I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
Our weekly Treeleaf Zazenkai this week ... (LINK) ... and an accompanying short essay, The Answer to -All- Complaints about Zazen ... (LINK) ...
It is no lie ... in our Precept reflections ... PRECEPTS VI - To Refrain from Untruth ... (LINK)
In our Engaged Buddhism center ... opportunities for FOODBANKS ... (LINK) and (LINK)
Curious about Mala ... Prayer beads ... Well, here is more than you need to know ... (LINK)
Cesar is right here now ... and so are you ... right at the center of the universe ... (LINK)
Our member Soka and lady Joy ran all the way for charity across Japan ... to Treeleaf Tsukuba ... (LINK)
Our Oryoki Sacred Eating Circle is served ... Oryoki Practice Circle ... (LINK)
Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... renewal ... (LINK)
Jump on in to our dance with Dogen ... The Zen Master's Dance - 20 - King of Samadhis ... (LINK)
Check out our Treeleaf LGBTQ2+ Community Center ... (LINK)
... also, our Neurodiverse Practice Group ... (LINK)
... and our 'All Welcome' Tea Houses ... (LINK)
Check out all the cool new resources being added around our Web Page (thanks to Bion and the team) ... 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
Our weekly Treeleaf Zazenkai this week ... (LINK) ... and an accompanying short essay, The Answer to -All- Complaints about Zazen ... (LINK) ...
It is no lie ... in our Precept reflections ... PRECEPTS VI - To Refrain from Untruth ... (LINK)
In our Engaged Buddhism center ... opportunities for FOODBANKS ... (LINK) and (LINK)
Curious about Mala ... Prayer beads ... Well, here is more than you need to know ... (LINK)
Cesar is right here now ... and so are you ... right at the center of the universe ... (LINK)
Our member Soka and lady Joy ran all the way for charity across Japan ... to Treeleaf Tsukuba ... (LINK)
Our Oryoki Sacred Eating Circle is served ... Oryoki Practice Circle ... (LINK)
Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... renewal ... (LINK)
Jump on in to our dance with Dogen ... The Zen Master's Dance - 20 - King of Samadhis ... (LINK)
Check out our Treeleaf LGBTQ2+ Community Center ... (LINK)
... also, our Neurodiverse Practice Group ... (LINK)
... and our 'All Welcome' Tea Houses ... (LINK)
Check out all the cool new resources being added around our Web Page (thanks to Bion and the team) ... 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