I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please sit our monthly Zazenkai, this time guided by Kyonin who is visiting Japan from Mexico ... Ole! ....
More on Kyonin's visit, and his days of Sesshin at Antaiji ... KYONIN (and Jundo's) TRAVEL DIARY in JAPAN ... including fire walking mountain monks and lots of Giant Buddhas ...
Notice that we added threads for various "during the week" sittings, long and short, by our priests here, stickied at the top ... (Kyonin will be there too when back from travels) ...
... and those, and some other sittings hosted by some of our long time members, are also found on our Treeleaf Calendar ...
We keep living simply in the "Simple Living" Practice Circle ... this week, a bit of play-acting and forgetting the future ...
For the Jukai crowd, and anybody at all (all are welcome to join in) interested in a peaceful, non-violent life ... a Precept that is just killer ... PRECEPTS III - To Refrain From Taking Life ...
Also, the Ango folks keep supporting each other in all kinds of ways ...
0ryoki "Just Enough" meal ritual practice continues for those who do not live by bread alone ...
And the healing Tonglen Practice Circle as well ... bringing a little peace to heart, and out into the world.
Life is an art, and art is life ... in the Treeleaf Art Circle ... Zen of Creativity Chapter 8 ...
Ah, people are just people, at work, in families, even in monasteries ... Kindness again when you been hurt ...
We will be closing the election process in a day or so ... Nomination of Byokan for Treeleaf Donations Committee ...
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 our monthly Zazenkai, this time guided by Kyonin who is visiting Japan from Mexico ... Ole! ....
More on Kyonin's visit, and his days of Sesshin at Antaiji ... KYONIN (and Jundo's) TRAVEL DIARY in JAPAN ... including fire walking mountain monks and lots of Giant Buddhas ...
Notice that we added threads for various "during the week" sittings, long and short, by our priests here, stickied at the top ... (Kyonin will be there too when back from travels) ...
... and those, and some other sittings hosted by some of our long time members, are also found on our Treeleaf Calendar ...
We keep living simply in the "Simple Living" Practice Circle ... this week, a bit of play-acting and forgetting the future ...
For the Jukai crowd, and anybody at all (all are welcome to join in) interested in a peaceful, non-violent life ... a Precept that is just killer ... PRECEPTS III - To Refrain From Taking Life ...
Also, the Ango folks keep supporting each other in all kinds of ways ...
0ryoki "Just Enough" meal ritual practice continues for those who do not live by bread alone ...
And the healing Tonglen Practice Circle as well ... bringing a little peace to heart, and out into the world.
Life is an art, and art is life ... in the Treeleaf Art Circle ... Zen of Creativity Chapter 8 ...
Ah, people are just people, at work, in families, even in monasteries ... Kindness again when you been hurt ...
We will be closing the election process in a day or so ... Nomination of Byokan for Treeleaf Donations Committee ...
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