I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ..
It began as a river, but ultimately was for the birds ... Please sit our May 17-18th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - Life is a River, This World is a River ...
You can join the Zen Talk here ... offered by our visiting Barn Swallows ... Birds In The Zendo ...
Our Sunday Sittings for Peace continue ... as war sadly continues ...
A claim of realization ... but appraise with time and care ... i did it. this is what all the zen masters spoke of ...
The intersection of pain and realization ... Form, emptiness, sensations, perceptions, more emptiness ...
Are we are thoughts? ... Don't get caught in them, nor even in thinking about this question! ... You are not your thoughts? Or No separation between them? ...
How to stay motivated, in a practice with "nothing to attain?" ... Struggling with Motivation: Zen Insights? ...
The thread includes a repost with what I wish to be my final words in life ... something I remind myself of each day ... WHAT's NEXT!?! ...
Introducing Antonio's iShakyo App ... I haven't been able to try it, but he tells me he is working on an Android version ... sounds like a wonderful idea ...
Some members are starting local sitting groups ... and we have resources to help ... Introducing zazen at my work ...
Some lovely LAH (Lend-A-Hand) inspirations in our GOJO thread ...
Let us celebrate the Buffalo ... [Ecodharma]What the planet needs - fewer cars, more bison! ...
The good practice with health issues continues ... not too late to join in ... [HealthDharma] Turning Suffering Inside Out, chapter seven, part one ...
Never too early or too late for ... Tonglen ...
Coming this Friday too (although also available any time) ... The Treeleaf Ryaku Fusatsu Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ...
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) ...
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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
* * *
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
It began as a river, but ultimately was for the birds ... Please sit our May 17-18th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - Life is a River, This World is a River ...
You can join the Zen Talk here ... offered by our visiting Barn Swallows ... Birds In The Zendo ...
Our Sunday Sittings for Peace continue ... as war sadly continues ...
A claim of realization ... but appraise with time and care ... i did it. this is what all the zen masters spoke of ...
The intersection of pain and realization ... Form, emptiness, sensations, perceptions, more emptiness ...
Are we are thoughts? ... Don't get caught in them, nor even in thinking about this question! ... You are not your thoughts? Or No separation between them? ...
How to stay motivated, in a practice with "nothing to attain?" ... Struggling with Motivation: Zen Insights? ...
The thread includes a repost with what I wish to be my final words in life ... something I remind myself of each day ... WHAT's NEXT!?! ...
Introducing Antonio's iShakyo App ... I haven't been able to try it, but he tells me he is working on an Android version ... sounds like a wonderful idea ...
Some members are starting local sitting groups ... and we have resources to help ... Introducing zazen at my work ...
Some lovely LAH (Lend-A-Hand) inspirations in our GOJO thread ...
Let us celebrate the Buffalo ... [Ecodharma]What the planet needs - fewer cars, more bison! ...
The good practice with health issues continues ... not too late to join in ... [HealthDharma] Turning Suffering Inside Out, chapter seven, part one ...
Never too early or too late for ... Tonglen ...
Coming this Friday too (although also available any time) ... The Treeleaf Ryaku Fusatsu Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ...
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) ...
xd4xnsekldb8.jpgAnd 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
* * *
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
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