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Time Passes (The signal dropped midway, and there is no closing bell today) Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

Still only able to get a few minutes recorded before the video signal cuts off. I’m back in Saigon after a few days’ retreat at Truc Lam Monastery in Dalat, about 8 hours from here on a hot and bumpy bus. Truc Lam is a very old school Zen temple practicing “Silent Illumination” Zazen ……

Hi, I am on a boat trip down the Mekong, stopping in little towns along the way, so no internet here to put a camera on for a “Sit-a-Long”. After this, I am heading up to the mountains to stay a couple of days at the Zen Monastery in this movie. The film is not…

Welcome to our Saturday “Live from Treeleaf” Zazen FROM SAIGON! Unfortunately, the signal cut after but a few minutes … In fact, during this week, I will be visiting some Zen monasteries (due at one at 4AM tomorrow morning for a dawn sitting!!!), and traveling in the countryside … so the internet will be sporadic…

Off to catch a plane to Vietnam in a few hours … Tomorrow we will try for our monthly Zazenkai, but all week the internet will be sporadic. I will be sitting in a couple of monasteries, pretty cut off too … … but know that I am still “sitting-a-long” each day, even then ……

Perhaps the questions I am asked most often have to do with pain during sitting … Over at the forum, we have had some great discussions on painful Zazen, and many valuable tips and comments. If you are regularly experiencing pain and discomfort during your Zazen, please have a look … Tips for Painful Sitting…

Continuing with our series on ‘anywhere, any time’ Zazen … today, we sit on a bicycle. Bike riding is a way of physical balance, just as Zazen is balance in body-mind. Sometimes, on life’s bumpy road, we may lose that balance … but do we know how to ‘get back on the bike’ quickly? (lost…

The Eighth of “Eight Types of Enlightenment“ … DOWNLOAD (PDF) Faith & the Pure Land Press on arrow for ‘play’NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,PLEASE UPDATE FLASH. SEE HERE

Our practice is beyond all thought of time … yet I am running late late late today (or early, depending on where one is in the world). A silent sitting … 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. (Due to Sound Problems this week … I did not turn the mike on during the live sitting … this is a rebroadcast of last week) We start with 3 floor prostrations (or deep Gassho), then chant Heart Sutra in ENGLISH only this week (we will alternate…
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