February 19th-20th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Jundo]

Dear All,

Please sit our Treeleaf Zazenkai for 90 minutes with Zazen, Heart Sutra and more:

10am Japan Saturday morning, NY 8pm, LA 5pm Friday night, London 1am and Paris 2am Saturday morning, or any time thereafter here:

https://youtu.be/t0dV5PrbCdg

However, "one way" live sitters are encouraged to come into the Zoom sitting, and just leave the camera and microphone turned off: Join live (with or without a camera & microphone) on Zoom at: TREELEAF Now OR at DIRECT ZOOM LINK, password (if needed): dogen

00:00 – 00:15 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA in English) and Dedication
00:15 – 00:45 ZAZEN
00:45 – 00:55 KINHIN
00:55 – 01:25 ZAZEN
01:25 – 01:30 VERSE OF ATONEMENT & FOUR VOWS
01:30 - 01:45(?) Informal Tea Time (All Welcome)

Gassho, Jundo

SatTodayLah



PS - There is no "wrong" or "right" in Zazen ... yet here is a little explanation of the "right" times to Bow (A Koan) ...

Chant Book is here for those who wish to join in: CHANT BOOK LINK

The other video I mention on Zendo decorum is this one, from our "Always Beginners" video Series:

Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (12) - Basic Zendo Decorum At Home
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...093#post189093

I also recommend a little Talk on why small rituals and procedures are so cherished in the Zendo:

SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: Small Things in the Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...s-in-the-Zendo

[Bion]

Can’t wait to see everyone! [emoji3526]

[emoji1374] SatToday

[Jundo]

Alas, I have been suddenly called away for this Zazenkai. Fortunately, Washin, our Ino, will be leading the festivities from Ukraine, so ... all set for launch!

I will join the sitting another day.

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Washin]

Thank you, Jundo. I believe Sekishi is to take up the Doshi role and I'll be happy to
accompany him with my instruments

Gassho,
Washin
stlah

[Sekishi]

I’ve been working outside today, cutting frozen briars, so today’s talk will be: the Brush Axe That Cuts Through Delusion.

To set the stage, here is the frozen briar patch:


And here is the brush axe (and my helper Mattie):


Gassho,
Sekishi

#sat #lah


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[Shade]

Great sit everyone!

Gassho,

Shade

ST

[Yokai]

Thank you Sekishi (wonderful talk ), Washin and everyone for sharing zazenkai.

Thanks too for the tea time chat

Gassho, Yokai (Chris) sat/lah

[Sekishi]

Thank you all. Wonderful to practice together as always. Technical hiccups and all.

Deep bows,
Sekishi
#sat #lah

[Onkai]

Thank you, Sekishi, Washin, and everyone for a lovely zazenkai and tea time afterwards. I learned a lot tonight Have a great week!

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat/lah

[Bokugan]

Thank you Sekishi, Washin and everyone.

Lovely talk, Sekishi. Similar to your briars, as I was walking home from work this week the beauty of tree branches coated in a layer of ice that were catching the light from a street lamp stopped me in my tracks (Ohio got a lot of the same weather you did down there).

Gassho,

Ryan
SatToday

[Seikan]

Thank you Sekishi, Washin, and all for another wonderful Zazenkai and Dharma talk. I've got plenty of briars in my life that I need to work with, so the talk resonated quite well with me.

Gassho,
Seikan

-stlah-

[Bion]

Thanks Washin for the effort of being up at 3AM chanting us through zazenkai.
Sekishi, thank you for being welcoming, for the great talk and for multitasking as well you do making everything work on the internets [emoji1]
Everyone else, you are the highlight of my week.

[emoji1374] SatToday lah

[Margherita]

Thank you Sekishi, and the rest of the sangha, for today's zazenkai. I followed remotely.

Have a lovely weekend.

Gassho,
Mags
ST

[Tairin]

Thank you Sekishi, Washin and everyone for another wonderful Zazenkai. I sat with all of you this morning.

Nice talk Sekishi. Thorns and briars are fertile ground for Dharma.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[John.3]

Sat this morning with the recording. Thank you everyone for the practice . The teaching was very relevant, thank you.

Gassho,
John
Sat today

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