I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please sit any time of the week or month with our weekly and monthly Treeleaf Zazenkai ...
Using and possibly misusing Buddhas big and small ... What to do with tiny Buddhas? ...
Another study on possible Negative effects of meditation? ... but not all "negatives" are the same ...
A question about Numb Legs ... it happens to all of us sometimes ...
Learning from the past ... Looking for a book on the History of Buddhism (something that goes beyond the myth)
Not sure about violence done to robots ... it still seems like anger and violence to me ...
Do you ever feel the need to deepen your practice? ... but just where are you going? ...
Buddhism and Belief ... what do you have to do or believe to be a "real" Buddhist? ...
Not one either ... Body and Mind Not Two ...
Some amazing scientific discoveries just during the past few weeks ... read down from here ...
Metta, Angry Thoughts and Politics ... it is too easy to get wrapped up in politics these days ...
We finished up "What is Zen?" in the !no words" book club ... and will soon be returning to the Book of Equanimity ...
5-7-5 ... Zen and Haiku ...
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 sit any time of the week or month with our weekly and monthly Treeleaf Zazenkai ...
Using and possibly misusing Buddhas big and small ... What to do with tiny Buddhas? ...
Another study on possible Negative effects of meditation? ... but not all "negatives" are the same ...
A question about Numb Legs ... it happens to all of us sometimes ...
Learning from the past ... Looking for a book on the History of Buddhism (something that goes beyond the myth)
Not sure about violence done to robots ... it still seems like anger and violence to me ...
Do you ever feel the need to deepen your practice? ... but just where are you going? ...
Buddhism and Belief ... what do you have to do or believe to be a "real" Buddhist? ...
Not one either ... Body and Mind Not Two ...
Some amazing scientific discoveries just during the past few weeks ... read down from here ...
Metta, Angry Thoughts and Politics ... it is too easy to get wrapped up in politics these days ...
We finished up "What is Zen?" in the !no words" book club ... and will soon be returning to the Book of Equanimity ...
5-7-5 ... Zen and Haiku ...
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
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