Podcasts about four vows

The Four Vows, part 1 by North Carolina Zen Center

The Four Vows, part 2 by North Carolina Zen Center

Podcast Audio The post Talk by Mukei, “Juneteenth and the Four Vows” first appeared on The Village Zendo.

Jogen Salzberg, Sensei Dharma Talk Jogen will be joining us for our April Sesshin - Cultivating the Empty Field April 11, 2022 At Great Vow Zen Monastery https://www.zendust.org/teacher/69/jogen-salzberg-sensei/

Jogen Salzberg, Sensei Dharma Talk Jogen will be joining us for our April Sesshin - Cultivating the Empty Field April 11, 2022 At Great Vow Zen Monastery https://www.zendust.org/teacher/69/jogen-salzberg-sensei/

Jogen Salzberg, Sensei Dharma Talk Will be joining us for our April Sesshin - Cultivating the Empty Field April 11, 2022 At Great Vow Zen Monastery https://www.zendust.org/teacher/69/jogen-salzberg-sensei/

Jogen Salzberg, Sensei Dharma Talk Jogen will be joining us for our April Sesshin - Cultivating the Empty Field April 11, 2022 At Great Vow Zen Monastery https://www.zendust.org/teacher/69/jogen-salzberg-sensei/

Miguel Rojas will be giving a talk titled, "The Four Vows." He will be speaking about the four bodhisattva vows, listed below, and will be discussing how to practice with them for inner reflection.Beings are numberless, I vow to save them.Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them.Dharma gates are boundless, I vow to enter them.Buddha's Way is unsurpassable, I vow to become it. Miguel Rojas is a Dharma practitioner and Zen Buddhist priest. He's been practicing for about 15 years and can almost remember the ceremonies. He started with Zen Center of Los Angeles and now practices with SFZC and with Dragon's Leap temple. He likes cookies.

Dharma talk given by // Ensinamento dado por Roshi Amy (Tu es Cela) Hollowell Zoom Dharma Talk 04.03.2021 // Palestra Zoom 04.03.2021 Website: http://wildflowerzen.org/ Amy's blog: http://wildflowerzen.org/zenscribe/ Portuguese blog: https://sanghazenpt.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wildflowerzen/ Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17bz4OGe34sBzslYK1oWJw/featured

The VERSE OF ATONEMENT All harmful acts, words and thoughts, ever committed by me since of old,On account of beginningless greed, anger and ignorance,Born of my body, mouth and mind,Now I atone for them all The FOUR VOWS To save all sentient beings, though beings numberlessTo transform all delusions, though delusions inexhaustibleTo perceive Reality, though Reality is boundlessTo attain the Enlightened Way, a Way non-attainable Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:Oct 2nd-3rd, 2020 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI »

As we conclude the chapter called "Violence" in the Dhammapada, we look at the perfection of patience. What makes this practice of patience a 'perfection' is that it is motivated by bodhicitta. Bodhicitta is the spontaneous wish to attain enlightenment motivated by great compassion for all living beings. A person who has this motivation of bodhicitta is called a bodhisattva. We try to become familiar with the following practice of the perfection of patience this week: Notice when unpleasant feelings are arising in our mind Instead of giving inappropriate attention to the faults of the situation or person, we instead think, "my problem is inside my mind. My problem is not outside my mind."  Try to let this wisdom sink in and calm the mind.  What is the spiritual lesson this situation is trying to teach me? I embrace the spiritual lesson. I need the spiritual lesson because I am a bodhisattva. I must attain Enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Remember that Buddhism requires no leaps of faith. You need only hold true what is confirmed by your own experience. Even the concept of the bodhisattva is compatible with other religious perspectives. It does not seek the rejection of other spiritual and philosophical viewpoints. Embrace the bodhisattva identity if it touches your heart. Let it go if it doesn’t and simply practice these methods of patience. Four Vows of a Bodhisattva Although there are many versions of these four classic vows which are phrased with slight differences, their essence is this: Living beings are countless, I vow to lead them all to the shore beyond suffering. Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to extinguish them all. The dharmas are numberless, I vow to master them all.  Enlightenment is supreme, I vow to attain it for the benefit of all.  No filth, dust or dirt, No fasting or sleeping on bare ground, No austerities in a squatting posture Purify a mortal who has not overcome doubt.   Even though well-adorned, If one lives at peace, Calmed, controlled, assured, and chaste, Having given up violence toward all beings, Then one is a brahmin, a renunciant, a monastic.   Where in this world does one find  Someone restrained by conscience,  Who knows little of blame,  As a good horse knows little of the whip? (143)*   Like a good horse alert to the whip,  Be ardent and alarmed.  With faith, virtue, effort,  Concentration, and discernment,  Accomplished in knowledge and good conduct,  Mindful, You will leave this great suffering behind. (144)*  Irrigators guide water;  Fletchers shape arrows;  Carpenters fashion wood;  The well-practiced tame themselves. — Buddha, The Dhammapada    References: Buddha.The Dhammapada. Translated by Gil Fronsdale. Shambala, Boston and London, 2011, pp. 37-38. Je Tsongkhapa. Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment., Volume 2. Pages 151-167. Translated by the Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Joshua Cutler, Editor-in-Chief, and Guy Newlan, Editor.

