December 18th-19th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Jundo]

This looks like a cross between The Green Hornet/Kato and a telenovela. And now I have to go look him up to watch these films

Gassho,
Jesse
ST

Ah, also from my childhood ... The Green Hornet and Kato (despite the Japanese name, played by the legendary BRUCE LEE!) ...

https://youtu.be/HXp94m_pDkQ

Gassho, J

STLah

[Kiri]

Thank you everyone! Have a great fight!
Nikolas
Sat/Lah

[Bokugan]

Lovely sitting with everyone, thank you for being here, there, and everywhere!

And as Mike Tyson once said, "Everyone has a plan until they're punched in the mouth." Thank goodness for practice to help with the punches

Gassho,
Jesse
ST

Ha, that Tyson quote is both hilarious and on point! I definitely feel the benefit of being able to roll with the punches better thanks to this practice.

Thank you Jundo, Kyonin, and all.

Hope your daughter and sick kitty are better soon, Jakuden [emoji120][emoji120][emoji120]

Gassho,

Ryan S
Sat Today

[Tairin]

Thank you everyone. I sat with you this morning.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[David]

That was lovely, thank you very much everyone. Was the song you briefly mentioned, Jundo, Tubthumping by Chumbawamba?

https://youtu.be/iI8zPbEHRl0

Gassho,

David
Sat today

[Jundo]

That was lovely, thank you very much everyone. Was the song you briefly mentioned, Jundo, Tubthumping by Chumbawamba?

Yes, and apart from the "He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink, He drinks a Lager drink ..." part, and the possible bar fight that the song is about ...

... a good Buddhist lesson!

Speaking to The Guardian, Boff Whalley (Chumbawamba’s lead guitarist), confirmed the above. According to him, the song was inspired by an Irish neighbor of theirs. This neigbor would often return home completely drunk and would fall over while trying to get into his house. However, he apparently would get up again and not give up on his quest to get into the house. And that’s likely where the band got the inspiration for the line: “I get knocked down but I get up again…“.

https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com...yrics-meaning/

Gassho, J

STLah

[Seishin]

_/\_

sat

[Gokai]

Thank you everyone. I sat with all of you this morning.

Gassho
Sat today

[Bokucho]

Thank you everyone, wonderful to share this practice with you all. The talk was once again very relevant to life. Since I've stated playing chess again I get to work on not winning quite often ha!

Gassho,

Josh
SatToday/LaH

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[Kokuu]

Thank you all!

Gassho
Kokuu

[Kotei]

Thank you everyone!

Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today

[Stewart]

Thank you - Sat Wednesday morning.

Stewart
Sat (just now)

[Tomás ESP]

Sat. Thank you Jundo and Sangha, the reminder that we can't always win is very helpful. Also, laughed when you mentioned Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, studied them in high school

Gassho, Tomás
Sat&LaH