Sept 9th-10th, 2016 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI - COMMENCING this ANGO & JUKAI !

[Jundo]

Our Zazenkai is in Special Celebration and Welcome for the Commencement of our 2016 ANGO & JUKAI Season.

Today's Talk will dance recent Koans from the Book of Serenity, POSTED BELOW, which touch on the meaning of Ango & Jukai.

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)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ...

... to be visible on the below screen during those times and any time thereafter ...

LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at GOOGLE+ IS HERE:
CLICK ON THE TAB ON LOWER RIGHT FOR 'FULL SCREEN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox0cWfGDW-0

Dharma talk audio / podcast episode:

http://treeleaf.podbean.com/e/september-2016-zazenkai-talk-cases-from-the-book-of-serenity-for-ango-jukai/

FOR THOSE NOT ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE CIRCLE WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, INSTRUCTIONS are posted AT THIS LINK. WE ARE NOW LIMITED TO 10 INDIVIDUALS WITH CAMERAS, BUT ANY NUMBER CAN WATCH LIVE 'ONE WAY' AND SIT-A-LONG VIA THE ABOVE SCREEN. IF JOINING WITH CAMERA, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS MUTED:

The Sitting Schedule is as follows:

00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA IN JAPANESE / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN
00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN
01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN
01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN

01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN
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


Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' in Japanese 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 Chants we will recite at the following link (PDF):

Chant Book (PDF)

or

Chant Book (SHORT VERSION HTML)

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, Jundo

[Jundo]

Cases from the Book of Serenity for Ango & Jukai ...

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CASE 62
Biko's No Enlightenment

Main Case
Attention! Master Beiko sent a monk to ask Kyozan, "Do people these days have to attain enlightenment?" Kyozan replied, "It's not that there's no enlightenment, but how can one not fall down into the second level?" The monk related this to Beiko, who wholeheartedly approved it.

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CASE 63
Joshu Asks About [Great] Death

Main Case
Attention! Master Joshu asked Master Toshi, "When a man who dies the Great Death revives, what then?" Toshi replied, "Going by night isn't permitted. You'd better arrive during the day."

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CASE 64
Shisho's Transmission

Main Case

Attention! The head monk Shisho asked Master Hogen, "Osho, as head of the temple, whose dharma did you receive?" Hogen said, "Master Jizo's" Shisho said, "Aren't you greatly transgressing against our late teacher Chokei?" Hogen replied, "I don't understand a turning word of Chokei's" Shisho retorted, "Then why don't you ask?" Hogen said, "Among the myriad form is a solitary, manifest body. What does it mean?" At that, Shisho lifted up his hossu, his fly whisk, and Hogen said, "You learned that as a student at Chokei's place. What is your expression?" Shisho had nothing to say. Hogen said, "As it says, among the myriad forms is a solitary, manifest body. Does it wipe out the myriad forms, or does it not wipe out the myriad forms?" Shisho answered, "It does not wipe them out." Hogen said, "A duality!" The followers of Shisho, the monks on both sides of the Dharma hall, all said, "It does wipe them out!" Hogen said, "Among the myriad forms is a solitary, manifest body. Hah!"

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CASE 65
Shuzan's New Bride

Main Case
Attention! A monk asked Shuzan, "What is Buddha?" Shuzan replied, "A new bride rides a donkey. Her mother-in-law leads."


WHAT COULD EACH OF THESE HAVE TO DO WITH ANGO or JUKAI?? SIT IN AND FIND OUT!

[Mp]

Thank you Jundo, I will be there live to kick off Ango and Jukai ... a lovely time of year! =)

Gassho
Shingen

s@today


Sent from my mobile, cause I am out & about! =)

[Nindo]

I will be sitting a live weekend retreat with another sangha in a brick-and-mortar place.
May we all have a good start into Ango!

Gassho
Nindo
sattoday

[Sekishi]

Looking forward to joining you all for this (totally un)special Zazenkai.

Gassho,
Sekishi

#sattoday

[RichardH]

Will be here/there live.

Gassho
Daizan

sat today

[Kyonin]

Hi all!

What a wonderful time of the year. I'll be there live with instruments ready!

Gassho,

Kyonin

[Byokan]

I will be there live one-way.

Edit: Nope, no I won't. Will be with you in spirit and sit with the recording on the weekend.

Gassho
Byōkan
sat today

[Anshu Bryson]

I will have to catch this up through the week, as I am traveling again for 2-3 weeks with work (my last year; they are determined to make it hard for me...! )

Gassho,
Anshu

-st-

[Washin]

I will try to catch part of it live either one-way ot two subject to free seat.

Gassho
Washin
sat today

[Kaishin]

I will be sitting with the recorded version.

Thank you

[Marie]

I'll be there live one-way.

Gassho
Marie
Sattoday

[Amelia]

I will try to be there live, but might have to leave early to make dinner!

Gassho, sat today

[Onkai]

I will try to sit live, two way. Otherwise I will sit with the zazenkai some other time this weekend.

Gassho,
Onkai

[Myosha]

Participating "one-way"


Gassho
Myosha
sat today