I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Our annual, 2-Day, all meals included ROHATSU SESSHIN is coming up! ... there weekend of December 7th and 8th ... making the end of our Ango Season ... LINK
Preparatory Mini-Lessons for Rohatsu are posted too ... on eating, bowing, and more ... LINK
In the meantime, please sit our any time, and place Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ... LINK and LINK
And AUSPICIOUS day for our Sangha ... ANNOUNCEMENT: Dharma Transmission of Gidō Kotei ... LINK
The latest Precept reflection ... open to all ... PRECEPTS VIII - To Refrain from Discussing Faults of Others ... LINK
... also ... PRECEPTS VII - To Refrain from Intoxication ... LINK
Tricycle will run this next month, you can catch it here early for free
... Winter Work, Spring Planting, Summer Harvest ... LINK
Rev. Kokuu has a story for the dogs ... Breath-by-breath, bark-by-bark ... LINK
Senior Priest-In-Training Bion brings us lovely reflections on bringing Buddha to life ... Fulfilling the Buddha Way ... LINK
Is incense necessary? ... NO! ... just nice, not needed ... Options for "Fake" Incense ... LINK
Some folks like more holidays, some less ... something to consider this holiday season ... Buddhist Holiday Calendar? ... LINK
Our member Paco has a new podcast, and it is just what it says ... Paco's Peaceful and Pleasurable Podcast ... LINK ... just riffin' ...
In EcoDharma ... Preparing for the End of Growth (video) ... LINK and An Ecodharma perspective on the US election ... LINK
We continue with Blue Cliff Koan reflections ... jump in any time, free to all to play ... Blue Cliff Record (Case 14) Yun Men's Appropriate Statement ... LINK
Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... available now, for the moon is always full ... LINK
Recent weeks' science news is amazing ... more than just this little planet and time ... LINK
And DON'T FORGET! ... the experiment continues, and we need you! ...
REQUEST - SatToday & Lend-A-Hand: Please LAH and SAT before CHAT! (LINK)
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 (LINK)
* * *
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 annual, 2-Day, all meals included ROHATSU SESSHIN is coming up! ... there weekend of December 7th and 8th ... making the end of our Ango Season ... LINK
Preparatory Mini-Lessons for Rohatsu are posted too ... on eating, bowing, and more ... LINK
In the meantime, please sit our any time, and place Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ... LINK and LINK
And AUSPICIOUS day for our Sangha ... ANNOUNCEMENT: Dharma Transmission of Gidō Kotei ... LINK
The latest Precept reflection ... open to all ... PRECEPTS VIII - To Refrain from Discussing Faults of Others ... LINK
... also ... PRECEPTS VII - To Refrain from Intoxication ... LINK
Tricycle will run this next month, you can catch it here early for free
... Winter Work, Spring Planting, Summer Harvest ... LINKRev. Kokuu has a story for the dogs ... Breath-by-breath, bark-by-bark ... LINK
Senior Priest-In-Training Bion brings us lovely reflections on bringing Buddha to life ... Fulfilling the Buddha Way ... LINK
Is incense necessary? ... NO! ... just nice, not needed ... Options for "Fake" Incense ... LINK
Some folks like more holidays, some less ... something to consider this holiday season ... Buddhist Holiday Calendar? ... LINK
Our member Paco has a new podcast, and it is just what it says ... Paco's Peaceful and Pleasurable Podcast ... LINK ... just riffin' ...
In EcoDharma ... Preparing for the End of Growth (video) ... LINK and An Ecodharma perspective on the US election ... LINK
We continue with Blue Cliff Koan reflections ... jump in any time, free to all to play ... Blue Cliff Record (Case 14) Yun Men's Appropriate Statement ... LINK
Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... available now, for the moon is always full ... LINK
Recent weeks' science news is amazing ... more than just this little planet and time ... LINK
And DON'T FORGET! ... the experiment continues, and we need you! ...
REQUEST - SatToday & Lend-A-Hand: Please LAH and SAT before CHAT! (LINK)
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 (LINK)
* * *
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