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  • Shohei
    Member
    • Oct 2007
    • 2854

    June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

    Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 7pm to 11pm, Los Angeles 4pm to 8pm (Friday night), London midnight to 4am and Paris 1am to 5am (early Saturday morning))

    PLEASE NOTE: Due to technical difficulties this months 4 hour Zazenkai will be a coming to us "live", from back in March

    But FEAR NOT You may Fully participate'REAL TIME' and 'ON DEMAND' no different from the 'live' sitting . Just play the embedded videos below:


    THE 'REAL TIME, ANY TIME' recorded version is divided into 2 parts as follows (click on the blue links) :

    00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN
    00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN
    01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN
    01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN
    ZAZENKAI PART I LINK:



    01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN
    TALK & ZAZEN LINK:


    02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN
    02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN
    03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN
    03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING
    ZAZENKAI PART 2 LINK:

    Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between!

    Please download and print out the Chant Book (PDF) at the following link:

    viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231

    I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN.

    ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS.


    I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together!


    Gassho
    Shohei
  • Tb
    Member
    • Jan 2008
    • 3186

    #2
    Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

    Hi.

    Good going with the zazenkai Shohei!

    I'll go sit in the corner now...

    Mtfbwy
    Fugen
    Life is our temple and its all good practice
    Blog: http://fugenblog.blogspot.com/

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    • Saijun
      Member
      • Jul 2010
      • 667

      #3
      Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

      Hello friends,

      I'll be sitting-not-sitting with you all tonight from 7pm-midnight Central time if any are inclined to join me (still no Sitting hall for the Mac, though :-/)

      Thank you all for your practice!

      Metta,

      Saijun
      To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity. --RBB

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      • Dokan
        Friend of Treeleaf
        • Dec 2010
        • 1222

        #4
        Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

        Was nice to sit with whoever sat tonight or will sit!

        Btw, I had the "Meeting Hall" video up as the Zen Hall didn't work. Does that feature not work anymore? When others are sitting are they using the Meeting Hall?

        I'm not sure I've been in it when there were others with me, I'm assuming I should see their video as well right?

        Thanks & Gassho,

        Shawn
        We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
        ~Anaïs Nin

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        • Myoku
          Member
          • Jul 2010
          • 1491

          #5
          Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

          Thank you
          _()_
          Peter

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          • Onshin
            Member
            • Jul 2010
            • 462

            #6
            Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

            Thanks all _/_
            "This traceless enlightenment continues endlessly" (Dogen Zenji)

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            • Shohei
              Member
              • Oct 2007
              • 2854

              #7
              Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

              Originally posted by shards
              Was nice to sit with whoever sat tonight or will sit!

              Btw, I had the "Meeting Hall" video up as the Zen Hall didn't work. Does that feature not work anymore? When others are sitting are they using the Meeting Hall?

              I'm not sure I've been in it when there were others with me, I'm assuming I should see their video as well right?

              Thanks & Gassho,

              Shawn
              Hi Shawn!
              The meeting and zen halls use the same system and function (when they function) the exact same. Sometimes one does not load and you have to reload it. Sometimes it takes some time for java to fully load. That said in either room, if yours is the only video then you are the only one in there.

              Gassho
              Shohei

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              • Nenka
                Member
                • Aug 2010
                • 1238

                #8
                Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

                Since we had a rerun this week, I decided to go back to last year and pull up a sitting with a dharma talk I hadn't heard before (on Buddha's birthday . . . I guess it is always Buddha's birthday!)

                Gassho,

                Jennifer

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                • Shohei
                  Member
                  • Oct 2007
                  • 2854

                  #9
                  Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

                  great idea Jennifer!

                  Gassho
                  Shohei

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                  • Jinyu
                    Member
                    • May 2009
                    • 768

                    #10
                    Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

                    Hi everyone,
                    Thank you all for this zazenkai! I'm very happy I could share it with you folks, even with the recorded version!

                    deep gassho,
                    Jinyu
                    ps: all the snow Jundo talked about can be seen here as lots and lots of rain, after a very dry April month, may our mind be as free as this water non caught in any form... at least we'll travel the world for free! :lol:
                    Jinyu aka Luis aka Silly guy from Brussels

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                    • Taigu
                      Blue Mountain White Clouds Hermitage Priest
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 2710

                      #11
                      Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

                      Hi all,

                      Thank you for your patience. I did record the next zazenkai so hopefully, I won't be a rerun next time.

                      Take great care


                      gassho


                      Taigu

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                      • Gi Shu-George
                        Member
                        • Feb 2011
                        • 76

                        #12
                        Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

                        Thank you judo and all for this zazenkai.

                        Gassho George
                        Gi Shu -George

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                        • Saijun
                          Member
                          • Jul 2010
                          • 667

                          #13
                          Re: June 3rd-4th 4 hour Zazenkai

                          Hello friends,

                          Thank you for your practice.

                          Metta,

                          Saijun
                          To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity. --RBB

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