I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
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Our Weekly Treeleaf Zazenkai this week welcomed visitors from India ... please join us for a sit ... LINK ... and last week looked at our Rohatsu Preparatory Lessons ... LINK
Those Rohatsu Preparatory Lessons are HERE ... LINK
For Zen History Wonks ... Dogen, Buddha Nature and the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra ... LINK
We try not to get caught in thoughts, thinking about Conceptual Thinking ... LINK
Zen Weddings are not usually wild parties!
... LINK
I won't criticize you, but you should not miss this ... PRECEPTS IX - To Refrain from Self-Praise Judging Others ... LINK
Our Oryoki gatherings continue ... bring your bowls ... LINK
In the "No Words Bookclub" ... The Zen Master's Dance - 25 - One Bright Pearl ... LINK
An inspiring story ... Buddhist Monks Walk for Peace across USA ... LINK
Our Soka and Joy continue their run the length of Japan for good causes too. ... LINK
Rev. Onki hangs in there ... celebrating over a year without smokes ... [Mental Health] Thoughts on Addiction ... LINK
Our 'All Welcome' Tea Houses ... gathering from time to time for friendly meeting ... 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)
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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​
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REMINDER ... Rohatsu Retreat is this coming weekend, December 6th and 7th ... LINK
Our Weekly Treeleaf Zazenkai this week welcomed visitors from India ... please join us for a sit ... LINK ... and last week looked at our Rohatsu Preparatory Lessons ... LINK
Those Rohatsu Preparatory Lessons are HERE ... LINK
For Zen History Wonks ... Dogen, Buddha Nature and the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra ... LINK
We try not to get caught in thoughts, thinking about Conceptual Thinking ... LINK
Zen Weddings are not usually wild parties!
... LINKI won't criticize you, but you should not miss this ... PRECEPTS IX - To Refrain from Self-Praise Judging Others ... LINK
Our Oryoki gatherings continue ... bring your bowls ... LINK
In the "No Words Bookclub" ... The Zen Master's Dance - 25 - One Bright Pearl ... LINK
An inspiring story ... Buddhist Monks Walk for Peace across USA ... LINK
Our Soka and Joy continue their run the length of Japan for good causes too. ... LINK
Rev. Onki hangs in there ... celebrating over a year without smokes ... [Mental Health] Thoughts on Addiction ... LINK
Our 'All Welcome' Tea Houses ... gathering from time to time for friendly meeting ... 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​