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We are so often chasing after things, rarely still … whether it is attainments, dreams and goals, fame and fortune and possessions, whatever we think will ‘finally‘ make us happy and content in life (once we get there, if we get there). It may be the same in our spiritual practices, if we are always…

Hi, Please join our NEW YEARS/JANUARY MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, recorded in “real time” and available at the following link: ZAZENKAI Remember, when we drop all thought of ‘here’ ‘there’ ‘now’ and ‘then’ … we are sitting all together! Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the ‘Heart Sutra‘ and the ‘Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)’…

Sitting Zazen all together online, and having a video ‘Zencast’, can present some technical conundrums sometimes. Zen teachers back in the 13th Century, for example, probably only had to face running out of ink for their writing brushes … while now we must ‘sit with’ the Koan of JAVA script and browser conflicts. But the…

We begin ‘Zazen for Beginners (We’re All Beginners)’ … We’ll talk the basics of ‘Just Sitting’ Shikantaza Zazen … … There’s a bit more to it than ‘just sitting’ !! In a series of talks over the coming days, I will discuss the “ins” and “outs” of “Just Sitting“, which all has to do a…

How do Zen Buddhists celebrate the passing of time? HAPPY NEW MOMENT !! May this be a moment of peace for all. PLEASE CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK TO JOIN THE SITTING: TODAY’S SITTING (if you cannot see the screen at that link, please update FLASH PLAYER )

Today, we are celebrating having a new home for our Zazen netcast, right here on Beliefnet! For folks new to our sittings … I’m Jundo, a Soto Zen Buddhist priest living in Japan. Our community, and these meditation sittings, are all meant especially for folks who wish to sit Zazen (Zen style meditation) together with…

Our “Sit-a-Long with Jundo” daily Zazen netcast is MOVING TO BELIEFNET.COM, the large and widely respected spiritual community on the web. STARTING FROM TODAY, please sit with us at the following link: http://blog.beliefnet.com/treeleafzen/ What does the move mean? Well, nothing really! All will be the same format, same Zazen, same Universe, same Timeless Wisdom and…

In this Season of Peace on Earth, Goodwill to all Mankind … … endless violence in the ‘Holy Land‘ … Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

Welcome to our Saturday “Live from Treeleaf” Zazen, We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant the Heart Sutra in ENGLISH, then sit about 40 minutes of Zazen, then 10 minutes of Kinhin, closing with the chant of the “Verse of Atonement” and “Four Vows”. Please join in, one and all. Gassho,…

How Zen folks handle our “New Years Resolutions” … Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE
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