I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
Our recent 90 minute Treeleaf Zazenkai are always available to sit ... including this sitting with "Honoring Your Past" ... LINK
An little essay on the same theme ... Bowing to Our Past ... LINK
Sitting while ill ... reclining, moaning, aching Zazen ... LINK
Our Sangha's "Differently-Abled" Ancestors Recitation ... honoring those who face closed or narrow doors in the past ... LINK
Highly recommended as a practice, mastering the grace of receiving ... (open to all, not hard to learn) ... Our Oryoki Practice Circle ... LINK
Renewing Vows, always a good time, any time, to do ... Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... LINK
In our No Words Book Club ... reflections on the Lotus Sutra continue ... LINK
Shokai keeps it going ... The 108 Gates of Dharma Illumination ... never too late to jump in ... LINK
In our Engaged Practices group ... wear a badge, say something to the world ... Just a Little Pin ... LINK
Our Friendly Tea Houses gather from time to time ... a great way to meet folks, schmooze-zen ... LINK
Highly recommended to our many LGBTQ+ members ... gatherings here too ... Treeleaf "Forgotten Voices" LGBTQ2+ Community Center ... LINK
In our ARTS center ... Junsho made a Buddha (LINK) ... and the traditional musicians play (LINK) ... and more!
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 recent 90 minute Treeleaf Zazenkai are always available to sit ... including this sitting with "Honoring Your Past" ... LINK
An little essay on the same theme ... Bowing to Our Past ... LINK
Sitting while ill ... reclining, moaning, aching Zazen ... LINK
Our Sangha's "Differently-Abled" Ancestors Recitation ... honoring those who face closed or narrow doors in the past ... LINK
Highly recommended as a practice, mastering the grace of receiving ... (open to all, not hard to learn) ... Our Oryoki Practice Circle ... LINK
Renewing Vows, always a good time, any time, to do ... Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ... LINK
In our No Words Book Club ... reflections on the Lotus Sutra continue ... LINK
Shokai keeps it going ... The 108 Gates of Dharma Illumination ... never too late to jump in ... LINK
In our Engaged Practices group ... wear a badge, say something to the world ... Just a Little Pin ... LINK
Our Friendly Tea Houses gather from time to time ... a great way to meet folks, schmooze-zen ... LINK
Highly recommended to our many LGBTQ+ members ... gatherings here too ... Treeleaf "Forgotten Voices" LGBTQ2+ Community Center ... LINK
In our ARTS center ... Junsho made a Buddha (LINK) ... and the traditional musicians play (LINK) ... and more!
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