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.For our ‘Online One Day Retreat’ on November 10th … RETREAT INFORMATION …We will be making a simple ‘Oryoki set. All you need is: 1 – Clean Pillow Case2 Bowls and 1 Tea Cup (that fit into each other)1 – Jar Lid or Flat Small Dish1 – Cloth Napkin (or Paper Napkin)1 – Table Spoon1…

At our ‘Online One Day Retreat’ of November 10th …. RETREAT INFORMATION … there will be times of prostrating (Raihai), done in a series or three (Sanpai) … I am often asked to whom or what we are bowing … Is it to some thing, god, person or effigy? I answer by saying that there…

.Another special guest today … one of our original members, and one of the many talented folks in the Sangha … We learn that life is like a television show … except that it is not. Hans THERE IS A TECHNICAL PROBLEM WITH THE NETCASTPLEASE SELF TIME IF SITTING-A-LONG Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

.Working toward our ‘Online One Day Retreat’ of November 10th … RETREAT INFORMATION our topic is work, Samu … Our friend Keishin had some lovely words on this, and some suggestions … KEISHIN’s TIPS I wrote this for a previous talk on Samu, and will just restate it due to laziness today (laziness is not…

.More chanting for our ‘Online One Day Retreat’ on November 10th … RETREAT INFORMATION … the Sandokai, the ‘Merging of Relative and Absolute‘, ‘Sameness and Difference‘ … The subtle Source is clear and bright; The branching streams flow in the dark. To be attached to things is primordial illusion; To encounter the absolute is not…

.In preparation for our ‘Online One Day Retreat’ on November 10th … RETREAT INFORMATION … a little discussion about chanting the Heart Sutra in Japanese: Maka Hannya Haramita Shin Gyo* Kan Ji Zai Bo Satsu Gyo Jin Han Nya Ha Ra Mi Ta Ji Sho Ken Go* On Kai Ku Do I Sai Ku Yaku…

.Please see the sitting schedule for our Retreat of November 10th, if participating … SITTING SCHEDULE FOR RETREAT In preparation for our Retreat on November 10th, a little discussion about chanting the Heart Sutra in English. Tomorrow, we will discuss chanting the Heart Sutra in Japanese. Both can be downloaded here: HEART SUTRA (ENGLISH &…

.We will have a few talks over the coming week, in preparation for our first ‘Treeleaf One-Day Online Zazenkai Retreat‘, scheduled for Saturday, November 10th (and available in recorded form after that, for participation any time ‘On Demand’). If you would like more information on the Retreat, please look here on our Forum: RETREAT INFORMATION…

. ANNOUNCEMENT: Please see information on Treeleaf’s1st ‘Online’ Zazenkai One-Day Retreatto be held Saturday, November 10th. You can join us live if you wish, that day from your home,or another time ‘On Demand’. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION It’s Halloween! Press on arrow for ‘play’ .

. Our guest today is an educator, a husband, a father, a friend, a great fellow Keith(who I gave the Dharma Name ‘Dainin’ … ‘Great Patience’ … at his Jukai) That’s him with ‘Fishy’, his famous puppet that he uses to teach reading to kids at school.(Keith is the one on the right) . Press…
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