I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
We welcome two new priests-in-training, old friends ... Our 2026 TREELEAF Home-Leaving ORDINATION of Seikan and Dogaku (LINK)
Please sit our monthly 3-Hr Treeleaf Zazenkai ... complete with a mysterious talk ... (LINK)
... the Talk on the mysterious talk is mysteriously available in our Treeleaf Podcast ... (LINK)
Also, our other weekly sits ... (LINK)
UPCOMING ... Sun. May 17th: A Special Zazenkai with Zen Historian Dr. Steven Heine ... (LINK)
Really, there are no "just wars" ... Zen, Buddhism and "Just War" ... (LINK)
Why would Zazen sitters sometimes chant? ... Why chant? Explanation for Beginners ... (LINK)
What is the Unconditioned Mind ... I have a simple way to see this ... (LINK)
Reading challenges in reading Master Dogen ... it takes a some practice and understanding ... (LINK)
GOOD MORNING, WAKE UP! ... Any special tricks to a Zen morning? ... Zen approach to waking up from sleep ... (LINK)
We celebrated a Ryaku Fusatsu Precept Recommitment and Atonement Ceremony ... coming clean ... never to late to join ... (LINK)
Reflections on the Lotus Sutra continue ... (LINK)
My suggestion that, someday, we will treat violence, anger and lack of empathy medically ... [Future] Violence and War as Disease ... (LINK)
Our Rev. Emi Jido is about ethics, not money ... [FUTURE] Emi Jido/Jundo featured in AP Video Story (with AI Jesus!) ... (LINK)
Rev. Ankai offers a great way to practice Metta ... Undercover Bodhisattva? ... (LINK)
In HealthDharma ... the Fibromyalgia Ango ... Rev. Onki offers some wisdom on practicing with the hard to bear ... (LINK)
Join our friendly tea houses if you get a chance ... many welcoming faces ... (LINK)
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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
We welcome two new priests-in-training, old friends ... Our 2026 TREELEAF Home-Leaving ORDINATION of Seikan and Dogaku (LINK)
Please sit our monthly 3-Hr Treeleaf Zazenkai ... complete with a mysterious talk ... (LINK)
... the Talk on the mysterious talk is mysteriously available in our Treeleaf Podcast ... (LINK)
Also, our other weekly sits ... (LINK)
UPCOMING ... Sun. May 17th: A Special Zazenkai with Zen Historian Dr. Steven Heine ... (LINK)
Really, there are no "just wars" ... Zen, Buddhism and "Just War" ... (LINK)
Why would Zazen sitters sometimes chant? ... Why chant? Explanation for Beginners ... (LINK)
What is the Unconditioned Mind ... I have a simple way to see this ... (LINK)
Reading challenges in reading Master Dogen ... it takes a some practice and understanding ... (LINK)
GOOD MORNING, WAKE UP! ... Any special tricks to a Zen morning? ... Zen approach to waking up from sleep ... (LINK)
We celebrated a Ryaku Fusatsu Precept Recommitment and Atonement Ceremony ... coming clean ... never to late to join ... (LINK)
Reflections on the Lotus Sutra continue ... (LINK)
My suggestion that, someday, we will treat violence, anger and lack of empathy medically ... [Future] Violence and War as Disease ... (LINK)
Our Rev. Emi Jido is about ethics, not money ... [FUTURE] Emi Jido/Jundo featured in AP Video Story (with AI Jesus!) ... (LINK)
Rev. Ankai offers a great way to practice Metta ... Undercover Bodhisattva? ... (LINK)
In HealthDharma ... the Fibromyalgia Ango ... Rev. Onki offers some wisdom on practicing with the hard to bear ... (LINK)
Join our friendly tea houses if you get a chance ... many welcoming faces ... (LINK)
.
MAY THERE BE PEACE IN THE WORLD!
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Please sit 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