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NOTE: BECAUSE OF A BUG AT USTREAM, THE NETCAST MAY START TO PLAY UP TO ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER HITTING THE PLAY BUTTON. SO, HIT THE PLAY BUTTON AND SIT ZAZEN FOR 5 MINUTES WHILE WAITING. IT WILL START, AND IS GOOD FOR PRACTICING PATIENCE AND ACCEPTANCE. I would like to announce the next book…

Today, Will and I joined up with Hans to sit at “Eiheiji Betsuin Chokoji” Temple in Tokyo, an active training temple which is a branch of Eiheiji Head Temple. We sat with the open Monday Zazenkai. Like yesterday, though, we could not bring cameras into the sitting, so there is no recording today. But please…

Will and I spent a few hours sitting Zazen with the weekly public Sunday Zazenkai at Sojiji monastery. I could not take a camera into the sitting, but we say “hi” (below) and were sitting with everyone at Treeleaf anyway. Sojiji is one of the two head temples of the Soto School in Japan (with…

We are having another special Zazenkai tonight for two hours, in honor of Will’s visit … a “Will-zenkai” (we just had our “Hans-zenkai” last week)! We will sit 2 periods of about 40 minute Zazen, with 10 minute Kinhin. We close with the Verse of Atonement and Four Vows. Specially for tonight, our “Heart Sutra”…
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