October 8th-9th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - "Drum and Accordion" Zazenkai

[Sekiyuu]

Sat with the recording... thanks everyone for sitting and thanks for the poem, Sekishi.


Sekiyuu
Sat Today / LaH

[Sekiyuu]

(whoops, seem the site double-posted my reply!)

[Kaishin]

Thank you all. I joined across shifted space-time.

Enlightenment has no tree,
the bright mirror has no stand.
Fundamentally nothing exists,
so where can you find the dust?
... Now where is my feather duster?

Stlah
Gassho,

[Kotei]

Thank you everyone!
Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

[Seishin]

Thank you.

sat

[Bokugan]

Finished sitting with you all on demand this morning. I enjoyed that rendition of the Heart Sutra! I am not too into polka (just personal musical tastes), but when played like this the accordion is quite lovely.

Thank you everyone!

Gassho,

Ryan
SatToday

[Kokuu]

Lovely version of the Heart Sutra!

Thank you all for sitting with me.

Gassho
Kokuu

[Hōkan]

I just sat this.

I had expected to sit this live but just a few hours beforehand I was given the opportunity to immediately attend a two-day sesshin at a local Zen center; the first live sesshin for a year-and-a-half. The opportunity happened because I asked a local priest to be my teacher and they said, provisionally, yes. ("Provisionally" because we have been friends for a very long time and we need to see if this new relationship will work considering our history.)

So, I'm happy. At least for now I get double the zen!

Sat

[Jundo]

So, I'm happy. At least for now I get double the zen!

Double the Zen still = not one not two

Gassho, J

STLah

[Kantai]

Sat with this this evening.

Beautiful poem Sekishi, and beautiful rain.

Thank you everyone!

Gassho
Kantai

SatLah

[Tai Shi]

Beautiful Heart Sutra, so beautiful, metta to myself, metta to my wife and daughter, metta to Shokai who eased me into old age, I respect his priesthood, metta to all new people, may all find the peace I have found here. I celebrate all metta for all.
Gassho
sat/ lah