October 23rd-24th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - A Ukulele Hannya

[Bion]

Sat with the recording for my first Zazenkai. It was beautiful thank you all.

Gassho
Darren
Sat Today

Oh, great! Thanks for sitting with us, then!! [emoji3526]

[emoji1374] SatToday

[Tairin]

Thank you everyone. I sat with you this morning.

Wonderful talk today Jundo. As a musician and guitarist I endorse your message


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Shoki]

Thank you everyone. As a ukelele player this was just great.

Gassho
STlah
Shoki

[Naiko]

The story of Sona and the Lute ...



And I also recalled the figure of Benzaiten, much beloved in Japanese Buddhism (although actually a Hindu god in origin), a muse and protector of musicians and all that flows ...





Gassho, J

STLah

Thank you, Jundo. I really appreciated your talk. The ukulele Heart Sutra was beautiful; I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a ukulele so much. Thank you all for your practice!
Gassho,
Krista
st

[Sekiyuu]

Sat with the recording. Thank you everyone for sitting.

The ukelele talk reminded me of the art of Iwasaki Tsuneo recently posted on the forums, particularly this piece where the sutra is painted as a reverberation from a bell.

https://parabolaorg-4jzhg7c.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ringing-Bell.jpg

Gassho,
Kenny
Sat Today

[Jakuden]

Thanks for chanting us through smiling all the way [emoji3526]

[emoji1374] SatToday

[Kiri]

Thank you beautiful ukuleles for another inspiring Zazenkai!
Nikolas,
Sat/Lah

[Seishin]

Thank you everyone _/\_

Lovely talk Jundo as being an Advanced Beginner Guitarist it resonated with me considerably. If you are truly interested in learning the guitar, I can strongly recommend Justin Sandercoe's online courses, which are free unlike many others out there.

https://www.justinguitar.com/

He has years of experience and teaches everything to take you from absolute beginner up to the like of Eddie Van Halen, as you mentioned, if you have the desire to reach those heights. Feel free to drop me a PM if you would like further info he really is very good. Anyone else for that matter I'd be happy to help if you are interested in playing.

Sat

[Jundo]

Thank you everyone _/\_

Lovely talk Jundo as being an Advanced Beginner Guitarist it resonated with me considerably. If you are truly interested in learning the guitar, I can strongly recommend Justin Sandercoe's online courses, which are free unlike many others out there.

https://www.justinguitar.com/

He has years of experience and teaches everything to take you from absolute beginner up to the like of Eddie Van Halen, as you mentioned, if you have the desire to reach those heights. Feel free to drop me a PM if you would like further info he really is very good. Anyone else for that matter I'd be happy to help if you are interested in playing.

Sat

Seishin,

Justinguitar looks great. Thank you. Now, all I need to do is buy a couple of guitars for Leon and me.

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Bokucho]

Sat with the recording. Thank you everyone for sitting.

The ukelele talk reminded me of the art of Iwasaki Tsuneo recently posted on the forums, particularly this piece where the sutra is painted as a reverberation from a bell.

https://parabolaorg-4jzhg7c.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ringing-Bell.jpg

Gassho,
Kenny
Sat Today

This is absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing Kenny! I too just sat with the recording and it was beautiful, thank you all for your participation.

Gassho,

Josh
SatToday

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[Matt]

Sitting this now. Gassho, Matt

[Tosei]

Sat with you all this morning. Many thanks to all.

Tap dancing away to samu...

Gassho,

Peter
+LAH

[Tosei]

Great to hear, Darren.

Gassho,

Peter
sat+lah

[Margherita]

Thank you very much everybody for your effort. Thank you Jund for your teaching, it... touched a string with me.

Gassho,
Mags
ST

[Tai Shi]

Hi Jundo, Hi All, this week was particular difficult, and I missed both Zazenkai and Sunday sit because I will undergo Radio Frequency Ablation, needles inserted. In my procedure today, Monday after our sit and rituals; for about 30 minutes Dr Scott Lockwood will use hollow needles into facett joints of my neck spine, cervacle vertabrea, C2, C3, and C4. I must be partially conscious during this procedure, but I'm given strong pain medication abnd sedative. I will experience level 10 pain several times although in each joint briefly. This is the highest pain people experience. The point of this is to deaden my spinal nerves for up to 9 months to avoid more pain. The procedure is repeated every 9 months as long as I am able, hopefully the rest of my luife, the point being that there is perhaps pain 6 or leverl below. My pain has been too high for zazen. Think of me and those of you might sit metta for me is you are able. Thank you.
Gassho
sat
Tai Shi