I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Remembering family, friends ... Our SPECIAL "NEHAN-E" ZAZENKAI! ... What are their true "relics" left to us? ...
Also, a warm remembrance for your family at home ... our Parinirvana Memorial ...
A very different kind of loss of a friend ... February 9-10th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - When Friends Disappoint ... ...
My talk is also here ... Jundo Talk: When Friends Disappoint ...
It is based on this sad discovery, someone we trusted, tried to help in their supposed illness and suffering ...
and
Kokuu begins his facilitation of ... [HealthDharma] Turning Suffering Inside Out, chapter one, part one (p3-14) ...
Rev. Shokai keeps opening doors ... The 108 GATES of DHARMA ILLUMINATION with Shokai ... now more than half-way home ...
Washin sits for peace, with Zazen a message of healing for the Ukranian people and the world ...
Are we secular, religious, both or neither? ... Secular/Religious Buddhism, which are we? ...
What is in a name? ... What are Novice Monks Called in Vietnamese? ... and in Japanese too ...
What does it mean to not be wrapped in thoughts? ... Is it Pushing away thoughts vs bringing your focus back to the present moment???
To walk away from suffering is sometimes just to not dive in ... Walk away from war ...
Zazen sitting for knee pain ... OUCH!! ...
Is American Zen — a Cult? ... if you ever find any signs of being a harmful cult around here ... RUN!!!! ...
And, available now and into the far far future ... my new book ... BUILDING the FUTURE BUDDHA: The Zen of A.I., Genes, Saving the World, and Travel to the Stars ... Please do me a favor and post an Amazon review if your feel like it (it all helps) ...
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
[url]https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show
Remembering family, friends ... Our SPECIAL "NEHAN-E" ZAZENKAI! ... What are their true "relics" left to us? ...
Also, a warm remembrance for your family at home ... our Parinirvana Memorial ...
A very different kind of loss of a friend ... February 9-10th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - When Friends Disappoint ... ...
My talk is also here ... Jundo Talk: When Friends Disappoint ...
It is based on this sad discovery, someone we trusted, tried to help in their supposed illness and suffering ...
and
Kokuu begins his facilitation of ... [HealthDharma] Turning Suffering Inside Out, chapter one, part one (p3-14) ...
Rev. Shokai keeps opening doors ... The 108 GATES of DHARMA ILLUMINATION with Shokai ... now more than half-way home ...
Washin sits for peace, with Zazen a message of healing for the Ukranian people and the world ...
Are we secular, religious, both or neither? ... Secular/Religious Buddhism, which are we? ...
What is in a name? ... What are Novice Monks Called in Vietnamese? ... and in Japanese too ...
What does it mean to not be wrapped in thoughts? ... Is it Pushing away thoughts vs bringing your focus back to the present moment???
To walk away from suffering is sometimes just to not dive in ... Walk away from war ...
Zazen sitting for knee pain ... OUCH!! ...
Is American Zen — a Cult? ... if you ever find any signs of being a harmful cult around here ... RUN!!!! ...
And, available now and into the far far future ... my new book ... BUILDING the FUTURE BUDDHA: The Zen of A.I., Genes, Saving the World, and Travel to the Stars ... Please do me a favor and post an Amazon review if your feel like it (it all helps) ...
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
[url]https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show