I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
Our Monthly 4 hours Zazenkai is available to sit any time ... OUR MARCH 4-hour ZAZENKAI- Other Fukanzazengi? - The Lost Tracks
And our weekly 90 minute Zazenkai too ... any place and time ... Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai: Natural Cycles
We welcome two new additions to Treeleaf ... our "Forgotten Voices" LGBT Community Center, featuring a monthly LGBT Peer Support Group Meeting ...
... and also a Mental Health Issues Practice Group guided by Rev. Kokuu, part of our Zen of Health Ailments, in Body and Mind, Practice Group
An essay for Zen History Wonks and Dogen Fans ... on Master's Dogen's "Forgotten" Fukanzazengi ... together with a Treeleaf Podcast episode on the same
223: Revolution in the Ten Directions ... a call for a revolution of left, right, center and all peaceful directions ... living together with respect and tolerance ...
... it follows earlier essays 223: A Buddhist Resistance-NON-Resistance Movement and 223: Good Karma for Change
The sitting continues until this war is done ... Sunday Zazen for Peace, with Washin in Ukraine ... They have suffered heavier attacks recently ...
A question on Holding Anger ... treat it like fire ... use it for light and heat, but don't burn down the house! ...
How to chant and breathe ... Heart sutra and Breathing ... just be natural, as the body needs ...
A lovely response from Rev. Koushi on how to keep ... Beginner's Mind ...
And a very nice talk by Rev. Bion in Unsui's Corner ... The Fruits of Practice ...
Learn from the past, do better today and tomorrow ... Zen and Approaches to dealing with regret ...
Keeping within the school? ... One can mix and match Buddhist practices, but it should be done carefully ...
Wandering off the path ... no problem, and part of the path ... but hopefully we wander back! ...
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The Platform Sutra rolls on with Rev. Kokuu in our No Words Book Club ...
And heading for the home stretch, out of the gate ... The 108 Gates of Dharma Illumination With Shokai ...
Always a good time to renew the Precepts and Vows ... any time ... Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony
And DON'T FORGET! ... the experiment continues, and we need you! ...
REQUEST - SatToday & Lend-A-Hand: Please LAH and SAT before CHAT! (LINK)
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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.
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A Request to Sangha Members: "Three Sacred Sentences" Practice (LINK)
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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
Our Monthly 4 hours Zazenkai is available to sit any time ... OUR MARCH 4-hour ZAZENKAI- Other Fukanzazengi? - The Lost Tracks
And our weekly 90 minute Zazenkai too ... any place and time ... Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai: Natural Cycles
We welcome two new additions to Treeleaf ... our "Forgotten Voices" LGBT Community Center, featuring a monthly LGBT Peer Support Group Meeting ...
... and also a Mental Health Issues Practice Group guided by Rev. Kokuu, part of our Zen of Health Ailments, in Body and Mind, Practice Group
An essay for Zen History Wonks and Dogen Fans ... on Master's Dogen's "Forgotten" Fukanzazengi ... together with a Treeleaf Podcast episode on the same
223: Revolution in the Ten Directions ... a call for a revolution of left, right, center and all peaceful directions ... living together with respect and tolerance ...
... it follows earlier essays 223: A Buddhist Resistance-NON-Resistance Movement and 223: Good Karma for Change
The sitting continues until this war is done ... Sunday Zazen for Peace, with Washin in Ukraine ... They have suffered heavier attacks recently ...
A question on Holding Anger ... treat it like fire ... use it for light and heat, but don't burn down the house! ...
How to chant and breathe ... Heart sutra and Breathing ... just be natural, as the body needs ...
A lovely response from Rev. Koushi on how to keep ... Beginner's Mind ...
And a very nice talk by Rev. Bion in Unsui's Corner ... The Fruits of Practice ...
Learn from the past, do better today and tomorrow ... Zen and Approaches to dealing with regret ...
Keeping within the school? ... One can mix and match Buddhist practices, but it should be done carefully ...
Wandering off the path ... no problem, and part of the path ... but hopefully we wander back! ...
.
| All things are change ... if you need to change, then change ... A change of posture feels more comfortable |
The Platform Sutra rolls on with Rev. Kokuu in our No Words Book Club ...
And heading for the home stretch, out of the gate ... The 108 Gates of Dharma Illumination With Shokai ...
Always a good time to renew the Precepts and Vows ... any time ... Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony
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