I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please sit, any place and time, our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ... as well as others sittings during the week ...
Some new groups around Treeleaf ... our Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony - Ryaku Fusatsu ... gettin' clean when we been bad ...
Creations galore in our Treeleaf Arts & Music Circle ... including voice, prose, poetry, painting, beats and more ...
Our 'How to be Sick' Study and Practice Group is ongoing ... for those who face illness, and those who love and care for them ...
The Treeleaf "No Words" Book Club is turning pages again ... Zen Women: Chapter 5, pages 64-74 ...
How to find joy? ... it is not a matter of always feeling joyous and bubbly all the time ... (although those times are good too) ...
This topic really makes me hot under the collar ... Letting Go of Anger ... some really good advice and tips from folks ...
And example of Zazen's power at a really scary moment ... The Zen of Sleep Paralysis ... zen beats the succubus! ...
How to get over feelings of inadequacy and worthlessness? ... Start by sitting, knowing all things as shining jewels of infinite worth ...
What a precious gift is Horin's reflection on What a precious gift ...
All of our Practice, including our Metta verses, express Mudita or "sympathetic joy" ...
For Dogen geeks ... Dogen and Seng Ts"an ... yes, DJ Dogen sampled the golden oldies ...
Zen has more weird musical instruments than a Star Wars dance hall ... A question about bells and clappers
Hey, "Zen Master's Dance" was in Tricycle ... I am trying to stay equanimious about it!
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'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 43 ... Instructions for the Cook ... how to cook your life into something tasty ...
Heiso takes a seat on the Treeleaf Donation Oversight and Expenditure Committee ... Thank you, Heiso ...
You may notice that we rearranged the shelves in our "Practices" area to make some things more visible (they were always there) ... our "Metta" and "Nuturing Seeds" and "At Home Liturgy" recommended practices ... Shokai's 108 Gates ...
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, any place and time, our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ... as well as others sittings during the week ...
Some new groups around Treeleaf ... our Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony - Ryaku Fusatsu ... gettin' clean when we been bad ...
Creations galore in our Treeleaf Arts & Music Circle ... including voice, prose, poetry, painting, beats and more ...
Our 'How to be Sick' Study and Practice Group is ongoing ... for those who face illness, and those who love and care for them ...
The Treeleaf "No Words" Book Club is turning pages again ... Zen Women: Chapter 5, pages 64-74 ...
How to find joy? ... it is not a matter of always feeling joyous and bubbly all the time ... (although those times are good too) ...
This topic really makes me hot under the collar ... Letting Go of Anger ... some really good advice and tips from folks ...
And example of Zazen's power at a really scary moment ... The Zen of Sleep Paralysis ... zen beats the succubus! ...
How to get over feelings of inadequacy and worthlessness? ... Start by sitting, knowing all things as shining jewels of infinite worth ...
What a precious gift is Horin's reflection on What a precious gift ...
All of our Practice, including our Metta verses, express Mudita or "sympathetic joy" ...
For Dogen geeks ... Dogen and Seng Ts"an ... yes, DJ Dogen sampled the golden oldies ...
Zen has more weird musical instruments than a Star Wars dance hall ... A question about bells and clappers
Hey, "Zen Master's Dance" was in Tricycle ... I am trying to stay equanimious about it!
...
'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 43 ... Instructions for the Cook ... how to cook your life into something tasty ...
Heiso takes a seat on the Treeleaf Donation Oversight and Expenditure Committee ... Thank you, Heiso ...
You may notice that we rearranged the shelves in our "Practices" area to make some things more visible (they were always there) ... our "Metta" and "Nuturing Seeds" and "At Home Liturgy" recommended practices ... Shokai's 108 Gates ...
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