June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Jundo]

Hello All,

NO LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST TODAY AS JUNDO HAS INFLUENZA and FEVER. I DO NOT WANT YOU TO CATCH IT! (Actually, I am in bed). I HAVE POSTED A RECENT SITTING BELOW, AND I WILL BE SITTING WITH YOU FROM BED! Gassho, JUNDO

FEAR NOT as 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

[Jundo]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Hello All,

NO LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST TODAY AS JUNDO HAS INFLUENZA and FEVER. I DO NOT WANT YOU TO CATCH IT! (Actually, I am in bed). I HAVE POSTED A LINK TO A RECENT SITTING, AND I WILL BE SITTING WITH YOU FROM BED! Gassho, JUNDO

Gassho, J

[Myozan Kodo]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Jundo, get well soon.
Do those pesky bugs have Buddha Nature?
Gassho,
Soen

[Geika]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Mu

[Geika]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Hope you feel better fast, Jundo.

[Hoyu]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Hi Jundo Sensei,

Sorry to hear you're in bed with a bug.....hope it doesn't hog all the sheets! :lol:

Get better soon!

Gassho,
John

[Shohei]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

May you be at ease in all your ills!

Please take great care!


Gassho
Shohei

[Dosho]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Jundo,

Get some rest and we'll see you on the flip side.

Gassho,
Dosho

[Myoku]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thanks for sitting with us, even though being ill,Jundo,
thanks everybody, have a great weekend,
_()_
Peter

[Jundo]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thanks for sitting with us, even though being ill,Jundo,
thanks everybody, have a great weekend,
_()_
Peter

I reclined this Zazenkai, but the antibiotics are working now. Thank you everyone.

[Heisoku]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Best wishes Jundo . Will sit as silently as possible so as not to disturb!

[Hoyu]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

I love it but hopefully your doing better than the Buddha in this picture. Isn't the "reclining" Buddha the image of Buddha on his death bed? :shock:

Gassho,
John

[Jundo]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

I love it but hopefully your doing better than the Buddha in this picture. Isn't the "reclining" Buddha the image of Buddha on his death bed? :shock:

Gassho,
John

'Cept the Buddha did not quite believe in death ... birth either. So, no problem ... cause no problem to have. I'd say we are all on our deathbed/birthbed each moment too. That is why we can constantly practice Zazen reclining, walking, sitting, standing or jumping up and down.**

Gassho, J

** However, sitting is best, and walking ... cause we tend to fall asleep if reclining, exhausted if standing, and get dizzy if jumping up and down.

[Hoyu]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

However, sitting is best, and walking ... cause we tend to fall asleep if reclining, exhausted if standing, and get dizzy if jumping up and down.

:lol:

[Shujin]

Re: June 25th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Hope you're feeling better, Jundo. An honor to sit with y'all, as always.

It seems as though Ustream has changed their free video streaming to include more advertisements. I used to have to watch one at the beginning (which would usually interrupt Jundo's opening), but be left alone after that. This go around, I was waylaid about four times by ads for the Georgia Lottery. While accepting that we sit with what is, talking Canada Goose puppets were not an ideal complement to shikantaza....

gassho,
Shujin