May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Jundo]

Hello All,

Our "Heart Sutra" this week will be a track by old time Sangha member, Will B. Great stuff!

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_so ... ID=6273880

Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE from 9am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 8pm, Los Angeles 5pm (Friday night), London 1am and Paris 2am (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:



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

[Hoyu]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Good to see Will gave the okay! Off work this weekend but have a Tea demonstration Saturday. I'll be sitting Sunday morning. That is of course, if the world doesn't end :shock: :lol:
Because that's the only way I would miss it!

Gassho,
John

[Engyo]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Good just sitting with you all.
Best wishes and Gassho,

[Dosho]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Hi all,

I have my family in town this weekend, but popped in for the first round of zazen. Very theraputic, although not the point...more about doing something that has become like drinking water or breathing. Just something I do. So, getting to that point with zazen...very theraputic.

My deepest gratitude to all who sit.

Gassho,
Dosho

[Onshin]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thank you all who sat and thank you Jundo. ( I hope you caught the postman :wink: )

[Myoku]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Wonderfull live re-sit here,
thank you!
_()_
Peter

[Seishin the Elder]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Great morning to sit with you all.

gassho,

Seishin Kyrill

[Risho]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Gassho Jundo sensei and everyone. Thank you Will B for an awesome Heart Sutra rendition!

Gassho,

Risho

[Shujin]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Good to sit with you all; just finished the recorded version.

gassho,
Shujin

[Hoyu]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thank you Jundo and Gina in Tsukuba and all fellow sitters throughout the world. Also to Will for sharing with us his wonderful rendition of the heart sutra!

Gassho,
John

[Nenka]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

How is it that all this time I've never heard Will's amazing Heart Sutra before? Hmmm . . . maybe we should have a thread or section for our members' artistic (musical/video) contributions . . . 8)

Thanks for the sit.

Gassho

Jennifer

[Saijun]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Hello friends,

Sat earlier, by myself/with others due to a slight problem with my computer.

Thank you all for your practice.

Metta,

Saijun

[Jiken]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

My first zazenkai. Just finished the recorded version. Thanks Jundo and to all who made it possible

[Hoyu]

Re: May 21st, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

My first zazenkai. Just finished the recorded version. Thanks Jundo and to all who made it possible

Awesome Mike! Hope you get the opportunity to sit with us again

Gassho,
John