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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,…

(it was my intention to have this sitting posted a few hours ago … ) The second branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right Intention’ … also spoken of as ‘Right Aspiration’ ‘Right Thought’ or ‘A Will to the Truth’ … … This is not some “black/white” promise to find “the one right answer“, to…

The first branch of the ‘Eightfold Path‘ is ‘Right View’ (sometimes called ‘Right Perspective’ or ‘Right Understanding’) … … It is to study and to come to understand the world through fundamental Buddhist perspectives and philosophies, and to make those ways of seeing a natural part of one’s life. The Four Noble Truths, The Eightfold…

a silent sitting … … no words …

The next words of the Heart Sutra are shorthand for The Eightfold Path … No/ suf/fer/ing/, nor/ cause/ or/ end/ to/ suf/fer/ing/No/ path/, no/ wis/dom/ and/ no/ gain/. … We will next take a few days to review that Path … … which, with the Four Noble Truths, is at the very heart of the…

.As the Fourth Noble Truth, ‘medicine’ for Dukkha is prescribed via the ‘Eightfold Path‘ … … Although the path is numbered sequentially, it is generally not seen as as series of steps, but instead (in modern terms) a ‘holistic lifestyle‘ which is “to be developed more or less simultaneously, … all linked together and each…

Please ‘sit-a-long’ with our September “Zazenkai” (running time: approx. 4 hours) … The sitting schedule is as follows: 00:00 – 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA English Only / SANDOKAI) & ZAZEN00:50 – 01:00 KINHIN01:00 – 01:40 ZAZEN01:40 – 01:50 KINHIN01:50 – 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN02:30 – 02:40 KINHIN02:40 – 03:20 ZAZEN03:20 – 03:30 KINHIN03:30 –…

REMINDER: OUR 4 HOUR MONTHLY ZAZENKAI IS TOMORROW, SATURDAY, FROM 9PM JAPAN TIME … BE THERE OR JUST BE. . An alternative wording of the Four Noble Truths is [emphasis added] … 1. Suffering exists 2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires 3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desires ceases 4. Freedom from suffering is…

. In life, there’s sickness, old age, death and loss … other very hard times … But that’s not why ‘Life is Suffering‘. Not at all, said the Buddha. Instead, it’s sickness, but only when we refuse the condition ……old age, if we long for youth …… death, because we cling to life … ……

The next words of the Heart Sutra are shorthand for The Four Noble Truths … No/ suf/fer/ing/, nor/ cause/ or/ end/ to/ suf/fer/ing/ … So, let’s take a few days to talk about those Truths … …at the very heart of the Buddha’s Teachings. So elegant and direct, thus the very simplicity of the teaching…
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