I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
Our Monthly Zazenkai is always available ... now 3 hours of fun! ... the talk theme: The Power and Mystery of Kinhin ... LINK
(The Talk on Kinhin is available in audio for our Treeleaf Podcast too .... LINK)
Our 90 minute weekly Zazenkais are also always available too ... like this, on How To Travel in Space without a Rocket LINK ... or How To Stay Cool When The World Is On Fire LINK
A little essay on bowing to those who have or would do us harm ... Bowing to the Harm Doer ... LINK
NOT TO BE MISSED, especially by those practicing with health issues ... by our Rev. Kojitsu ... Zen Practice with Serious Health Issues ... LINK
What truly is Jiko? ... What is our True Self, our Universal Self? ... and "God?" ... Nishijima Roshi offers some words ... ... LINK
More than most folks need to know
... Zazen, Jhana ... What is turning the light around? Or - how does insight arises from Zazen? LINK
What to do when the mind is REALLY storming? ... When the Hand of Thought Feels Like a Fist ... LINK
Practicing with anger ... and letting it go ... LINK
Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... a time to get clean ... is this SATURDAY! .... LINK ...
In the No Words Book Club ... we dance with Dogen and Fukanzazengi ... just right in, never too late ... The Zen Master's Dance - 9 - Fukan Zazengi ... 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
Our Monthly Zazenkai is always available ... now 3 hours of fun! ... the talk theme: The Power and Mystery of Kinhin ... LINK
(The Talk on Kinhin is available in audio for our Treeleaf Podcast too .... LINK)
Our 90 minute weekly Zazenkais are also always available too ... like this, on How To Travel in Space without a Rocket LINK ... or How To Stay Cool When The World Is On Fire LINK
A little essay on bowing to those who have or would do us harm ... Bowing to the Harm Doer ... LINK
NOT TO BE MISSED, especially by those practicing with health issues ... by our Rev. Kojitsu ... Zen Practice with Serious Health Issues ... LINK
What truly is Jiko? ... What is our True Self, our Universal Self? ... and "God?" ... Nishijima Roshi offers some words ... ... LINK
More than most folks need to know
... Zazen, Jhana ... What is turning the light around? Or - how does insight arises from Zazen? LINKWhat to do when the mind is REALLY storming? ... When the Hand of Thought Feels Like a Fist ... LINK
Practicing with anger ... and letting it go ... LINK
Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... a time to get clean ... is this SATURDAY! .... LINK ...
In the No Words Book Club ... we dance with Dogen and Fukanzazengi ... just right in, never too late ... The Zen Master's Dance - 9 - Fukan Zazengi ... 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