I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
Please sit any time, any where, any how with our weekly 90 minute Treeleaf Zazenkai ... LINK
Our member Myojin has started a sitting group from Japan ... Early morning weekday zazen ... LINK ... one of our many daily and weekly sitting groups: LINK
In our “Beyond Words and Letters” Book Club ... readings, reflections and discussions of the Lotus Sutra have begun! LINK ... jump on in ...
A wise essay on health in the ER ... our Rev. Ankai has been in and out ... THE CORONARY SUTRA ... LINK
Rev. Bion reflects ... Drifting Pitifully in the Whirlwind of Birth and Death ... LINK
A little essay by me on Shikantaza ... "JUST THIS!" ... ain't just "just this" ...which can be found just here: LINK
Now that Jukai is done ... What To Do (Non-Do) After Jukai? ... some fine suggestions ... LINK
A question for our priests particularly, but really anyone ... How does your vocation inform and integrate into life? ... LINK
A question about Progress in Zen ... the answer is a counter-intuitive wisdom ... LINK
Why not try to traditional art of sacred eating ... Oryoki ... in our Oryoki Practice Circle ... LINK
Event Announcement - February 21st - LGBTQ Peer Support Group Meeting ... LINK
Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... always a good time to come clean ... LINK
Charging ahead, not to late to jump in ... a season of daily wisdom ... The 108 Gates of Dharma Illumination With Shokai ... LINK
The Walk for Peace marches on through the cold and snow ... to arrive in Washington DC next week ... LINK and 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
Please sit any time, any where, any how with our weekly 90 minute Treeleaf Zazenkai ... LINK
Our member Myojin has started a sitting group from Japan ... Early morning weekday zazen ... LINK ... one of our many daily and weekly sitting groups: LINK
In our “Beyond Words and Letters” Book Club ... readings, reflections and discussions of the Lotus Sutra have begun! LINK ... jump on in ...
A wise essay on health in the ER ... our Rev. Ankai has been in and out ... THE CORONARY SUTRA ... LINK
Rev. Bion reflects ... Drifting Pitifully in the Whirlwind of Birth and Death ... LINK
A little essay by me on Shikantaza ... "JUST THIS!" ... ain't just "just this" ...which can be found just here: LINK
Now that Jukai is done ... What To Do (Non-Do) After Jukai? ... some fine suggestions ... LINK
A question for our priests particularly, but really anyone ... How does your vocation inform and integrate into life? ... LINK
A question about Progress in Zen ... the answer is a counter-intuitive wisdom ... LINK
Why not try to traditional art of sacred eating ... Oryoki ... in our Oryoki Practice Circle ... LINK
Event Announcement - February 21st - LGBTQ Peer Support Group Meeting ... LINK
Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... always a good time to come clean ... LINK
Charging ahead, not to late to jump in ... a season of daily wisdom ... The 108 Gates of Dharma Illumination With Shokai ... LINK
The Walk for Peace marches on through the cold and snow ... to arrive in Washington DC next week ... LINK and 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