September 25th-26th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

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  • Kenku
    Member
    • Mar 2020
    • 124

    #31
    Thank you Jundo for the ordinary talk. Thank you everyone.

    Gassho,
    Mark.

    Sat today and lah.

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    • Onka
      Member
      • May 2019
      • 1576

      #32
      My Ango has taken yet another detour but it's still just chopping wood and carrying water. To be honest this years Ango is so much more for its unexpected return to very real life stuff.
      Deep bows to everyone for their efforts
      Onka
      Sat
      穏 On (Calm)
      火 Ka (Fires)
      They/She.

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      • Amelia
        Member
        • Jan 2010
        • 4980

        #33
        Joining in late this week. It's been a tough one, but I'm feeling better now. Enjoying the onset of Autumn.

        Gassho
        Sat today, lah
        求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
        I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.

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        • Daitetsu
          Member
          • Oct 2012
          • 1154

          #34
          Just sat this.
          Lovely talk. The ordinary is sacred.

          Gassho,

          大哲
          no thing needs to be added

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          • Bion
            Senior Priest-in-Training
            • Aug 2020
            • 4825

            #35
            Originally posted by Geika
            Joining in late this week. It's been a tough one, but I'm feeling better now. Enjoying the onset of Autumn.

            Gassho
            Sat today, lah
            Hope this week treats you better!! [emoji3526]

            [emoji1374] SatToday lah
            "Stepping back with open hands, is thoroughly comprehending life and death. Immediately you can sparkle and respond to the world." - Hongzhi

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            • Ryusoku
              Member
              • Sep 2019
              • 36

              #36
              I have hit the wall I sit and stare at!

              Sorry to miss Saturday, my apologies to all.

              A friend has been diagnosed with cancer and been given two weeks to live. I went to the hospice over the weekend and photographed the gathering and a made a portrait of Paul. (His request - I'm a photographer)

              I sat for the first time in 9 days today - I can't seem to face the cushion. Any advice?

              I wrote this after seeing him :

              sorrow.
              I tried to shield my eyes
              with laughter.
              yet I too
              became
              autumn leaves.

              Gassho,
              Brett.

              SatToday.

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              • Bion
                Senior Priest-in-Training
                • Aug 2020
                • 4825

                #37
                Originally posted by Brett
                I have hit the wall I sit and stare at!

                Sorry to miss Saturday, my apologies to all.

                A friend has been diagnosed with cancer and been given two weeks to live. I went to the hospice over the weekend and photographed the gathering and a made a portrait of Paul. (His request - I'm a photographer)

                I sat for the first time in 9 days today - I can't seem to face the cushion. Any advice?

                I wrote this after seeing him :

                sorrow.
                I tried to shield my eyes
                with laughter.
                yet I too
                became
                autumn leaves.

                Gassho,
                Brett.

                SatToday.
                So sorry for your friend and for you Brett! It’s a very honorable thing you’re doing, visiting and honoring his wish to have a portrait taken. Sit with the heartache Brett, if you can manage to get yourself on the zafu, or just sit with it off the zafu it the need be. There’s nothing to be done but to accept it and the fleeting nature of existence, to recall the times spent together and to remember whether we are here physically or not, our existence, however short or long, has had an impact on everything and even when we’re gone we just continue as part of everything else, physically and especially through our interactions, the memories we create, the things we said, the joy we brought or pain we caused, our children, friends that will remember us etc

                [emoji1374] SatToday lah (If I exceeded the limit, I apologize)
                "Stepping back with open hands, is thoroughly comprehending life and death. Immediately you can sparkle and respond to the world." - Hongzhi

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                • Jundo
                  Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 40764

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Brett
                  I have hit the wall I sit and stare at!

                  Sorry to miss Saturday, my apologies to all.

                  A friend has been diagnosed with cancer and been given two weeks to live. I went to the hospice over the weekend and photographed the gathering and a made a portrait of Paul. (His request - I'm a photographer)

                  I sat for the first time in 9 days today - I can't seem to face the cushion. Any advice?

                  I wrote this after seeing him :

                  sorrow.
                  I tried to shield my eyes
                  with laughter.
                  yet I too
                  became
                  autumn leaves.

                  Gassho,
                  Brett.

                  SatToday.
                  Brett, being with your friend was your Zazen and Ango for a time, facing the Great Matter of Life and Death. Now you have come back, but never really left.

                  We will dedicate Metta and all our sitting these days to Paul, his family and friends who love him.

                  Gassho, J

                  STLah
                  ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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                  • Eva
                    Member
                    • May 2017
                    • 200

                    #39
                    Originally posted by Brett
                    I have hit the wall I sit and stare at!

                    Sorry to miss Saturday, my apologies to all.

                    A friend has been diagnosed with cancer and been given two weeks to live. I went to the hospice over the weekend and photographed the gathering and a made a portrait of Paul. (His request - I'm a photographer)

                    I sat for the first time in 9 days today - I can't seem to face the cushion. Any advice?

                    I wrote this after seeing him :

                    sorrow.
                    I tried to shield my eyes
                    with laughter.
                    yet I too
                    became
                    autumn leaves.

                    Gassho,
                    Brett.

                    SatToday.
                    I'm so sorry, Brett

                    silent Gassho,

                    eva
                    sattoday and LAH

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                    • Tomás ESP
                      Member
                      • Aug 2020
                      • 575

                      #40
                      Just finished Zazenkai. Much metta to your friend and to you Brett

                      Gassho, Tomás
                      Sat

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                      • Kiri
                        Member
                        • Apr 2019
                        • 352

                        #41
                        Finally managed to sit this week's Zazenkai. Thank you everyone!

                        Nikolas
                        Sat/LaH
                        希 rare
                        理 principle
                        (Nikolas)

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