoor if daytime and possible
13:40-14:10 REST PERIOD

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE
Unit 1-4 Samu

Ceremony begins -3- minute from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_8s5C1_L2U

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DAY 1 UNIT 5
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 2:10pm / NY 5:10pm / London 10:10pm / Sun Japan 7:10am)


14:10-14:40 Zazen
14:40-14:50 Kinhin
14:50-15:30 Zazen & Dharma Talk

15:30-15:40 Kinhin
15:40-16:10 Zazen
16:10-16:40 REST PERIOD

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 1-5

Sitting begins -1- minute from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9oLTVKkXvQ

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DAY 1 UNIT 6
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 4:40pm / NY 7:40pm / London SUNDAY 12:40am / Sun Japan 9:40am)

16:40-17:10 Samu Work Practice Indoor if night time, Outdoor if daytime and possible
17:10-17:40 REST PERIOD

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 1-6 Samu

Ceremony begins from start of video.

https://youtu.be/FVRIEjd3Vdk

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DAY 1 UNIT 7 (THIS UNIT MAY BE DONE RECLINING IF SO DESIRED)
(Live Netcast: Start = SATURDAY LA 5:40pm / NY 8:40pm / SUNDAY London 1:40am / Sun Japan 10:40am)

17:40-18:20 "Short" Service & Zazen Please follow along in the Sutra Books that will be provided. Floor prostrations when here ching-ching-ching-ching- ching roll of bell.
18:20-18:30 Kinhin

18:30-19:00 Zazen & Dharma Talk
19:00-19:10 Kinhin
19:10-19:40 Metta Chant & Zazen Close with Verse of Atonement & Four Vows

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit-1-7

Ceremony and Sitting begins -7- minutes from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBrdO-XMSEA

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DAY 1 UNIT 8
( No Live Netcast from SATURDAY LA 7:40pm / NY 10:40pm / SUNDAY London 3:40am / Sun Japan 12:40am)
PLEASE CATCH UP WITH MISSED OVERNIGHT UNITS!

(Optional: Yaza = Tradition of 'All Night Zazen' ... but we recommend you sleep instead.
See you in the morning)

19:40 PM-
(Day 2)
05:45 AM
BATH & SLEEP

NO RECORDING OF ABOVE

However, this may be a good time for the 15-Minute YOGA LESSON TO HELP US STRETCH (LINK HERE) presented by our Sangha Member William.


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DAY 2 UNIT 1
(Live Netcast: Start = SUNDAY LA 6:00am / NY 9:00am / London 2:00pm / Japan 11:00pm)
(ALL TIMES APPROXIMATE, Calculated from LA TIME)

06:00-06:30 AM Zazen Begin sitting without instruction. If you usually wear a Rakusu, DO NOT wear it yet (keep it in its bag) until Takkesage (Kesa Verse) later in morning.
06:30-06:40 Kinhin
06:40-07:10 Zazen
07:10-07:20 Kinhin

07:20-07:55 Zazen + Kesa Verse When instructed, place on Kesa and recite Kesa Verse. All others, hands in Gassho.
07:55-08:30 "Long" Service Please follow along in the Sutra Books that will be provided. Floor prostrations when hear ching-ching-ching-ching- ching roll of bell.
08:30-09:00 REST PERIOD

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 2-1

Ceremony and Sitting begins 7 minutes from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2h67iQ05YA

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DAY 2 UNIT 2
(Live Netcast:Start = SUNDAY LA 9:00am / NY NOON / London 5:00pm / Japan Mon 2:00am)

09:00-09:30 Oryoki Bring you bowls and small table before start.
09:30-10:10 Samu/Rest Period Mindfully wash and repack Oryoki bowls.

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 2-2 Oryoki

Ceremony begins 3 minutes from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA38m11d8h0

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DAY 2 UNIT 3
(Live Netcast: Start = SUNDAY LA 10:10am / NY 1:10pm / London 6:10pm / Japan Mon 3:10am)

10:10-10:40 Zazen & Dharma Talk
10:40-10:50 Kinhin
10:50-11:20 Zazen
11:20-11:50 REST PERIOD

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 2-3

Sitting begins -3- minutes from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dAHmsMU3vM

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DAY 2 UNIT 4
(Live Netcast:Start = SUNDAY LA 11:50am / NY 2:50pm / London 7:50pm / Japan Mon 4:50am)

11:50-12:20 Samu Work Practice Indoor if night time, Outdoor if daytime and possible
12:20-12:50 REST PERIOD

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 2-4 Samu

Ceremony begins -2- minutes from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GaWvDU-Z_M

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DAY 2 UNIT 5
(Live Netcast: Start = SUNDAY LA 12:50pm / NY 3:50pm / London 8:50pm / Japan Mon 5:50am)

12:50-13:20 Zazen
13:20-13:30 Kinhin
13:30-14:00 Zazen & Dharma Talk Chant Gatha on Closing Sutra

14:00-14:10 Kinhin
14:10-14:40 Zazen
14:40-15:10 REST PERIOD

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 2-5

Sitting begins -5- minutes from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyi8NbUlbE

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DAY 2 UNIT 6 - CLOSING
(Live Netcast: Start = SUNDAY LA 3:10pm / NY 6:10pm / London 11:10pm / Japan Mon 8:10am)

15:10-15:50 "Short" Service & Zazen Please follow along in the Sutra Books that will be provided. Floor prostrations when here ching-ching-ching-ching- ching roll of bell.
15:50-16:00 Kinhin

16:00-16:25 Fukanzazengi & Zazen
16:25-16:30 Verse of Atonement & Four Vows ... Closing Words ...

