January 15th-16th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Heiso]

Thank you everyone.
The embedded playback worked fine for me.

In a different tradition, most likely unrelated to Buddhism, we were also turning and walking only clockwise.
The explanation was that this is the way, the sun appears to move.
A symbol for the enlightenment of the world and a reminder for the passing time and importance of experiencing the moment.

Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

Circumambulating the lodge?

Gassho,

heiso.

StLah

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[Jundo]

Just a thought have you stopped and restarted your browser ? Could be a cache issue. Might be worth doing that before rebooting the PC.

Sat

Yes, that fixed it!

[Tairin]

Thank you everyone. I sat with you this morning.

Good talk Jundo. Definitely worth repeating.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Franz]

Thanks to all, sat in replay yesterday evening.
Gassho 🙏
Sat, Franz

[jefftos]

Thank you, sat virtually yesterday.
Gassho

Jeffrey

Sat today

[Bokugan]

Thank you so much Jundo, Kyonin and everyone!

In reference to doing a small gassho when someone adjacent to you gasshos to their zafu in preparation to sit -- is this something that translates to the Free Sitting Room?

It might be that others are already doing this but I currently just continue sitting and not move when I hear the chime indicate someone has joined. I do appreciate hearing others join -- it's wonderful to get to sit with others "live" (and on top of that it oftentimes pulls me back from a wandering thought).

Anyway, just curious if this might be another detail I missed that I should work on incorporating.

Thanks! (sorry for running a bit long here)

Gassho,

Ryan S.
Sat Today

[Shoki]

Thank you to all. Sat this zazenkai this morning.

Gassho
STlah
Shoki

[Jundo]

Thank you, sat virtually yesterday.
Gassho

Jeffrey

Sat today

We say that sitting is as real as real can be, Sangha is as real as real can be ... but our day to day perception of what we take to be the "reality" of this life and world is what is virtual.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Jundo]

Thank you so much Jundo, Kyonin and everyone!

In reference to doing a small gassho when someone adjacent to you gasshos to their zafu in preparation to sit -- is this something that translates to the Free Sitting Room?

It might be that others are already doing this but I currently just continue sitting and not move when I hear the chime indicate someone has joined. I do appreciate hearing others join -- it's wonderful to get to sit with others "live" (and on top of that it oftentimes pulls me back from a wandering thought).

Anyway, just curious if this might be another detail I missed that I should work on incorporating.

Thanks! (sorry for running a bit long here)

Gassho,

Ryan S.
Sat Today

I would just continue sitting as others come in and out. In fact, I would not even seek to notice the comings and goings of the others.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Bokugan]

I would just continue sitting as others come in and out. In fact, I would not even seek to notice the comings and goings of the others.

Gassho, J

STLah

Thank you, Jundo. That makes sense -- it could be quite distracting if there was a lot of traffic!

Gassho,

Ryan
Sat Today

[jefftos]

Thank you Jundo, I'll keep that in mind.

Gassho,

Jeffrey

Sat Today

[Jundo]

Thank you, Jundo. That makes sense -- it could be quite distracting if there was a lot of traffic!

Gassho,

Ryan
Sat Today

In fact, in a bricks and mortar group or monastery, the bowing to one's neighbor would occur BEFORE the bell rings for the start of Zazen, because nobody comes in to sit (or should not) after the bell rings to start. Thus, you would not bow to your neighbor during Zazen, only before the start of sitting. Of course, our free sitting space is different, with people coming and going freely, but you still should not bow and interrupt Zazen to do so.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Kiri]

Thank you everyone! Late sit for me this week.
Nikolas
Sat/Lah

[Kokuu]

Thank you all for sitting.

Gassho
Kokuu