(THIS SEEMS TO HAVE FALLEN BEHIND DURING MY HOSPITALIZATION, SO WE WILL CATCH UP A BIT ... ) 
I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
We have several Zazenkai from the past weeks still available to sit, any time ...
Plus Two-Day Rohatsu Retreat! featuring some great Talks by our Priests on Master Dogen's 'One Bright Pearl' ...
Please accompany me to the hospital (even though I am home now
) ... My Cancer Ango - 1 thru 12 ... I appreciate the company ...
New Years Greetings from Treeleaf, Japan 2018 .... Happy Just This Moment! ...
Good News 2017 ... sometimes we forget how good we have it, worry about all the wrong stuff ...
A small criticism by me about Shikantaza teachers who miss how radical this really is ... Zazen ...
Must a priest become a Teacher, must a Teacher be a priest ... and what are they anyway? (Servants on the boat) ... Of Teachers, Priests, Lay Teachers ...
Sekishi takes out the trash, brings back gold ... Compost in the Dark ....
Shokai opens the gates again ...
Questions on Diversity in Buddhism ... one should be open, yet keep the focus ... not always easy ...
That includes an ANNOUNCEMENT about deciding -not- to have a special corner of the Forum for mix Zen and Christian/Pure Land and like Practices.
Let is not forget the horrible perversion of Buddhism happening in Burma these days ... It is our duty ...
A conversations about conversations ... How much of our conversations are really necessary? ...
And our book club look at the Heart Sutra moved up a beat .... LIVING by Vow: The Heart Sutra pp 156 - 164 ....
Reminder ... Especially for newer folks ... FEELING LOST AROUND THE COMMUNITY? Contact our "Sangha Buddhies" ... a new system to help people find their way around ...
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
I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
We have several Zazenkai from the past weeks still available to sit, any time ...
Plus Two-Day Rohatsu Retreat! featuring some great Talks by our Priests on Master Dogen's 'One Bright Pearl' ...
Please accompany me to the hospital (even though I am home now
) ... My Cancer Ango - 1 thru 12 ... I appreciate the company ...
New Years Greetings from Treeleaf, Japan 2018 .... Happy Just This Moment! ...
Good News 2017 ... sometimes we forget how good we have it, worry about all the wrong stuff ...
A small criticism by me about Shikantaza teachers who miss how radical this really is ... Zazen ...
Must a priest become a Teacher, must a Teacher be a priest ... and what are they anyway? (Servants on the boat) ... Of Teachers, Priests, Lay Teachers ...
Sekishi takes out the trash, brings back gold ... Compost in the Dark ....
Shokai opens the gates again ...
Questions on Diversity in Buddhism ... one should be open, yet keep the focus ... not always easy ...
That includes an ANNOUNCEMENT about deciding -not- to have a special corner of the Forum for mix Zen and Christian/Pure Land and like Practices.
Let is not forget the horrible perversion of Buddhism happening in Burma these days ... It is our duty ...
A conversations about conversations ... How much of our conversations are really necessary? ...
And our book club look at the Heart Sutra moved up a beat .... LIVING by Vow: The Heart Sutra pp 156 - 164 ....
Reminder ... Especially for newer folks ... FEELING LOST AROUND THE COMMUNITY? Contact our "Sangha Buddhies" ... a new system to help people find their way around ...
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