I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts from recent days ...
Our weekly 90-minute (LINK) (LINK) and monthly 3-hour (LINK) Treeleaf Zazenkai are available any place and time.
The talk from this month's Zazenkai ... reflecting on a hard topic, ancient wisdom and animal use in modern science, ... is available on our Podcast (LINK)
A reflection on the "memorial service" for ancestors from many angles ... HOJI .... (LINK)
Big news for nerdy me: My upcoming new book (The Whole Universe led to YOU!) ... is now featured on the "Closer to Truth" website ... (LINK)
Zen is filled with "paradoxes" and "contradictions" ... or is it? ... Catuskoti ... (LINK and my response: LINK)
Can Thought labeling have value in our practice? ... I say YES, but sometimes, and not DURING ZAZEN ... (LINK)
Must one believe in literal rebirth as a Zen Buddhist? ... NO, or better said, it will take care of itself!
... (LINK)
Many identities ... and some important difference ... from Soto Zen practice ... Advaita Vedanta ... (LINK)
Terrifying ordinariness ... sacred ordinariness ... ordinary sacredness ... (LINK)
Our next RYAKU FUSATSU MONTHLY CEREMONY ... scheduled for July 26th ... (LINK)
A good practice, for you, for your neighborhood and the world ... picking up trash ... [Engaged] Go for plogs/plaks round! ... (LINK)
For those who suffer in body and mind, take a look at our The Zen of Health Ailments, in Body and Mind, Practice Group (LINK) including our Mental Health Issues Practice Group (LINK)
Our friendly Teahouses meet from time to time ... (LINK)
Dive in to our [ARTS] "Less Is More" Dharma & Poetry Discussion ... where it is all happening ... (LINK)
This stuff will blow your mind ... check our our latest SciTech News ... (LINK)
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)
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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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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 weekly 90-minute (LINK) (LINK) and monthly 3-hour (LINK) Treeleaf Zazenkai are available any place and time.
The talk from this month's Zazenkai ... reflecting on a hard topic, ancient wisdom and animal use in modern science, ... is available on our Podcast (LINK)
A reflection on the "memorial service" for ancestors from many angles ... HOJI .... (LINK)
Big news for nerdy me: My upcoming new book (The Whole Universe led to YOU!) ... is now featured on the "Closer to Truth" website ... (LINK)
Zen is filled with "paradoxes" and "contradictions" ... or is it? ... Catuskoti ... (LINK and my response: LINK)
Can Thought labeling have value in our practice? ... I say YES, but sometimes, and not DURING ZAZEN ... (LINK)
Must one believe in literal rebirth as a Zen Buddhist? ... NO, or better said, it will take care of itself!
... (LINK)Many identities ... and some important difference ... from Soto Zen practice ... Advaita Vedanta ... (LINK)
Terrifying ordinariness ... sacred ordinariness ... ordinary sacredness ... (LINK)
Our next RYAKU FUSATSU MONTHLY CEREMONY ... scheduled for July 26th ... (LINK)
A good practice, for you, for your neighborhood and the world ... picking up trash ... [Engaged] Go for plogs/plaks round! ... (LINK)
For those who suffer in body and mind, take a look at our The Zen of Health Ailments, in Body and Mind, Practice Group (LINK) including our Mental Health Issues Practice Group (LINK)
Our friendly Teahouses meet from time to time ... (LINK)
Dive in to our [ARTS] "Less Is More" Dharma & Poetry Discussion ... where it is all happening ... (LINK)
This stuff will blow your mind ... check our our latest SciTech News ... (LINK)
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!)
.
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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