May 8th recommended threads

I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ... many good threads, I highlight just a few this time ...

Taigu offers ... Original face, Dogen 's words ...

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10896-Original-face-Dogen-s-words

Our May Zazenkai ... featuring a talk on the Genjo ...

May 3rd/4th, 2013 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10883-May-3rd-4th-2013-OUR-MONTHLY-4-hour-ZAZENKAI%21

NOTE: Our Dharma Talk this time will dive into the opening passages of the Genjo Koan (text below in this thread) ... Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE 8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 7pm to 11pm, Los Angeles 4pm to 8pm (Friday night), London midnight to 4am and Paris

Taigu also re-Minds ... Throw everything away!!! ...

Throw everything away!!! - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10868-Throw-everything-away%21%21%21

Somebody came up on another thread with the topic of the observer. There would be an "I" closer to the real me once you witness what takes place. This is found in modern Advaita as well as in the teachings of many New Age leading figures. Somehow we would all be going to the movies, enjoying the trailers and the film,

Well versed in the Meal Verse ...

Meal Verse - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10895-Meal-Verse

When you chant the meal verse, what images/thoughts do you hold in your mind? It occurred to me yesterday that sometimes my recitation is shallow, perfunctory. I just say it out of habit, without much reflection. I've started to hold an image in my head each time. Perhaps that of a farmer toiling in the field, a worm crawling

Question about Rakusu ...

Question about Rakusu - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10881-Question-about-Rakusu

Hi Everyone, Just a quick question, does one wear a rakusu once you have taken jukai? Or can/should/does one wear one whenever and whoever sits shikantaza? Sorry if that's a really basic question. Gassho, Anda

Another topic on Rebirth is born ... Two Barriers of Doubt ...

Two Barriers of Doubt - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10870-Two-Barriers-of-Doubt

I am still new to Zen Buddhism, though I have been familiar with the basic concepts of karma and rebirth through the years. I first encountered them in depth when I studying Hinduism and reading the Upanishads about a decade ago (the passage of time never ceases to amaze me). Now, in my current study of the Sutras and the

A Few (too many) words about Ryokan's Poetry ...

A Few (too many) words about Ryokan's Poetry - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10900-A-Few-%28too-many%29-words-about-Ryokan-s-Poetry

In a recent teaching from Taigu (a particularly beautiful one called "Original Face, Dogen's Words), he says that poetry doesn’t need to be unraveled, a sentiment I completely agree with. As a (sometimes) teacher of literature, I’m constantly trying to tell students that they should not try to figure out what a

and on a light side ... Zen in Popular Culture (what motivated you to practice?) ...

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10903-Zen-in-Popular-Culture-%28what-motivated-you-to-practice-%29

I have been reading Alan Watts and listening to his lectures since the early nineties. This led me to the Suzukis and to additional Buddhist literature, which I devoured over the course of the years. I found Zen philosophy very appealing, and I always called myself a Buddhist. But practice makes a Buddhist, not study. And yet,

Our newsletter ... The Leaf. Issue 3. May 2013... is out!! ...

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?10873-The-Leaf-Issue-3-May-2013-is-out%21%21

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