Bokushu urges everyone to actualize the four vows as the expression of their very lives.

June 23, 2019 Bokushu bears witness to his own habitual separation as a means to stop separating from the Buddha Way.

For this talk, we will reflect on some of the Verses, Vows and Dedications we are heard to Chant around here for each Zazenkai and at other times.  For further reading on these and other Chants, I highly recommend "Living by Vow: A Practical Introduction to Eight Essential Zen Chants and Texts, by Shohaku Okumura, Wisdom Publications, 2012."Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:November 6th-7th, 2015 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! »

The second of the Four Vows is, "Desires are inexhaustible, I vow to put an end to them." What do we really mean when we make this promise, and how can we accomplish it?

OUR ZAZENKAI marks the COMMENCEMENT OF ANGO and our upcoming GLOBAL DAY OF SERVICE ALSO, AN (unintentionally very quiet) CHANTING OF "WE SHALL OVERCOME" SHALL BE IN PLACE OF THE 'IDENTITY OF RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE (Sandokai)' THIS TIME .. ... and note other sound issues, and that we have no netcast the last 15 minutes ... Dear All, Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 7pm to 11pm, Los Angeles 4pm to 8pm (Friday night), London midnight to 4am and Paris 1am to 5am (early Saturday morning)) ... to be visible at the following link during those times and any time thereafter ... LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at GOOGLE+ IS HERE: CLICK ON THE TAB ON LOWER RIGHT FOR 'FULL SCREEN WATCH LIVE 'ONE WAY' AND SIT-A-LONG. IF JOINING WITH CAMERA, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS MUTED: The Sitting Schedule is as follows; 00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN 00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN 01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN 01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN 01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN 02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN 02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN 03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN 03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between! Please download and print out the Chants we will recite at the following link (PDF): Chant Book (PDF) or Chant Book (SHORT VERSION HTML) I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN. ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS. I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together! Gassho, Jundo Please visit the forum thread here!

WELCOMING THE NEW YEAR TOGETHER ... Dear All, Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 6pm to 10pm, Los Angeles 3pm to 7pm (Friday night), London 11pm to 3am and Paris midnight to 4am (early Saturday morning)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ... LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at JUSTIN.TV: CLICK ON THE TAB ON LOWER RIGHT FOR 'FULL SCREEN http://www.justin.tv/treeleafzen But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'ON DEMAND' at ANY TIME after that, no different from the 'live' sitting . Just click then on the links below: THE 'REAL TIME, ANY TIME' recorded version is divided into 3 parts as follows (click on the links) : 00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN 00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN 01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN 01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN ZAZENKAI PART I LINK: Watch live video from treeleafzen on Justin.tv 01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN 02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN 02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN 03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN TALK & ZAZEN PART 2 LINK: Watch live video from treeleafzen on Justin.tv 03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING ZAZENKAI PART 3 LINK: Watch live video from treeleafzen on Justin.tv Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between! Please download and print out the Chant Book (PDF) at the following link: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231 I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN. ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS. I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together! Gassho, Jundo Please visit our forum thread here!

Dear All, Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 7pm to 11pm, Los Angeles 4pm to 8pm (Friday night), London midnight to 4am and Paris 1am to 5am (early Saturday morning)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ... LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at JUSTIN.TV: REMEMBER TO CLICK ON "FULL SCREEN" VERSION! Watch live video from treeleafzen on www.justin.tv But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'ON DEMAND' at ANY TIME after that, no different from the 'live' sitting . Just click then on the links below: THE 'REAL TIME, ANY TIME' recorded version is divided into 3 parts as follows (click on the links) : 00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN 00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN 01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN 01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN ZAZENKAI PART I LINK: LINK TO BE POSTED HERE AFTER LIVE NETCAST 01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN 02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN TALK & ZAZEN PART 2 LINK: LINK TO BE POSTED HERE AFTER LIVE NETCAST 02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN 03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN 03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING ZAZENKAI PART 3 LINK: LINK TO BE POSTED HERE AFTER LIVE NETCAST Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between! Please download and print out the Chant Book (PDF) at the following link: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231 I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN. ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS. I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together! Gassho, Jundo

