I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
The whole universe is right where we sit, so please join our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ... any place and any time in space or time ... (thanks to Sekishi and Washin for handling things this week) ...
And, if there is someone in your memory to honor ... Announcement: Parinirvana Memorial & Zazenkai 2021 ... both at home, and at our next Zazenkai ...
As well, a little more ceremony for those who wish ... this coming Saturday ... RYAKU FUSATSU - Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... just be good ...
We see through ego, free ourselves from ego, yet need our ego in a balanced way ... all at once ... Detaching from ego and becoming a hermit in the woods ...
Accepting without accepting ... can we change yet accept things ... Just as they are? ...
Related to this ... a real world situation, how to pursue an employment discrimination claim while keeping a calm heart ... Dealing with forgiveness and envy at work ...
A question about how Koans are danced in the Soto tradition ... and why they are so Koany too ... Koan Teachings? ...
I just want to bump this thread ... a lot of very cool science and discovery just the last few weeks ... The Zen of Technology & Scientific Discovery!
Related to this ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 45 ... Vaccines & Science ... Let's get our shots! ...
On the Treeleaf Podcast: We will have a monthly series on the Heart Sutra during this year ...
We should criticize cults and abusive spiritual teachers ... Soto Zen is not, and should not be, Byron Katie's 'The Work' (A Tentative Conclusion) ...
Discussion on the Zen of Environmental Protection ... cleaning the temple, cleaning the world ... If the world is our temple ...
The No Words Book Club is a page turner ... Voices of Zen Wisdom not sufficiently heard for centuries ...
Zen Women Chapter 6, Pages 87-98 ... not to late to join in ...
All kinds of things cooking in our TREELEAF ARTS & MUSIC CIRCLE ...
People are meeting and greeting in our several Friendly 'Tea Houses' ...
The 108 GATES of DHARMA ILLUMINATION with Shokai ... a Gate a Day we Say come Play
...
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
The whole universe is right where we sit, so please join our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ... any place and any time in space or time ... (thanks to Sekishi and Washin for handling things this week) ...
And, if there is someone in your memory to honor ... Announcement: Parinirvana Memorial & Zazenkai 2021 ... both at home, and at our next Zazenkai ...
As well, a little more ceremony for those who wish ... this coming Saturday ... RYAKU FUSATSU - Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... just be good ...
We see through ego, free ourselves from ego, yet need our ego in a balanced way ... all at once ... Detaching from ego and becoming a hermit in the woods ...
Accepting without accepting ... can we change yet accept things ... Just as they are? ...
Related to this ... a real world situation, how to pursue an employment discrimination claim while keeping a calm heart ... Dealing with forgiveness and envy at work ...
A question about how Koans are danced in the Soto tradition ... and why they are so Koany too ... Koan Teachings? ...
I just want to bump this thread ... a lot of very cool science and discovery just the last few weeks ... The Zen of Technology & Scientific Discovery!
Related to this ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 45 ... Vaccines & Science ... Let's get our shots! ...
On the Treeleaf Podcast: We will have a monthly series on the Heart Sutra during this year ...
We should criticize cults and abusive spiritual teachers ... Soto Zen is not, and should not be, Byron Katie's 'The Work' (A Tentative Conclusion) ...
Discussion on the Zen of Environmental Protection ... cleaning the temple, cleaning the world ... If the world is our temple ...
The No Words Book Club is a page turner ... Voices of Zen Wisdom not sufficiently heard for centuries ...
Zen Women Chapter 6, Pages 87-98 ... not to late to join in ...
All kinds of things cooking in our TREELEAF ARTS & MUSIC CIRCLE ...
People are meeting and greeting in our several Friendly 'Tea Houses' ...
The 108 GATES of DHARMA ILLUMINATION with Shokai ... a Gate a Day we Say come Play
...
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