I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please sit with any of our recent Treeleaf Zazenkai ...
Including our memorial Zazenkai and Home Ceremony for family and friends who have died ... Always here, we remember ...
and
ANNOUNCEMENT: The RETURN of the Treeleaf "DAILY WISDOM/Dharma Leafs" Phone APP ! ... a little daily wisdom during our busy day ...
Practice without a teacher or sangha ... a good idea? ...
Is natural awareness the same as Zazen? ... there are some important differences ...
Look for a new weekly Zazen group online hosted by Tokan from New Zealand ...
... and one soon hosted by Doyu ...
A mistrust when sitting ... Shikantaza requires a special kind of trust ...
This happened while in zazen ... a message from Kyonin ...
Upcoming next week ... ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai SUNDAY Feb. 23rd with Rev. Kenshin Catherine Cascade ...
A Podcast interview with Kokuu ... about living with chronic health issues ...
A reminder that our Zen Parenting Circle is up and running ... and you don't even need to be a parent to join in ...
... connected to that ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 18 .... The Zen of Kids! ...
Simple living ... do something nice, and don't get angry ...
For the artsy fartsies ... A Special Guest Zen of Creativity Chapter 12 ...
And we have restarted the "No Words" book club with Realizing Genjo Koan ...
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 with any of our recent Treeleaf Zazenkai ...
Including our memorial Zazenkai and Home Ceremony for family and friends who have died ... Always here, we remember ...
and
ANNOUNCEMENT: The RETURN of the Treeleaf "DAILY WISDOM/Dharma Leafs" Phone APP ! ... a little daily wisdom during our busy day ...
Practice without a teacher or sangha ... a good idea? ...
Is natural awareness the same as Zazen? ... there are some important differences ...
Look for a new weekly Zazen group online hosted by Tokan from New Zealand ...
... and one soon hosted by Doyu ...
A mistrust when sitting ... Shikantaza requires a special kind of trust ...
This happened while in zazen ... a message from Kyonin ...
Upcoming next week ... ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai SUNDAY Feb. 23rd with Rev. Kenshin Catherine Cascade ...
A Podcast interview with Kokuu ... about living with chronic health issues ...
A reminder that our Zen Parenting Circle is up and running ... and you don't even need to be a parent to join in ...
... connected to that ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 18 .... The Zen of Kids! ...
Simple living ... do something nice, and don't get angry ...
For the artsy fartsies ... A Special Guest Zen of Creativity Chapter 12 ...
And we have restarted the "No Words" book club with Realizing Genjo Koan ...
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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