Dear All, PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE MOVED OUR NETCAST FROM USTREAM to JUSTIN.TV! CLICK ON LINKS BELOW: Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 7pm to 11pm, Los Angeles 4pm to 8pm (Friday night), London midnight to 4am and Paris 1am to 5am (early Saturday morning)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ... LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at JUSTIN.TV: REMEMBER TO CLICK ON "FULL SCREEN" VERSION! http://www.justin.tv/treeleafzen But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'ON DEMAND' at ANY TIME after that, no different from the 'live' sitting . Just click then on the links below: THE 'REAL TIME, ANY TIME' recorded version is divided into 3 parts as follows (click on the links) : 00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN 00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN 01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN 01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN ZAZENKAI PART I LINK: TO BE POSTED HERE AFTER LIVE NETCAST 01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN 02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN TALK & ZAZEN PART 2 LINK: TO BE POSTED HERE AFTER LIVE NETCAST 02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN 03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN 03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING ZAZENKAI PART 3 LINK: TO BE POSTED HERE AFTER LIVE NETCAST Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between! Please download and print out the Chant Book (PDF) at the following link: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231 I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN. ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS. I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together! Gassho, Jundo

PLEASE NOTE THAT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS HAS BEGUN IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE. THE SUBJECT OF THE LITTLE TALK THIS TIME WILL BE A SONG CALLED "THE FERRYMAN" by Ralph McTell. PLEASE SEE THE LYRICS HERE and HAVE A LISTEN: LINK: http://www.treeleaf.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=51011#p51011 Dear All, Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (1/1) (that is New York 7pm to 11pm, Los Angeles 4pm to 8pm (Friday night 12/31), London midnight to 4am and Paris 1am to 5am (early Saturday morning)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ... LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at USTREAM: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sit-a-long-with-jundo But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'ON DEMAND' at ANY TIME after that, no different from the 'live' sitting . Just click then on the links below: THE 'REAL TIME, ANY TIME' recorded version is divided into 3 parts as follows (click on the links) : 00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN 00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN 01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN 01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN 01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN 02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN 02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN 03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN 03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between! Please download and print out the Chant Book (PDF) at the following link: http://www.treeleaf.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231 I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN. ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS. I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together! Gassho, Jundo Visit the forum thread here!

PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME KINHIN TIMES HAVE BEEN LENGTHENED IN COMPASSION FOR NEW SITTERS JOINING US ... Dear All, Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI,netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (1/1) (that is New York 6pm to 10pm, Los Angeles 3pm to 7pm (Friday night 12/31), London 11pm to 3am and Paris midnight to 4am (early Saturday morning)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ... LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at USTREAM: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sit-a-long-with-jundo But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'ON DEMAND' at ANY TIME after that, no different from the 'live' sitting . Just click then on the links below: THE 'REAL TIME, ANY TIME' recorded version is divided into 3 parts as follows (click on the blue links) : 00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN 00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN 01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN 01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN ZAZENKAI PART I LINK: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13089563 01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN 02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN 02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN TALK & ZAZEN PART 2 LINK: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13091980 03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN 03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING ZAZENKAI PART 3 LINK: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/13094120   Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between! Please download and print out the Chant Book (PDF) at the following link: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231 I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN. ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS. I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together! Gassho, Jundo Visit the forum thread here!

*Note* - This Audiocast contains a 30 minute dharma talk followed by 8 minutes of zazen.  For the full zazenkai, please visit the links below. PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME KINHIN TIMES HAVE BEEN LENGTHENED IN COMPASSION FOR NEW SITTERS JOINING US ... Dear All, Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI,netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (1/1) (that is New York 6pm to 10pm, Los Angeles 3pm to 7pm (Friday night 12/31), London 11pm to 3am and Paris midnight to 4am (early Saturday morning)) ... and visible at the following link during those times ... LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at USTREAM: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sit-a-long-with-jundo But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'ON DEMAND' at ANY TIME after that, no different from the 'live' sitting . Just click then on the links below: THE 'REAL TIME, ANY TIME' recorded version is divided into 2 parts as follows (click on the blue links) : 00:00 - 00:50 CEREMONY (HEART SUTRA / SANDOKAI IN ENGLISH) & ZAZEN 00:50 - 01:00 KINHIN 01:00 - 01:30 ZAZEN 01:30 - 01:50 KINHIN ZAZENKAI PART I LINK: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12462420 01:50 - 02:30 DHARMA TALK & ZAZEN TALK & ZAZEN LINK: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12464630 02:30 - 02:40 KINHIN 02:40 - 03:15 ZAZEN 03:15 - 03:30 KINHIN 03:30 - 04:00 METTA CHANT & ZAZEN, VERSE OF ATONEMENT, FOUR VOWS, & CLOSING ZAZENKAI PART 2 LINK: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12465668   Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between! Please download and print out the Chant Book (PDF) at the following link: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2231 I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN. ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS. I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together! Gassho, Jundo Click here to visit the forum topic!