I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
For our Juikai-guys ... PRECEPTS II - the THREE PURE PRECEPTS ... our reading for the next two weeks ...
Our Zazenkai this week had a talk on Zen Practice as "Embodiment" (from about 56:30) ... please sit-a-long if you can ...
... and I will also be doing some short postings on "body practice" and embodiment ... here's the first ... Zen as Embodiment (1) - Posture Misunderstood
Many other sittings throughout the week ...
... and on the calendar ...
When to use Buddhist copied media online ... Pirated Books within Ethical Context of Refraining from Stealing ...
Middle way, not too loose and not too tight ... Perfectionism and over-effort during zazen and in life ...
Practice, time and self-discipline ... Difficulty with Practice on the Weekend/When I Have More Time ...
Do priests need to have shaved heads? ... well, no, but it is a good thing ...
Can Dharma transmission be revoked? ... well, no, but yes, ... nobody knows! ...
I can zazen on a hike. I can zazen on a bike...? ... well yes, but no (because there is something special about sitting still) ...
Zazen with closed eyes? ... well, generally not, absent real medical reason (because we stay open to the world even in sitting) ...
Nagarjuna question : why is emptiness "therapeutic" ? ... because in wholeness, darn hard to have friction, neurosis and conflict ...
I really wag a finger at Stephen Batchelor ... Enlightenment's Real (Batchelor Foolish) but forget "Enlightenment" ...
Ah, the "good ol' days" when the Abbot's word was law
... Teachers & Students in the Modern, Western Sangha ...
A very nice little something from Horin on Rakusu sewing ... About centers and bleeding fingers ... ouch! ...
ttps://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?18148-About-centers-and-bleeding-fingers&p=271715&viewfull=1#post271715
Also beautiful and powerful ... Thoughts of someone who died too young ...
Kokuu reminds us, the world is burning in many ways ... All is Burning ...
This week, the podcast at Treeleaf is about ... Treeleaf! ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 34 ... How an Online Sangha Works
Never too late for Tonglen ... roles right off the tongue too ...
Many ways to give to the hungry and and homeless ... but give ... Buddhism approach to begging and hungry ...
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
For our Juikai-guys ... PRECEPTS II - the THREE PURE PRECEPTS ... our reading for the next two weeks ...
Our Zazenkai this week had a talk on Zen Practice as "Embodiment" (from about 56:30) ... please sit-a-long if you can ...
... and I will also be doing some short postings on "body practice" and embodiment ... here's the first ... Zen as Embodiment (1) - Posture Misunderstood
Many other sittings throughout the week ...
... and on the calendar ...
When to use Buddhist copied media online ... Pirated Books within Ethical Context of Refraining from Stealing ...
Middle way, not too loose and not too tight ... Perfectionism and over-effort during zazen and in life ...
Practice, time and self-discipline ... Difficulty with Practice on the Weekend/When I Have More Time ...
Do priests need to have shaved heads? ... well, no, but it is a good thing ...
Can Dharma transmission be revoked? ... well, no, but yes, ... nobody knows! ...
I can zazen on a hike. I can zazen on a bike...? ... well yes, but no (because there is something special about sitting still) ...
Zazen with closed eyes? ... well, generally not, absent real medical reason (because we stay open to the world even in sitting) ...
Nagarjuna question : why is emptiness "therapeutic" ? ... because in wholeness, darn hard to have friction, neurosis and conflict ...
I really wag a finger at Stephen Batchelor ... Enlightenment's Real (Batchelor Foolish) but forget "Enlightenment" ...
Ah, the "good ol' days" when the Abbot's word was law
... Teachers & Students in the Modern, Western Sangha ...
A very nice little something from Horin on Rakusu sewing ... About centers and bleeding fingers ... ouch! ...
ttps://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?18148-About-centers-and-bleeding-fingers&p=271715&viewfull=1#post271715
Also beautiful and powerful ... Thoughts of someone who died too young ...
Kokuu reminds us, the world is burning in many ways ... All is Burning ...
This week, the podcast at Treeleaf is about ... Treeleaf! ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 34 ... How an Online Sangha Works
Never too late for Tonglen ... roles right off the tongue too ...
Many ways to give to the hungry and and homeless ... but give ... Buddhism approach to begging and hungry ...
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