I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
We have begun our annual Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts) and Ango (Peaceful Abiding) season ...
... with Precept Reflections, PRECEPTS I - JUKAI and THE THREE REFUGES ... LINK
... and our Rakusu sewing circle has commenced ... LINK
Participants are sharing their Ango Commitments and Experiences ... LINK
We officially began with OUR MONTHLY 3-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI ... still available to sit any time ... featuring Master Dogen's Guide for Living, the "Eight Understandings of the Great Person" ... LINK The talks alone is available in our Treeleaf Podcast ... LINK
We also have our Sunday Sit for Peace with Washin from Ukraine (LINK), our European Time Zone Zazenkai (LINK) and other sits during the week (check the calendar: LINK)
For those with special health considerations to join in Jukai and Ango ... we will work with your needs ... see our 'Alternative Paths' Shuso ... LINK
There was a monthly Ryaku Fusatsu ceremony ... confessin' and gettin' clean ... but you can still join in any time ... LINK
What Sutras are good for Sutra study for Zen folks? ... that is not a simple question ... LINK
Buddhism has a long history of memory tricks ... The Art of Memory and the Dharma ... LINK
Our member Soka is running the whole length of Japan ... WOW! ... LINK
We continue reflections from my book, Zen Master's Dance ... now reflecting on Genjo Koan ... feel free to jump in ... LINK
Our Oryoki Practice Circle is off to a good start ... with Rev. Shinshi's latest posts and guidance ... LINK
We have an LGBTQ Peer Support Group Meeting each month ... coming up 9/20 ... LINK
... also our periodic 'All Welcome' Tea Houses ... just to hang out and make friends ... 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!)
* * *
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
We have begun our annual Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts) and Ango (Peaceful Abiding) season ...
... with Precept Reflections, PRECEPTS I - JUKAI and THE THREE REFUGES ... LINK
... and our Rakusu sewing circle has commenced ... LINK
Participants are sharing their Ango Commitments and Experiences ... LINK
We officially began with OUR MONTHLY 3-hour Treeleaf ZAZENKAI ... still available to sit any time ... featuring Master Dogen's Guide for Living, the "Eight Understandings of the Great Person" ... LINK The talks alone is available in our Treeleaf Podcast ... LINK
We also have our Sunday Sit for Peace with Washin from Ukraine (LINK), our European Time Zone Zazenkai (LINK) and other sits during the week (check the calendar: LINK)
For those with special health considerations to join in Jukai and Ango ... we will work with your needs ... see our 'Alternative Paths' Shuso ... LINK
There was a monthly Ryaku Fusatsu ceremony ... confessin' and gettin' clean ... but you can still join in any time ... LINK
What Sutras are good for Sutra study for Zen folks? ... that is not a simple question ... LINK
Buddhism has a long history of memory tricks ... The Art of Memory and the Dharma ... LINK
Our member Soka is running the whole length of Japan ... WOW! ... LINK
We continue reflections from my book, Zen Master's Dance ... now reflecting on Genjo Koan ... feel free to jump in ... LINK
Our Oryoki Practice Circle is off to a good start ... with Rev. Shinshi's latest posts and guidance ... LINK
We have an LGBTQ Peer Support Group Meeting each month ... coming up 9/20 ... LINK
... also our periodic 'All Welcome' Tea Houses ... just to hang out and make friends ... 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