November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

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  • Jundo
    Treeleaf Founder and Priest
    • Apr 2006
    • 40957

    November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

    PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE CHANGED TO AN EARLIER SITTING TIME A FEW WEEKS AGO FOR THE LIVE NETCAST!

    ALSO NOTE THE END OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!

    WE WILL BE CHANTING THE JAPANESE RAP HEART SUTRA TODAY (just dance along)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV6VyvAHOdg&feature=related[/video]] ... re=related

    Hi,

    Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE TODAY from 9am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 7pm, Los Angeles 4pm (Friday night), London midnight and Paris 1am (early Saturday morning))

    ... and to be visible at the following link during those times ...

    LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at USTREAM:

    http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sit-a-long-with-jundo

    But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'on demand' at any time after that, no different from the 'live' sitting :

    'REAL TIME' recorded 'ANY TIME' version link is here:

    http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10814342

    OUR 90 MINUTE SITTING SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:


    00:00 – 00:15 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA in English ONLY) and Dedication
    00:15 – 00:45 ZAZEN
    00:45 – 00:55 KINHIN
    00:55 – 01:25 ZAZEN
    01:25 – 01:30 FOUR VOWS, & VERSE OF ATONEMENT

    As you can see, our Zazenkai consists of chanting the 'Heart Sutra' in English (the words are at the link below), some full floor prostrations in sets of three (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), followed by our Dedication, Zazen twice for 30 minutes each, with 10 minutes of Kinhin in between, and we end the sitting with 'The Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'.

    Please download and print out the words of the Chants we will recite at the following link:

    viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231

    So, please join us as soon as you can, and we will keep a Zafu open for you.

    Remember, when we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together!


    Gassho, Jundo
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
  • Shujin
    Novice Priest-in-Training
    • Feb 2010
    • 1165

    #2
    Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

    Will be catching this in recorded form tomorrow, as the kids will still be awake. Curse you, DST!!!!

    gassho,
    Chris
    Kyōdō Shujin 教道 守仁

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    • Taylor
      Member
      • May 2010
      • 388

      #3
      Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

      Totally forgot about DST. Sigh... A friend visits. I will catch up later this evening
      Gassho,
      Myoken
      [url:r05q3pze]http://staresatwalls.blogspot.com/[/url:r05q3pze]

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      • Shinko
        Member
        • May 2009
        • 165

        #4
        Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

        recorded version for me, at work and everyone is here.

        yes, DST.. I am not liking you tonight!!
        ~Gassho~
        Shinko

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        • Dosho
          Member
          • Jun 2008
          • 5784

          #5
          Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

          Thanks to all for the great sit, no matter when.

          Gassho,
          Dosho

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          • Myoku
            Member
            • Jul 2010
            • 1491

            #6
            Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

            _()_
            Thanks everybody
            Peter Lin

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            • Seishin the Elder
              Member
              • Oct 2009
              • 521

              #7
              Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

              Very nice to be with you all this evening/morning.

              Jundo was that a crow I heard during Zazen?

              Gassho,

              Seishin Kyrill

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              • Engyo
                Member
                • Aug 2010
                • 356

                #8
                Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

                Sorry. Got in late. Didn't calculate DST.
                I'll head over to the recorded version to complete the sitting.
                Thank you to Jundo, our two friends there and all here who sat and will sit.
                Gassho,
                Don

                Edit (PS):
                Just finished sitting the part that I missed. Wow, Jundo! Thought I had tuned into "So You Think You Can Dance". Pretty funky stuff. A nice touch, though. Thanks again.

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                • Hogo
                  Member
                  • Feb 2010
                  • 497

                  #9
                  Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

                  A nice evening sit here.
                  Thank you all, and our friends in Japan.
                  Have a great weekend everyone.
                  ~Dave.

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                  • sittingzen
                    Member
                    • May 2010
                    • 188

                    #10
                    Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

                    Looking forward to sitting in the prerecorded session.

                    Gassho,

                    Lu
                    Shinjin datsuraku, datsuraku shinjin..Body-mind drop off, mind-body drop off..

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                    • Jundo
                      Treeleaf Founder and Priest
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 40957

                      #11
                      Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

                      Originally posted by Kyrillos
                      Very nice to be with you all this evening/morning.

                      Jundo was that a crow I heard during Zazen?

                      Gassho,

                      Seishin Kyrill
                      Perhaps Zen Master Raven. Ikkyu is said to have had a moment of revelation upon hearing a crow's call.

                      The black crows often seen around Buddhist temples in Japan are sometimes said to be the rebirths of black robed priests who transgressed in their former life ...

                      Gassho, J
                      ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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                      • Jinyu
                        Member
                        • May 2009
                        • 768

                        #12
                        Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

                        Hi everyone!
                        Just sat with the recorded version!
                        Thanks to Jundo and to all who sit and will sit this zazenkai!
                        I'm happy to see that people keep sitting with us, or are we sitting with them... nevermind!

                        deep gassho,
                        Jinyu
                        ps: the rap heart sutra soooo cool! really weird but interesting!
                        Jinyu aka Luis aka Silly guy from Brussels

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                        • Ronchan
                          Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 119

                          #13
                          Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

                          Sorry I had to step out during the live session. Love it all though and the video works all right anyway, so one gets what he needs.
                          The bird noises in the background: great! Do you train them to break our concentration?
                          Thanks for a good zazenkai, Jundo.

                          Gassho,
                          Ronchan.
                          With gentleness overcome anger. With generosity overcome meanness. With truth overcome deceit.
                          Buddha

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                          • Onshin
                            Member
                            • Jul 2010
                            • 462

                            #14
                            Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

                            Hi al,
                            Just finished zazenkai recording. Technical glitch during kinhin meant it would not go any further, kept jumping back to start. Finished manually (so to speak). Works quite well now on main comp. Very disappointing - Great!

                            Thank you Jundo and all.

                            Gassho

                            Joe
                            "This traceless enlightenment continues endlessly" (Dogen Zenji)

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                            • Nenka
                              Member
                              • Aug 2010
                              • 1239

                              #15
                              Re: November 13rd, 2010 Friday/Saturday Zazenkai

                              Just finished.

                              Am in love with pop heart sutra.

                              Gassho,

                              Jen

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