I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please sit, any time any place, our monthly 4-hour ZAZENKAI! ... and a Talk called "‘Practice-Enlightenment’ for Practical People (Just Tryin’ to Pay the Light Bill)" ...
Some poignant words from Kyonin in our Unsui Corner ... Here in the depths ...
The experiment is going great in our new "come and go, free sitting" and "scheduled sitting" rooms ... we should have it finalize this week, but how about giving it a trial run? ... just Gassho on way in, Gassho on way out, and please MUTE YOUR MIKE!
Still looking for some long time members to volunteer ... Seeking Zazen Hangout Host Volunteers - Would You Host A Weekly Zazen Sitting? ... this will also be starting soon ...
Ordinary Mind and Buddha Mind ... Buddha is Ordinary, Ordinary precisely Buddha ... yet the result is anything but ordinary! ...
The world is not "disturbing" ... that requires someone to be "disturbed" ... Dealing with all those annoying 'interruptions' ...
We will soon have a "Sumu (Work Practice) Circle" ... people washing dishes and vacuuming together all over the world!
... Sweeping ...
More about Robots and Buddha Nature ... If robots become sentient, do we vow to save them? ...
... Silent thread ... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
For those Vowing to continue the Book Club readings ... LIVING by VOW: The Verse of Three Refuges - pp 63 - 77 (All Chapter 3) ...
... and many more good threads ...
And DON'T FORGET! ... the experiment continues, and we need you! ... A TREELEAF EXPERIMENT with EVERYONE’S PARTICIPATION REQUESTED: “LAH” (Lend A Hand)
I am so glad if this place and the practice are benefiting you. If so, you might consider a DONATION to Treeleaf at this LINK, although there is absolutely no need or requirement to do so. Thank you.
A Re-MINDer on SIMPLICITY:
In a Zen Monastery, SILENCE or A FEW WISE WORDS are cherished over MANY WORDS. Thus, I advise folks to restrain the need to speak unless the heart truly calls. If you find yourself posting many times each day, maybe consider what truly needs to be said ... and when it is best just to answer with silence and an inner Gassho.
SILENCE OR A FEW HESITANT WORDS OF FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT OFTEN SPEAK MOST PROFOUNDLY. Post when it is truly important to you and needs to be spoken from the warm heart.
(BUT too much silence or shyness can also be excessive ... so take the Middle Way!)
Also, to those who may get lost among the many threads and conversations in our Forum, please think of a monastery made of wood or brick, with 100 monks holding 10,000 conversations in the hallways, kitchen, Abbot's rooms and library (I assume no chatting in the Zendo where people sit Zazen).
Would you need or want to hear or join in all or most conversations? Of course not! You would, at best, pick and choose the conversations relevant and helpful to you.
So here too in our Sangha, NO NEED TO READ EVERY CONVERSATION: Try to note the ones that seem helpful to your Practice or interests, leave the rest. The above threads are a few suggestions.
Oh, and we do ask folks to note that they have SAT ZAZEN THE PREVIOUS DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):
Gassho, Jundo
SatTodayLAH
Please sit, any time any place, our monthly 4-hour ZAZENKAI! ... and a Talk called "‘Practice-Enlightenment’ for Practical People (Just Tryin’ to Pay the Light Bill)" ...
Some poignant words from Kyonin in our Unsui Corner ... Here in the depths ...
The experiment is going great in our new "come and go, free sitting" and "scheduled sitting" rooms ... we should have it finalize this week, but how about giving it a trial run? ... just Gassho on way in, Gassho on way out, and please MUTE YOUR MIKE!
Still looking for some long time members to volunteer ... Seeking Zazen Hangout Host Volunteers - Would You Host A Weekly Zazen Sitting? ... this will also be starting soon ...
Ordinary Mind and Buddha Mind ... Buddha is Ordinary, Ordinary precisely Buddha ... yet the result is anything but ordinary! ...
The world is not "disturbing" ... that requires someone to be "disturbed" ... Dealing with all those annoying 'interruptions'
...
We will soon have a "Sumu (Work Practice) Circle" ... people washing dishes and vacuuming together all over the world!
... Sweeping ... More about Robots and Buddha Nature ... If robots become sentient, do we vow to save them? ...
... Silent thread ... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
For those Vowing to continue the Book Club readings ... LIVING by VOW: The Verse of Three Refuges - pp 63 - 77 (All Chapter 3) ...
... and many more good threads ...
And DON'T FORGET! ... the experiment continues, and we need you! ... A TREELEAF EXPERIMENT with EVERYONE’S PARTICIPATION REQUESTED: “LAH” (Lend A Hand)
I am so glad if this place and the practice are benefiting you. If so, you might consider a DONATION to Treeleaf at this LINK, although there is absolutely no need or requirement to do so. Thank you.
A Re-MINDer on SIMPLICITY:
In a Zen Monastery, SILENCE or A FEW WISE WORDS are cherished over MANY WORDS. Thus, I advise folks to restrain the need to speak unless the heart truly calls. If you find yourself posting many times each day, maybe consider what truly needs to be said ... and when it is best just to answer with silence and an inner Gassho.
SILENCE OR A FEW HESITANT WORDS OF FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT OFTEN SPEAK MOST PROFOUNDLY. Post when it is truly important to you and needs to be spoken from the warm heart.
(BUT too much silence or shyness can also be excessive ... so take the Middle Way!)
Also, to those who may get lost among the many threads and conversations in our Forum, please think of a monastery made of wood or brick, with 100 monks holding 10,000 conversations in the hallways, kitchen, Abbot's rooms and library (I assume no chatting in the Zendo where people sit Zazen).
Would you need or want to hear or join in all or most conversations? Of course not! You would, at best, pick and choose the conversations relevant and helpful to you.
So here too in our Sangha, NO NEED TO READ EVERY CONVERSATION: Try to note the ones that seem helpful to your Practice or interests, leave the rest. The above threads are a few suggestions.
Oh, and we do ask folks to note that they have SAT ZAZEN THE PREVIOUS DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):
Gassho, Jundo
SatTodayLAH
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