I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Do sit, any time, our latest Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - Zazen, like Smoke from Incense ...
... which featured a little talk based on this little essay ... Thoughts-without-Thoughts: Incense Smoke in the Room ...
Tricycle Magazine was nice enough to publish my Schrödinger's Cat, Nansen's Cat essay from awhile back ...
It is true ... Shikantaza Feels So Good ... but never forget that it's Good even when it doesn't ...
A question about Theravadan vs Mahayana Understanding of No-Self ... but even the question is empty ...
In our Zen of Health Ailments Practice Group ... the Turning Suffering Inside Out discussions are moving along healthily ...
Our Grass Roof Tea House meets twice a month ... do join, if time and time zones allow ...
Tonglen happens all the time ... good for the heart ...
Recommit (if you first commit) any time ... our traditional RYAKU FUSATSU - Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ...
Washin keeps the candle lit ... alas, now entering the third year ... Sit For Peace ...
Two-thirds home ... not too late to join ... The 108 GATES of DHARMA ILLUMINATION with Shokai
For science minded folks ... This Week's Science News has some really wild stuff ... WOW! ...
And my essay, soon to be a book I hope, on ... 10 Amazing Lucky Breaks Leading to You ... We're life's lucky ducks ...
And available now, hopefully 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
Do sit, any time, our latest Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - Zazen, like Smoke from Incense ...
... which featured a little talk based on this little essay ... Thoughts-without-Thoughts: Incense Smoke in the Room ...
Tricycle Magazine was nice enough to publish my Schrödinger's Cat, Nansen's Cat essay from awhile back ...
It is true ... Shikantaza Feels So Good ... but never forget that it's Good even when it doesn't ...
A question about Theravadan vs Mahayana Understanding of No-Self ... but even the question is empty ...
In our Zen of Health Ailments Practice Group ... the Turning Suffering Inside Out discussions are moving along healthily ...
Our Grass Roof Tea House meets twice a month ... do join, if time and time zones allow ...
Tonglen happens all the time ... good for the heart ...
Recommit (if you first commit) any time ... our traditional RYAKU FUSATSU - Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ...
Washin keeps the candle lit ... alas, now entering the third year ... Sit For Peace ...
Two-thirds home ... not too late to join ... The 108 GATES of DHARMA ILLUMINATION with Shokai
For science minded folks ... This Week's Science News has some really wild stuff ... WOW! ...
And my essay, soon to be a book I hope, on ... 10 Amazing Lucky Breaks Leading to You ... We're life's lucky ducks ...
And available now, hopefully 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