January 24th-25th 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 8pm, Los Angeles 5pm (Friday night), London 1am and Paris 2am (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 7 MlNUTES FROM START OF THE VIDEO

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

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]

Our Heart Sutra (Hannya Shingyo) for our Ceremony will be this lovely version by Kanho Yakushiji, a Rinzai Zen priest from Kyoto who is also a popular singer in Japan (also known as Kissaquo) ...

https://youtu.be/958qchBNs60

... and a longer performance here ...

https://youtu.be/3Q8yuCFAklg

A little bit more about him in this article ...

https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/japanese-monastics-share-ancient-buddhist-sutras-through-modern-music

Gassho, J

STLah

[Shonin Risa Bear]

Intention to attend two way.

Gassho
Doyu
Sat today

[Sekishi]

See y'all soon!

Gassho,
Sekishi #sat

[Kyonin]

Hi Jundo,

I'll see if I can sit live. If not, I'll sit this one tomorrow morning

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Onka]

My intention is two way live but my spine is not playing nice today so I may have to sit with you all in bits.
Gassho
Onka
Sat today

[Onkai]

Thank you, Jundo. I plan to join two-way and look forward to the musical Heart Sutra.
Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

[Onkai]

My intention is two way live but my spine is not playing nice today so I may have to sit with you all in bits.
Gassho
Onka
Sat today

Metta to you, Onka. I hope you feel better soon.

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

[Jundo]

Metta to you, Onka. I hope you feel better soon.

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

[Sekishi]

Hi everyone,

You can join the Zazenkai 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

Notes:

- 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)

Gassho,
Sekishi #sat

[Kendrick]

I am joining in tonight one-way.

Gassho
Kendrick
Sat/Lah

[Onka]

I had to leave early due to rain coming through the roof. Will catch up.
Gassho
Onka
st

[Shokai]

Thank you all who sat or will sit, Have a wonderful weel.

gassho, Shokai

stlah

[Onkai]

Thank you, Jundo, Sekishi, and everyone. I will keep my thoughts, words, and acts on gentle things. Have a great weekend!

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/LAH

[Kendrick]

Sat one-way with everyone. Thank you, Jundo for the wonderful talk about language. Thank you everyone for your practice. I have been mostly silent here lately but I appreciate everyone here at Treeleaf.

Gassho,
Kendrick
Sat/Lah