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As I’m in hospital a few days, A PRE-RECORDED ‘RE-SIT’ TODAY … Please join our weekly “(almost) Live from Treeleaf” Zazenkai meditation … We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH (see below), then sit about 40 minutes of Zazen, then 5 minutes or so of Kinhin,…

In the hospital for a little touch of pneumonia ,,, for a few days, doctor says. So, please sit around the bed with me today. When one coughs, just cough … that too is Zazen. Wheeze wheeze is Buddha’s Teaching. And isn’t it wonderful to have a Sangha where all can sit together when one…

catching a glimpse, the watcher (After a lovely year here at Beliefnet.com, our daily “Sit-a-long with Jundo” Zazen netcasts will be moving home on January 1st to SHAMBHALA SUNSPACE, the webpage of the Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma magazines, where we will be a daily featured Buddhist blog … sitting there just as we do here.…

(Monday with Taigu will be Wednesday!) Heading home to see family and friends always presents a few special “opportunities for Practice” at this time of year … And speaking of home … after a lovely year here at Beliefnet.com, our daily “Sit-a-long with Jundo” Zazen netcasts will be moving home on January 1st to SHAMBHALA…

NEW HOME:  After a lovely year here at Beliefnet.com, our daily “Sit-a-long with Jundo” Zazen netcasts will be moving home on January 1st to SHAMBHALA SUNSPACE, the webpage of the Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma magazines,where we will be a daily featured Buddhist blog … sitting there justas we do here. And, taking our spot here…

A couple of big announcements here  … First, thanks to our wonderful carpenters, the new/old Zen Hall at Treeleaf in Japan is now about ready … the tatami mats are in, the Zafus, and Buddha is in his place … (Please see the pictures below of the interior, and the exterior in scaffolding which they…

( Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook – XXIX) Hey, I think we’ve all worked with a guy like this at one time or another … … In fact, this guy is –me– more of the time than I care to admit … (sorry if today’s posting is late … I was procrastinating … ) ___________________________…

( Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook – XXVIII) We continue with Master Dogen’s Tenzo Kyokun … Today, I happened to hear from a couple of people who were disappointed by someone in their lives … friends, family members, co-workers who let them down a bit. Master Dogen provides a good perspective on this … ……

  WELCOME … … to the “ALL_ONLINE” ‘Treeleaf Two-Day Rohatsu Retreat‘, which was held by LIVE NETCAST over the weekend of DECEMBER 5 and 6, 2009.   HOWEVER, you may still join the Retreat and sit-a-long at ANY TIME ‘ON DEMAND’, by the real time recorded version below (no different from the original!). The full sitting…

NOTE TO EVERYONE SITTING THE RETREAT: Please look at the sitting time schedule (to be the same as last year HERE) and plan out which recorded periods you will sit, and which live versions you will be able to sit and when in your time Zone. Not so complex to figure out once you look…
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