I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
A little lesson on ... How To Stop Time ... LINK ...
... the key to which is in sitting our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ... LINK
By the way, our Treeleaf Monthly Zazenkai is changing ... 3 Hours (not 4) from August ... LINK
A friend asks ... What is turning the light around? Or - how does insight arises from Zazen? ... LINK
Another friend asks about ... Thoughts and a question about "No reliance on words and letters" ... LINK
A new friend wonders about ... Impermanence, Clinging, and the Mess of Life ... LINK
... and that "mess" sometimes includes this ... Zen & Divorce; How do the two mix? ... LINK
... and, tragically, this ... Russian Soto Zen Leader Sentenced to Eight Years Prison for Anti-War Post ... LINK
Do not forget Rev. Washin's Weekly Zazen for Peace from Odessa ... LINK
We also had our Ryaku Fusatsu, a ritual of atonement ... but it is never too late to join in, atoning today! ... LINK
Have you checked our Our RECOMMENDED 'At Home' Liturgy ... LINK
Don't forget, our Oryoki (Sacred 'Just Enough' Eating) Lessons and Practice is starting soon ... all invited, newcomers too ... our "OzeNpic" answer to Ozempic!
... LINK
In our No Words Book Club ... The Zen Master's Dance - 7 - Fukan Zazengi ... hop in any time ... LINK
Our 'All Welcome' Tea Houses gather from time to time, and all are welcome (as the name says!) ... LINK
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!)
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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
SatTodayLAH
A little lesson on ... How To Stop Time ... LINK ...
... the key to which is in sitting our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ... LINK
By the way, our Treeleaf Monthly Zazenkai is changing ... 3 Hours (not 4) from August ... LINK
A friend asks ... What is turning the light around? Or - how does insight arises from Zazen? ... LINK
Another friend asks about ... Thoughts and a question about "No reliance on words and letters" ... LINK
A new friend wonders about ... Impermanence, Clinging, and the Mess of Life ... LINK
... and that "mess" sometimes includes this ... Zen & Divorce; How do the two mix? ... LINK
... and, tragically, this ... Russian Soto Zen Leader Sentenced to Eight Years Prison for Anti-War Post ... LINK
Do not forget Rev. Washin's Weekly Zazen for Peace from Odessa ... LINK
We also had our Ryaku Fusatsu, a ritual of atonement ... but it is never too late to join in, atoning today! ... LINK
Have you checked our Our RECOMMENDED 'At Home' Liturgy ... LINK
Don't forget, our Oryoki (Sacred 'Just Enough' Eating) Lessons and Practice is starting soon ... all invited, newcomers too ... our "OzeNpic" answer to Ozempic!
... LINKIn our No Words Book Club ... The Zen Master's Dance - 7 - Fukan Zazengi ... hop in any time ... LINK
Our 'All Welcome' Tea Houses gather from time to time, and all are welcome (as the name says!) ... 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 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
SatTodayLAH