March 20th recommended threads

Jundo

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March 20th recommended threads

03-21-2013, 02:03 AM

I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...

A couple of Dharma Talks by venerable teachers ... this by Sobun Katherine Thanas, so warm and clear, with a grandparenty heart ...

Talk by Sobun Katherine Thanas - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10731-Talk-by-Sobun-Katherine-Thanas

A wonderful talk by Sobun Katherine Thanas, former Abbess of the Santa Cruz Zen Center who left this visible world last year. Thanks to the Santa Cruz Zen Center and SweepingZen for posting this. So clear, simple. As a side note, at the end, she says she leans to a practice of the body over the mind. Some people are so

... and on the subject of not imposing posture on one's sitting posture, this by Rev. Issho Fujita ...

A talk from Issho Fujita - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10732-A-talk-from-Issho-Fujita

Quite a remarkable talk by Fujita san, very influenced by Okumura s take on sitting ( yes, quite physical) and by Alexander Technique ( Fujita is a big supporter of the Technique to help people to sit upright naturally and without over doing or self centered stuff). I am with Jundo on the body-mind dropped. http://archive

To embody that "Everyday Is A Good Day" is a Sisyphean task ...

Sisyphus - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?7902-Sisyphus&p=97596&viewfull=1#post97596

We are Sisyphus. Some folks think the point of this practice is to get to a place where we can put the stone down for good (perhaps by realizing that the stone is just a dream). Perhaps we might see Sisyphus's (?;)) pushing that boulder (of ignorance and delusion) as his practice, his striving, to finally be free of

For our poets and potential poets ... On Writing Haiku ... and Haiku Chain ...

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10735-On-Writing-Haiku

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?9339-Haiku-Chain%21

On accepting the unacceptable, and accepting sometimes unaccepting ... Thoughts On Illness ...

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10722-Thoughts-On-Illness

But as Myozan simply reminds us ... repressing things is not the same as letting them go ... a subtle and fine art, our Zazen.

Repression and Letting Go - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10733-Repression-and-Letting-Go

Hi, It struck me this morning how subtle the difference is between repressing things and letting them go. This is a subtle and fine art, our Zazen. Gassho Myozan

Some examples of Buddhists who do not tolerate disrespect of images of the Buddha ... our respect for those Buddhists and for Buddha ... and some intolerance among Buddhists that should not be tolerated by anyone ... (and some side discussion of tattoos) ...

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10725-Buddhist-hyper-sensitivity

ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
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