June 5th-6th, 2015 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI!

[Gi Shu-George]

Thank you Jundo, Thank you all for this sitting
Gassho
Gi Shu-George

[adrianbkelly]

Thanks everyone!

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Ade

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[Meishin]

Thank you all very much.

Gassho
Meishin
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[Byokan]

Thank you dear Sangha!

gassho
Lisa
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[RichardH]

Gassho and thank you

Daizan

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[Ishin]

Thank you everyone who sits this, and thank you for this talk Jundo.

Gassho
Ishin
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[Matt]

Just completed a family relocation across the country and am back online. Looking forward to sitting this one tonight.

Gassho,
Matt

[Jundo]

Just completed a family relocation across the country and am back online. Looking forward to sitting this one tonight.

Gassho,
Matt

Happy moving! May you be at home where you are!

Gassho, J

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[Jeremy]

Just sat to the recording.
That was my first monthly Zazenkai with you all. Many thanks.

Gassho,
Jeremy
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[Kyonin]

Thank you guys! Came late to post

Gassho,

Kyonin
#SatToday

[Jeremy]

Hi Kyonin,

I was thinking about your question during the Zazenkai - it was something like this:

How would you explain to regular guys... that we don't try to achieve anything in Zazen? Because people are very used to achieving goals or getting things done...

A simple answer is to say that we spend all our lives 'doing' and in Zazen, we're practicing 'being' instead of 'doing'. This answer comes from the way MBCT/Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy is taught in the UK. If you're interested in a bit more background, search for "doing" at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness-based_cognitive_therapy

Gassho,
Jeremy
Will sit later

[Jundo]

Hi Kyonin,

I was thinking about your question during the Zazenkai - it was something like this:

A simple answer is to say that we spend all our lives 'doing' and in Zazen, we're practicing 'being' instead of 'doing'. This answer comes from the way MBCT/Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy is taught in the UK. If you're interested in a bit more background, search for "doing" at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness-based_cognitive_therapy

Gassho,
Jeremy
Will sit later

A nice was to say this. Thank you.

Gassho, Jundo

[Jishin]

Hi Kyonin,

I was thinking about your question during the Zazenkai - it was something like this:

A simple answer is to say that we spend all our lives 'doing' and in Zazen, we're practicing 'being' instead of 'doing'. This answer comes from the way MBCT/Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy is taught in the UK. If you're interested in a bit more background, search for "doing" at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness-based_cognitive_therapy

Gassho,
Jeremy
Will sit later

Hi Jeremy,

If asked about Zazen I might say it's hard to explain but I can show you how we do it.

Gassho, Jishin

[Jundo]

A nice was to say this. Thank you.

Gassho, Jundo

I might add, on behalf of Master Menzan, that this Practice also finds what steps right through "being" and "not being" and all other dichotemies.

Hamlet (to be or not to be) was not a Zen Buddhist, or he would have allowed for further options.

Gassho, J

SatToday

[Matt]

Thank you, Jundo, for the talk on Master Menzan. I was not familiar with him previously.

Gassho,
Matt
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