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DUE TO SOME PROBLEM WITH USTREAM, IT TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES FOR THE VIDEO TO START AFTER PRESSING ‘PLAY’. PLEASE PRESS ‘PLAY’, AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES … DO SOME ZAZEN! IF IT DOES NOT START … DO SOME ZAZEN!! We are having a special Zazenkai tonight for two hours, from 10:00pm Japan time, in honor…

Hans is Here! He is our first treeleafer to make the pilgrimage to Japan to sit at “Treeleaf Tsukuba” … I hope other folks will make it too (Will is coming from China next week) Tomorrow, look for a special, 2-hour “Hans Zazenkai” … to be LIVE in the Sitting Room and on Ustream (look…

We had a memorial service in my wife’s family this week, and we are sitting Zazen today to recall … in stillness and silence … our loved one.I am not too much for ceremonies myself, but the following is a description of a Japanese memorial service that I really like (from a Jodo Shinshu [True…

Please ‘sit-a-long’ with our July “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 ZAZEN & DHARMA TALK02:30 – 02:40 KINHIN02:40 – 03:20 ZAZEN03:20 – 03:30 KINHIN03:30 – 04:00…

A/vo/lo/ki/tes/va/ra/ Bo/dhi/satt/va/, A/wa/kened/ One/ of/ Com/pas/sion/, In/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/, the/Deep/ Prac/tice/ of/ Per/fect/ Wis/dom/ Per/ceived/ the/ emp/ti/ness/ of /all /five /con/di/tions/,And/ was/ free/ of/ suf/fer/ing/O/ Sha/ri/pu/tra/, form/ is/ no/ o/ther/ than/ emp/ti/ness/, Emp/ti/ness/ no/ o/ther/ than/ form/; Form/ is/ pre/cise/ly/ emp/ti/ness/, emp/ti/ness/ pre/cise/ly/ form/. Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO…

ŚūnyatāEmptinessVoidness A/vo/lo/ki/tes/va/ra/ Bo/dhi/satt/va/, A/wa/kened/ One/ of/ Com/pas/sion/, In/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/, the/Deep/ Prac/tice/ of/ Per/fect/ Wis/dom/Per/ceived/ the/ emp/ti/ness/ of /all /five /con/di/tions/,And/ was/ free/ of/ 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

LOOKS LIKE THIS TALK IS NOW WORKING, SO LET’S CONTINUE WITH THE ‘HEART SUTRA’ … THANK YOU FOR YOUR HAVING PRACTICED THE PARAMITA OF PATIENCE! What’s a Paramita, What’s a Prajna Paramita, What’s a Deep Prajna Paramita … and why is Avolokitesvara practicing that Deep Prajna Paramita ?? A/vo/lo/ki/tes/va/ra/ Bo/dhi/satt/va/, A/wa/kened/ One/ of/ Com/pas/sion/, In/…

THIS WORD JUST IN FROM BUDDHA (also known as ‘Tech Support” at Ustream) on the missing “sit-a-longs” … This is a known issue that we are working to resolve. We apologize for this problem and we are working to resolve it. I’ll forward your message to our developers.” Well, missed the last train back to…

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,…

In our story, the Buddha’s smartest disciple, Shariputra … who’s a little too smart … … is set straight by Avolokitesvara (Kannon), the Bodhisattva of Compassion … The Heart of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra A/vo/lo/ki/tes/va/ra/ Bo/dhi/satt/va/, A/wa/kened/ One/ of/ Com/pas/sion/, In/ Praj/na/ Pa/ra/mi/ta/, the/Deep/ Prac/tice/ of/ Per/fect/ Wis/dom/ Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE:…
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