July 4th recommended threads

Jundo

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July 4th recommended threads

07-05-2012, 02:37 AM

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

A couple of good threads on appreciating parents, just as they are ...

Zen teaching from a Christian

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9878-Zen-teaching-from-a-Christian

Making parents understand Buddhism
Making parents understand Buddhism

... a little about the Buddha's Law and Traffic Laws (Buckle Up!) ...

A karma tale, and a question - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9875-A-karma-tale-and-a-question&p=80450&viewfull=1#post80450

After a long weekend with friends, I left my partner and son “up north” ( our son is attending camp for a week, and my partner is catching up with her friend) and headed back into town for work and an appointment. While driving south on #10 I pulled into a gas station in a quiet little hamlet.. After putting twenty

... and a vital reminder and caution from Taigu (our traffic cop!) ...

I am blooming there as a flower - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9880-I-am-blooming-there-as-a-flower&p=80544#post80544

Shohaku Okumura in his latest book about Zen chants and texts, Living by vow, writes the following (p.167-168): (...) When we see the flower without thinking "this is beautiful" or "What is this flower called?" we really meet the flower itself. When we see the flower without thinking, we find that our life,

Last edited by Jundo; 07-05-2012, 02:45 AM.

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