I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
Our Spring Retreat was this past weekend, and some of the wonderful Talks and events are still available for a listen and sit ... LINK
Our past Zazenkai sittings ... stretching back for years and years ... are still available to sit any time, right now! ... LINK
Can our hearts hurt too much? ... When compassion becomes overwhelming ... LINK
How can this [messed up] world be identical to nirvana? ... the question at the heart of Zen wisdom and compassion ... LINK
Our priest Shujin writes, of saints and celebrities ... The Bodhisattva Path ... LINK
The deadline has passed ... but you would be a FOOL not to apply anyway ,,, free trip to Brazil! ... Wanted VOLUNTEERS: A "Zen" Team for the 2027 "Meditation Olympics" ... LINK
When OCD and the like seems to crash into Zen practice ... [HEALTH] Mind is forerunner of all actions ... LINK
Our "Buddha's Birthday" celebration have been fun ... parents celebrating with kids at home ... try it next time in your house ... LINK
We had the Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony this week ... but never too late to join ... wash your "sins" away
... LINK
The Lotus Sutra keeps on sutraing on ... in our No Words Book Club ... LINK
Shokai heads for the wire ... 106 of 108 Gates of Dharma-Illumination ... 107, 108 ... LINK
Our 'All Welcome' Tea Houses ... meeting from time to time ... all welcome to make a new friend ... LINK
Some veg Japanese recipes from Hoshuku ... LINK
Some Buddhist Statues from the hands of Junsho ... LINK
Dogen Poem Translations from the mind of Simsapa ... LINK
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Please sot with Washin in Ukraine for peace ... there, in the Middle East and everywhere ... 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
Our Spring Retreat was this past weekend, and some of the wonderful Talks and events are still available for a listen and sit ... LINK
Our past Zazenkai sittings ... stretching back for years and years ... are still available to sit any time, right now! ... LINK
Can our hearts hurt too much? ... When compassion becomes overwhelming ... LINK
How can this [messed up] world be identical to nirvana? ... the question at the heart of Zen wisdom and compassion ... LINK
Our priest Shujin writes, of saints and celebrities ... The Bodhisattva Path ... LINK
The deadline has passed ... but you would be a FOOL not to apply anyway ,,, free trip to Brazil! ... Wanted VOLUNTEERS: A "Zen" Team for the 2027 "Meditation Olympics" ... LINK
When OCD and the like seems to crash into Zen practice ... [HEALTH] Mind is forerunner of all actions ... LINK
Our "Buddha's Birthday" celebration have been fun ... parents celebrating with kids at home ... try it next time in your house ... LINK
We had the Ryaku Fusatsu – Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony this week ... but never too late to join ... wash your "sins" away
... LINKThe Lotus Sutra keeps on sutraing on ... in our No Words Book Club ... LINK
Shokai heads for the wire ... 106 of 108 Gates of Dharma-Illumination ... 107, 108 ... LINK
Our 'All Welcome' Tea Houses ... meeting from time to time ... all welcome to make a new friend ... LINK
Some veg Japanese recipes from Hoshuku ... LINK
Some Buddhist Statues from the hands of Junsho ... LINK
Dogen Poem Translations from the mind of Simsapa ... LINK
.
MAY THERE BE PEACE IN THE WORLD!
.Please sot with Washin in Ukraine for peace ... there, in the Middle East and everywhere ... 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