I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today .
Not a rule, just a request ... please try to keep comments short, more or less three sentences as a practice in terseness and simplicity ... unless you need to say more (in which case ... say what you need) ... "Three Sacred Sentences" Practice ...
Remember that Ango and Jukai Season begins next weekend! .... and you are invited:
Please sit our Silent Zazenkai ... no words, only the sound of bells and wooden drums ...
Does Practice help get us past opinions and disagreements? ... and is Shikantaza the best or all Practices? ...
Likewise, Attachment to Desires and Preferences ... Zen folks are allowed desires and preferences, but how? ...
And how does one get into the habit of the Meal Chant, and Metta Practice, if wishing to undertake those? ...
Kakunen sends us a short video on Antaiji temple, where he trained for quite some time ...
A quote from the Dhammapada on Mindfulness and Heedlessness, the Deathless and death ... what might it mean? ...
Where does Chop wood, Carry water come from ... besides where all things come from ... ?
More history: Did buddha really teach zazen or is it from bodhidharma? ... yes, no, both and neither ...
My Dharma Brother Gustav's book is Back in Print: My Christian Journey with Zen ... he's a Zen teacher and Lutheran priest ...
.. and also ... another Christian fellow with Zen spirit ... Thomas Merton in Emergence Magazine
A tv series on alternative medicine ... pros, cons, good effects and downright con jobs and dangers ... (Un)well ...
Facing a tough decision in life ... Zazen is not about forcing it to be blissful ...
In the "no words" book club ... Zen Women: Chapter 4 ...
A new Tea House starts ... first and third Sunday of each month ... The Floating Tea House ... drop on in ...
Tonglen Practice Circle 30 August 2020 ... or any time ...
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
Not a rule, just a request ... please try to keep comments short, more or less three sentences as a practice in terseness and simplicity ... unless you need to say more (in which case ... say what you need) ... "Three Sacred Sentences" Practice ...
Remember that Ango and Jukai Season begins next weekend! .... and you are invited:
ANNOUNCEMENT: It's JUKAI TIME .... 2020!
ANNOUNCEMENT: Treeleaf 'ANGO' (The 90 Days) --2020--
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...0-Days%29-2020
ANNOUNCEMENT: Treeleaf 'ANGO' (The 90 Days) --2020--
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...0-Days%29-2020
Please sit our Silent Zazenkai ... no words, only the sound of bells and wooden drums ...
Does Practice help get us past opinions and disagreements? ... and is Shikantaza the best or all Practices? ...
Likewise, Attachment to Desires and Preferences ... Zen folks are allowed desires and preferences, but how? ...
And how does one get into the habit of the Meal Chant, and Metta Practice, if wishing to undertake those? ...
Kakunen sends us a short video on Antaiji temple, where he trained for quite some time ...
A quote from the Dhammapada on Mindfulness and Heedlessness, the Deathless and death ... what might it mean? ...
Where does Chop wood, Carry water come from ... besides where all things come from ... ?
More history: Did buddha really teach zazen or is it from bodhidharma? ... yes, no, both and neither ...
My Dharma Brother Gustav's book is Back in Print: My Christian Journey with Zen ... he's a Zen teacher and Lutheran priest ...
.. and also ... another Christian fellow with Zen spirit ... Thomas Merton in Emergence Magazine
A tv series on alternative medicine ... pros, cons, good effects and downright con jobs and dangers ... (Un)well ...
Facing a tough decision in life ... Zazen is not about forcing it to be blissful ...
In the "no words" book club ... Zen Women: Chapter 4 ...
A new Tea House starts ... first and third Sunday of each month ... The Floating Tea House ... drop on in ...
Tonglen Practice Circle 30 August 2020 ... or any time ...
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