I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Welcoming the New and honoring the traditional ... sit anytime our Our NEW YEAR 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI- COME CELEBRATE A NEW THIS MOMENT!
And our special Zazen and Talk with Zen Teacher Heiku Jaime Mcleod ...
Everyone is average, above and below in some way ... and all are shining jewels too ... Perfectly average at Zen
Also, never to late to sit Zazen, as the days now grow longer ... our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - Celebrating Winter Solstice ...
The ordinary is sacred, and everything is a miracle ... a gift from Shokai ... Just Another Ordinary Miracle ...
And another miraculous reminder from David Attenborough ... A Prefect Planet ...
Speaking of miracles ... on the Zen-of-Everything Podcast ... Miracles! ...
Drop away human measures of big and small ... Thoughts on Ego & The Cosmic Scale ...
A great reminder on Zazen from Homeless Kodo ... Kodo Sawaki on Transparent self ...
A question on being mindful all the time ...
Coming soon ... hosted by Kokuu, assisted by Onka ... How to be Sick Study Group ...
The last Precept is really also the first ... PRECEPTS XII - To Refrain from Disparaging the 3 Treasures ...
A Newbie Question: Jukai and Dokusan ... (and don't worry about asking "newbie questions"!
) ...
Tonglen has been happening too ...
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
Welcoming the New and honoring the traditional ... sit anytime our Our NEW YEAR 4-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI- COME CELEBRATE A NEW THIS MOMENT!
And our special Zazen and Talk with Zen Teacher Heiku Jaime Mcleod ...
Everyone is average, above and below in some way ... and all are shining jewels too ... Perfectly average at Zen
Also, never to late to sit Zazen, as the days now grow longer ... our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - Celebrating Winter Solstice ...
The ordinary is sacred, and everything is a miracle ... a gift from Shokai ... Just Another Ordinary Miracle ...
And another miraculous reminder from David Attenborough ... A Prefect Planet ...
Speaking of miracles ... on the Zen-of-Everything Podcast ... Miracles! ...
Drop away human measures of big and small ... Thoughts on Ego & The Cosmic Scale ...
A great reminder on Zazen from Homeless Kodo ... Kodo Sawaki on Transparent self ...
A question on being mindful all the time ...
Coming soon ... hosted by Kokuu, assisted by Onka ... How to be Sick Study Group ...
The last Precept is really also the first ... PRECEPTS XII - To Refrain from Disparaging the 3 Treasures ...
A Newbie Question: Jukai and Dokusan ... (and don't worry about asking "newbie questions"!
) ...
Tonglen has been happening too ...
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