May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

[Yugen]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thank you to everyone who sat or will sit. Thank you Mr. Lou for your journey.... a deep bow. Thank you Jundo. It's great to sit with all of you.

Gassho
Yugen

[Jundo]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Mr. Lou just wrote that he had to turn back midway because he is not feeling well. I wrote him this ...

Hi Lou,

I hope you feel better.

Strange to say, if you think you must get to Zazen and can miss Zazen ... you miss Zazen even if you arrive on time.

If you go to Zazen with sincerity and good intentions but miss the train, feel poorly, get there late or not at all ... yet with no thought of having to arrive ... you arrive on time, and just sat Wonderful Zazen!

See you next time!

Gassho, Jundo

[Ekai]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thank you everyone for sitting together.

Gassho,
Ekai

[Myoku]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Gassho and thanks to everyone,
Myoku

[andyZ]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thank you Jundo and to everyone.

[Koshin]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thank you Jundo, great Heart Sutra

Hi to Amin and Gina (I believe I hear those are their names, or not?), and of course to Mr. Lou, who was there, as all of us, right on time

Gassho

[Heisoku]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thanks Jundo and everyone sitting. Gassho to all our zazenkais.

[Shujin]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thanks, y'all. Gassho!

-Shujin

[Jundo]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

I just heard from Lou about his adventure that day. I do not think it a breach of confidence to say that he made a tremendous, hard effort, even if he did not arrive.

In this Practice-Enlightenment Way, sincerity and tremendous effort mean everything ... arriving someplace, not so much.

Of course, that is provided one realizes that there is Constant Arriving with each sincere step of the Sacred Trip to now Here and now Here and now Here in Buddhaland, even as we try to get cross country to Buddhaland ... all Buddhaland.

Gassho, J

[Shokai]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thank you Jundo and all who sat. While dropping all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' as I say Hi to Amin, Gina and Mr. Lou; I repeat the sutra in my heart as I do each morning at 5:15 in order not to disturb my wife and the dog. _/_

[Marek]

Re: May 19th, 2012 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai

Thank you Jundo and all sitters.

Sharing practice with you all is a great pleasure.

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