RECORDING OF THE ABOVE IS HERE:
Unit 2-6

Ceremony and Sitting begins -4- minutes from start of video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn8TQIs8Ji4

Nine Bows to All Who Sat This Retreat Together ...

[Jundo]

TALKS during our ROHATSU RETREAT:

Our Priests will offer Dharma Talks during this Retreat on the SONG OF THE GRASS ROOF HERMITAGE by our Great Ancestor, Shitou Xiqian (700–790) (Sekitō Kisen Zenji).

1.
I've built a grass hut where there's nothing of value.
After eating, I relax and enjoy a nap.
When it was completed, fresh weeds appeared.
Now it's been lived in - covered by weeds.

The person in the hut lives here calmly,
Not stuck to inside, outside, or in between.
Places worldly people live, he doesn't live.
Realms worldly people love, he doesn't love.

2.
Though the hut is small, it includes the entire world.
In ten square feet, an old man illumines forms and their nature.
A Great Vehicle bodhisattva trusts without doubt.
The middling or lowly can't help wondering;
Will this hut perish or not?

3.
Perishable or not, the original master is present,
not dwelling south or north, east or west.
Firmly based on steadiness, it can't be surpassed.
A shining window below the green pines --
Jade palaces or vermilion towers can't compare with it.

4.
Just sitting with head covered, all things are at rest.
Thus, this mountain monk doesn't understand at all.
Living here he no longer works to get free.
Who would proudly arrange seats, trying to entice guests?

Turn around the light to shine within, then just return.
The vast inconceivable source can't be faced or turned away from.
Meet the ancestral teachers, be familiar with their instruction,
Bind grasses to build a hut, and don't give up.

5.
Let go of hundreds of years and relax completely.
Open your hands and walk, innocent.
Thousands of words, myriad interpretations,
Are only to free you from obstructions.
If you want to know the undying person in the hut,
Don't separate from this skin bag here and now.

Talks will be offered by Sekishi, Byokan, Jakuden, Kokuu and Shoka.

Gassho, J
STLah

[Jundo]

Dear All,

Our annual Rohatsu Retreat Hall is now open ...

Welcome to all.

[Sekishi]

w00t! Lets do this!

[Byokan]

See you all there!

Gassho
Byokan
sat + lah

[Shonin Risa Bear]

Heading out to the hut now with meals and a change of clothes.

_()_

gassho
doyu sat today

[Doshin]

Doshin
St

[Sekishi]

Hi everyone,

Most of the forum has now been taken offline. E.g. threads outside of the following two subs cannot be viewed, posted to, etc.:

- WEEKLY FRIDAY/SATURDAY ZAZENKAI NETCASTS (and other Sittings too!)
- TECHNICAL FAQ

This will persist until Sunday night.

Deep bows to all who will sit this Rohatsu.

Sekishi #sat

[Ippo]

Hi everyone,

Most of the forum has now been taken offline. E.g. threads outside of the following two subs cannot be viewed, posted to, etc.:

- WEEKLY FRIDAY/SATURDAY ZAZENKAI NETCASTS (and other Sittings too!)
- TECHNICAL FAQ

This will persist until Sunday night.

Deep bows to all who will sit this Rohatsu.

Sekishi #sat

Hey Sekishi,

I just want to confirm, Rohatsu starts Japan time tonight @ 11:00 p.m.???

Thanks in advance,

Gassho,

Brad

SatToday

[Sekishi]

I just want to confirm, Rohatsu starts Japan time tonight @ 11:00 p.m.???

Hi Brad,

Yes, the opening will start at 11pm Saturday night Japan time.

For everyone, we are trying and experiment and put all the sections / units up in the calendar which should allow you to easily view them in your local time: https://www.treeleaf.org/now/#calendar

But it IS an experiment, so when in doubt, what is posted here in the forum is the main schedule.

Gassho,
Sekishi #sat


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[Heiso]

That calendar works great, thanks!

I will be parenting /householding but will try and join if I can find a quiet period and should be able to make the closing at least.

Gassho,

Neil
StLah

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[Choboku]

That calendar works great, thanks!

I will be parenting /householding but will try and join if I can find a quiet period and should be able to make the closing at least.

Gassho,

Neil
StLah

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I'm with you on this. Will sit when I can, plenty of Samu over the next two days though. Gassho.

Sat today,
Adam

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[Jakuden]

Just a reminder: for the last unit tonight, after Geika's Samu, (Day 1 Unit 7) ANYONE WHO WISHES IS WELCOME TO RECLINE.

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

[Hensho]

Whoooooooo hoooooo! A totally amazing, completely fulfilling, and wonderful Rohatsu! Thank you, my beloved Treeleafers!!!!!

Gassho,
Kate

SAT!!!!! / lah

[Kotei]

Thank you everyone for building this grass hut together... again and again...
Gassho,
Kotei sat.