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[Shoka]

Thank you to everyone who came together and practiced woth us. We can't donit withoit all of you.

Gassho
Shoka
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[Jakuden]

Deepest gratitude to all who manifested this lovely spring retreat [emoji120][emoji120][emoji120]

Gassho
Jakuden
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[Luigi]

Thanks to everyone involved! It was nice talking to some of you as well—during the tea break.

Gassho,

Luigi
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[Kokuu]

Really enjoyed the tea break and getting to chat with Kokuu, Kotei, Mateus, and John. There are not many opportunities to talk with Treeleafers face to face like this.

Yes, this was really lovely, Nanrin, and I am glad we chose to add tea breaks to the schedule.

We used to have a regular Treeleaf 'coffee house' which allowed for this and are talking about bringing it back as it does allow members to talk face-to-face and chat about practice and just their life and individual circumstances.

I loved the fact we were five members from five different countries and the different perspectives on life that gave. Also learning about bamboo construction!

Thank you all for making this retreat such a thing of joy. I slept for 14 hours last night!

Gassho
Kokuu
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[Yokai]

Yep, tea breaks were special...getting to know the real people we sit with (or haven't met yet). It felt quite profound after sitting in silence together. Very: "We're in this (life & practice) together."

Gassho, Chris stlah

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[Ryokudo]

Well deepest gratitude to you all for your practice and the convivial feeling generated throughout the sessions. As for the organisational crew........well what can I say......,we're all lucky to have you. It was special sitting together as here in deepest Suffolk, UK you can sometimes feel like the only zen dude in the village.

So the Treeleaf Sangha is magical place for me.

Finally it was great to chat with y'all in the dead of night, post-retreat. As ChrisKiwi said we are human and just chatting is often fabulous medicine for a tired aching body.

It's just reinforced the fact that face to face time is a wonderful thing, as we're all learning in this time of covid. As such I can definitely second the idea of getting a virtual coffee house going. It's a wonderful gift to be able to meet new folks and old friends, this is after all how new folks become old friends!

Anyway many thanks for a wonderful experience and I look forward to seeing y'all soon.

Gassho🙏,

Neilio

SAT/LAH

[Kyonin]

Thank you all. It was a wonderful experience.

Deep gratitude for this opportunity to sit with you all.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Naiko]

Thanks to all who made this possible. Thanks to Jundo for the wonderful talk on Dogen’s Spring and Fall, and thank you for all the opportunities to practice Metta. I’m not sure why, but I am always deeply moved when the lineages are chanted.
Gassho,
Krista
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[Doshin]

Thank you.

Doshin
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[Tairin]

Thank you to all involved. I thought this format was a fantastic idea. We are a 24 hour a day Sangha so why not have a 24+ hour retreat? I was able to sit with you a few times and took the spirit of the retreat with me throughout the day. One suggestion I really valued was unplugging from the distractions. With the expectation of the retreat my devices stayed off or silent throughout.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Tai Do]

I want o to thank everybody who made this retreat possible. Thank you Jundo, priests and fellow sangha members. It was my firts experience of an all day retreat in one go. It was beyond expectations.
Gassho,
Mateus
Sat/LAH

[Bokugan]

I deeply appreciate everything that went into making the retreat possible. I could only attend unit 16 and the closing, but it was fantastic. The hard work you all put into it showed, and I needed the structure and extended sits -- particularly at that moment.

Thank you for all of these opportunities to practice and for being so welcoming!

Gassho,

Ryan
Sat Today