I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
We have had weekly and monthly Treeleaf Zazenkai ... still available for sitting any time ...
In Jukai Precept reflections ... PRECEPTS IV - To Refrain from Stealing ... the Precepts belong to everyone ...
... and a little request to our Jukai folks ... Please Do Participate in Precept Discussions ... Even a Bit ...
And another request for Treeleafers (except very new folks and those facing other obstacles) ...
We are asking (most) folks to both LAH and SAT before coming to CHAT on the forum ... this explains why:
... and here is a short talk explaining why LAH and SAT help you, but are never about you! ...
With all the violence and ugliness in the world right now ... Jundo: Beauty in a Time of Ugliness ...
Someone especially feeling the suffering in the world recently ... The Koan of Life ...
And a reminder ... any time, any place, is the right time and place ... Jundo: What is the best time for Zazen? ...
A time for baseball, a time for football ... but avoid bootball ... Mixing Zazen with Insight Meditation, Separate Sits
Acquiring a Zafu, making a Zafu ... but ultimately, something supportive to sit on ... Black zafu with white stripe ...
A sitter gets the feeling back ... Foot/Leg numbness
What's this about "Saving ALL Sentient Beings?" ... I have all the answers ...
Some advice on quitting Addiction to smoking ... it grabs hold of even Zen masters sometimes ...
Something for the world ... [Ecodharma] Ecodharma Exploration and Ecosattva training ...
For those practicing with chronic illness, and those who care for them ... much happening in our Zen of Health Ailments, in Body and Mind, Practice Group...
In the No Words Book Club ... [Challenging Times] -(18)- Finding Peace - Diane Shoshin Fitzgerald ... also fitting for a world at war ...
Tonglen is something to get your tongue into ...
The Treeleaf Podcast features a bit more of our Master Dogen's Genjo Koan series ...
Lastly ... My New Book Soon to be Published
And DON'T FORGET! ... the experiment continues, and we need you! ... REQUEST - SatToday & Lend-A-Hand: Please LAH and SAT before CHAT!
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.
Gassho, Jundo
(Sorry to run long)
SatTodayLAH
We have had weekly and monthly Treeleaf Zazenkai ... still available for sitting any time ...
In Jukai Precept reflections ... PRECEPTS IV - To Refrain from Stealing ... the Precepts belong to everyone ...
... and a little request to our Jukai folks ... Please Do Participate in Precept Discussions ... Even a Bit ...
And another request for Treeleafers (except very new folks and those facing other obstacles) ...
We are asking (most) folks to both LAH and SAT before coming to CHAT on the forum ... this explains why:
... and here is a short talk explaining why LAH and SAT help you, but are never about you! ...
With all the violence and ugliness in the world right now ... Jundo: Beauty in a Time of Ugliness ...
Someone especially feeling the suffering in the world recently ... The Koan of Life ...
And a reminder ... any time, any place, is the right time and place ... Jundo: What is the best time for Zazen? ...
A time for baseball, a time for football ... but avoid bootball ... Mixing Zazen with Insight Meditation, Separate Sits
Acquiring a Zafu, making a Zafu ... but ultimately, something supportive to sit on ... Black zafu with white stripe ...
A sitter gets the feeling back ... Foot/Leg numbness
What's this about "Saving ALL Sentient Beings?" ... I have all the answers ...
Some advice on quitting Addiction to smoking ... it grabs hold of even Zen masters sometimes ...
Something for the world ... [Ecodharma] Ecodharma Exploration and Ecosattva training ...
For those practicing with chronic illness, and those who care for them ... much happening in our Zen of Health Ailments, in Body and Mind, Practice Group...
In the No Words Book Club ... [Challenging Times] -(18)- Finding Peace - Diane Shoshin Fitzgerald ... also fitting for a world at war ...
Tonglen is something to get your tongue into ...
The Treeleaf Podcast features a bit more of our Master Dogen's Genjo Koan series ...
Lastly ... My New Book Soon to be Published
And DON'T FORGET! ... the experiment continues, and we need you! ... REQUEST - SatToday & Lend-A-Hand: Please LAH and SAT before CHAT!
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.
Gassho, Jundo
(Sorry to run long)
SatTodayLAH