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UPDATE: Because of the Ustream system being down, I will repost a prior sitting … 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…

Is Zen a ‘religion’? A ‘philosophy’? Something quite else? I don’t think about these questions much in my life. I just live life. Does ‘God’ exist? Not exist? Whose ‘God’? I don’t think about these questions much in my life. I just live life. Is there ‘Life-after-Death’? ‘Reincarnation’? ‘Nothing’? I don’t think about these questions…

IGNORANCE IS BLISS No/ ig/no/rance/, no/ end/ to/ ig/no/rance/;No/ old/ age/ and/ death/,No/ ces/sa/tion/ of/ old/ age/ and/ death/;No/ suf/fer/ing/, nor/ cause/ or/ end/ to/ suf/fer/ing/ Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

We will talk about ignorance and suffering in the coming days, but I wanted to jump right into “old age and death” … The’re not there … and they never cease! No/ ig/no/rance/, no/ end/ to/ ig/no/rance/;No/ old/ age/ and/ death/,No/ ces/sa/tion/ of/ old/ age/ and/ death/;No/ suf/fer/ing/, nor/ cause/ or/ end/ to/ suf/fer/ing/ Master…

We will let the cicadas (‘semi’ in Japanese) do the guest teaching again today, one last time before the summer ends. Our subject is time, the long and the short of time. The life span of some species of cicada range up to 17 years, but they live, dormant, in the ground for most of…

We are having another special Zazenkai tonight for two hours, in honor of Rev. Taigus visit … a “Taigu-zenkai”! We will sit 2 periods of about 40 minute Zazen, with 10 minute Kinhin, and a short talk by Rev. Taigu in between (at about the 1 hour mark). We close with the Verse of Atonement…

At left is another Kesa sewn by Rev. Taigu, the same one he is wearing tonight. We’ve been filming Rakusu sewing lessons all day for the Jukai, and they will be very helpful I think .. TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL “TAIGU-ZENKAI” … FROM 9PM to 11PM SATURDAY, JAPAN TIME (CHECK YOUR LOCAL TIME).…

We were going to have a talk on the Heart Sutra today … … but Rev. Taigu is visiting to show us how to sew a Rakusu for the Jukai (he sewed the lovely Funzo-e Kesa in the picture), so I thought to let him give the talks the next couple of days …. Press…

Our topic today is ‘Samu’ … Work Practice … … which is just Zazen working … While Zazen is at the heart of our Way, other aspects of traditional Zen Practice also should be introduced and encouraged. I have been meaning to do so more and more around Treeleaf. One of the most vital is…

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