June 21st recommended threads

I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...

On counting the breaths during Zazen ...

Zazen only a drop in the bucket? - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9797-Zazen-only-a-drop-in-the-bucket&p=79182&viewfull=1#post79182

I'd like to hear people's thoughts on this one... I am sitting more regularly (people who've heard me say that 30 times please ignore that statement), and learning to drop thoughts in a way I thought was good enough, but I am really having lots of chatter going on and on in my head. Not the schizophrenic type of chatter, but

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Zazen only a drop in the bucket? - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9797-Zazen-only-a-drop-in-the-bucket&p=79192&viewfull=1#post79192

On sitting in a tranquil place ...

Zazen only a drop in the bucket? - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9797-Zazen-only-a-drop-in-the-bucket&p=79207&viewfull=1#post79207

On the best times (any times and no times) to sit ...

The hour of sitting - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9809-The-hour-of-sitting&p=79194#post79194

Lately i had this wondering. what times do people sit? and how the chosen time effects their zazen. I sit daily. but i usually sit quite late, around 23:00-24:00 (i dont go sleep early most days). usually a little before bed and after my wife went to sleep and i've finished with everything i wanted to do (including a lot of

Gassho, J