I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please join us in looking forward to our Shukke Tokudo Homeleaving Ordination, this coming Saturday. Please watch for information on how to attend and support our new priests in the coming days.
Our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - No Clock Can Be Checked ... about time ... can still be sat any time ...
It is timed with this short essay on time ... No Clock Can Be Checked ...
Washin's Sits for Peace continue from Odessa ... which has been hit by terrible bombings in recent days ...
Rev. Jinkan sends word and beautiful calligraphy even as he is not so well right now ... We love you Jin ...
Where the practice meets the hard road ... When things go sideways...
... From cushion to daily life ...
A question about the Four Guardians ... our Buddhist "Guardians of the Galaxy" ... Joros ...
In our EcoDharma group ... [Ecodharma] Take The Jump ...
... and ... (EcoDharma) Active Hope Chapter 13 ...
The 'no words' book club ... really good advice ... [Challenging Times] -(12)- A Bumpy Ride with Dukkha - Isshin Havens
Zen of the Future ... [FutureBuddha (44)] DATA-KAYA BUDDHA (PART I) ...
... [FutureBuddha (44)] DATA-KAYA BUDDHA (PART II) ...
Zen 'Non-Calligraphy' with Geika ... One Line ... give it a try, no art experience required ...
On the Podcast ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Ep. 105: The Monk with a Mortgage ... from which I earn no money to help the mortgage ...
Tonglen Practice Circle - Sunday, July 30th, 2023 ... but joinable any time after ...
And there will be ... Ryaku Fusatsu - Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 ... getting clean ...
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!)
As a powerful Zen practice about not falling into words and thoughts, simplifying ideas, not getting tangled, we ask people to keep sentences few in posting. However, it is not some law or hard rule at all. If someone really has something in their heart to say, and it is vital and cannot be said more concisely or silently, then say what one is called to say: In such case, no limit on words needed.
As well, 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
(Sorry to run long)
SatTodayLAH
tsuku.jpg
Please join us in looking forward to our Shukke Tokudo Homeleaving Ordination, this coming Saturday. Please watch for information on how to attend and support our new priests in the coming days.
Our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - No Clock Can Be Checked ... about time ... can still be sat any time ...
It is timed with this short essay on time ... No Clock Can Be Checked ...
Washin's Sits for Peace continue from Odessa ... which has been hit by terrible bombings in recent days ...
Rev. Jinkan sends word and beautiful calligraphy even as he is not so well right now ... We love you Jin ...
Where the practice meets the hard road ... When things go sideways...
... From cushion to daily life ...
A question about the Four Guardians ... our Buddhist "Guardians of the Galaxy" ... Joros ...
In our EcoDharma group ... [Ecodharma] Take The Jump ...
... and ... (EcoDharma) Active Hope Chapter 13 ...
The 'no words' book club ... really good advice ... [Challenging Times] -(12)- A Bumpy Ride with Dukkha - Isshin Havens
Zen of the Future ... [FutureBuddha (44)] DATA-KAYA BUDDHA (PART I) ...
... [FutureBuddha (44)] DATA-KAYA BUDDHA (PART II) ...
Zen 'Non-Calligraphy' with Geika ... One Line ... give it a try, no art experience required ...
On the Podcast ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Ep. 105: The Monk with a Mortgage ... from which I earn no money to help the mortgage ...
Tonglen Practice Circle - Sunday, July 30th, 2023 ... but joinable any time after ...
And there will be ... Ryaku Fusatsu - Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 ... getting clean ...
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!)
As a powerful Zen practice about not falling into words and thoughts, simplifying ideas, not getting tangled, we ask people to keep sentences few in posting. However, it is not some law or hard rule at all. If someone really has something in their heart to say, and it is vital and cannot be said more concisely or silently, then say what one is called to say: In such case, no limit on words needed.
A Request to Sangha Members: "Three Sacred Sentences" Practice
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ences-Practice
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ences-Practice
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As well, 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
(Sorry to run long)
SatTodayLAH
tsuku.jpg