I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Our monthly Treeleaf Zazenkai ... celebrating Buddha's Birthday ... reflecting on Master Keizan's Yojinki ...
... the Zazen-Yokinki talks also available in podcast ...
Shokai brings it home ... another year's cycle ... The 109th of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination ...
Sittings for peace continue ... even as peace seems far away ... Sunday Zazen for Peace, with Washin in Ukraine ...
Still true today ... WHAT's OFTEN MISSING in SHIKANTAZA EXPLANATIONS ...
Question about the Precept on intoxication and alcohol ... you may be surprised at the Japanese response ...
Things as they are ... the light through the leaves ... Movie Recommendation: Perfect Days ...
Some Confusion ... on practicing Zen with some Christian and like religious beliefs ... no problem, if you ask me ... https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...2599-Confusion
But some beliefs are just wacky, if not dangerous ... if you ask me ... I Hesitate to Criticize Other's Religious Practices ...
A news article on Life and Death in Buddhism ... lovely, although maybe missing some aspects ...
Keep turning those pages ... [HealthDharma] Turning Suffering Inside Out, chapter four, part two ...
Tonglen ... you will be "Tonglen glad you did" ...
I was a guest ... My Interview: Imperfect Buddha Podcast ... about the future of Buddhism and the world ...
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
Our monthly Treeleaf Zazenkai ... celebrating Buddha's Birthday ... reflecting on Master Keizan's Yojinki ...
... the Zazen-Yokinki talks also available in podcast ...
Shokai brings it home ... another year's cycle ... The 109th of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination ...
Sittings for peace continue ... even as peace seems far away ... Sunday Zazen for Peace, with Washin in Ukraine ...
Still true today ... WHAT's OFTEN MISSING in SHIKANTAZA EXPLANATIONS ...
Question about the Precept on intoxication and alcohol ... you may be surprised at the Japanese response ...
Things as they are ... the light through the leaves ... Movie Recommendation: Perfect Days ...
Some Confusion ... on practicing Zen with some Christian and like religious beliefs ... no problem, if you ask me ... https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...2599-Confusion
But some beliefs are just wacky, if not dangerous ... if you ask me ... I Hesitate to Criticize Other's Religious Practices ...
A news article on Life and Death in Buddhism ... lovely, although maybe missing some aspects ...
Keep turning those pages ... [HealthDharma] Turning Suffering Inside Out, chapter four, part two ...
Tonglen ... you will be "Tonglen glad you did" ...
I was a guest ... My Interview: Imperfect Buddha Podcast ... about the future of Buddhism and the world ...
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