I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please witness (or renew your vows) any time with our 2019 Treeleaf Jukai Ceremony ... Undertaking the Precepts ...
Sit and learn from our special New Year Guest ... Zoketsu Norman Fischer ...
Our other weekly Treeleaf Zazenkai are ready and available for sitting at any time ... your Zafu is waiting ...
SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: THOUGHTS and EMOTIONS are GOOD ZAZEN too! ... even Houdini needs his chains ...
... and a little riffing by me on Emptiness ... it ain't just empty baby ...
There is no resolution to break, but are you keeping yours? ... SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: The "GOALLESS" ZEN of NEW YEAR's RESOLUTIONS ...
Sat without pain, stretches for hips ... and some greetings from Kakunen too ...
Don't be anxious about being anxious ... Struggling with anxiety during zazen ... no fear ...
Some reflections on the Five Positions ...https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...l=1#post234993
I couldn't think of anything to do without breaking my neck
... Buddhist Zen monks be like...
We will be moving ahead today with Norman Fischer's 'What is Zen?' ....
Some creativity in our Treeleaf Art Center ... Creativity ...
Reminder ... Especially for newer folks ... FEELING LOST AROUND THE COMMUNITY? Contact our "Sangha Buddhies" ... friends 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 DURING THE LAST DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):
Gassho, Jundo
SatTodayLAH
Please witness (or renew your vows) any time with our 2019 Treeleaf Jukai Ceremony ... Undertaking the Precepts ...
Sit and learn from our special New Year Guest ... Zoketsu Norman Fischer ...
Our other weekly Treeleaf Zazenkai are ready and available for sitting at any time ... your Zafu is waiting ...
SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: THOUGHTS and EMOTIONS are GOOD ZAZEN too! ... even Houdini needs his chains ...
... and a little riffing by me on Emptiness ... it ain't just empty baby ...
There is no resolution to break, but are you keeping yours? ... SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: The "GOALLESS" ZEN of NEW YEAR's RESOLUTIONS ...
Sat without pain, stretches for hips ... and some greetings from Kakunen too ...
Don't be anxious about being anxious ... Struggling with anxiety during zazen ... no fear ...
Some reflections on the Five Positions ...https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...l=1#post234993
I couldn't think of anything to do without breaking my neck
... Buddhist Zen monks be like...We will be moving ahead today with Norman Fischer's 'What is Zen?' ....
Some creativity in our Treeleaf Art Center ... Creativity ...
Reminder ... Especially for newer folks ... FEELING LOST AROUND THE COMMUNITY? Contact our "Sangha Buddhies" ... friends 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 DURING THE LAST DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):
Gassho, Jundo
SatTodayLAH