August 19th recommended threads

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August 19th recommended threads

08-19-2013, 05:09 AM

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

From September, It's JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) TIME .... 2013! ...

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11216-ANNOUNCMENT-It-s-JUKAI-TIME-2013%21

and our Treeleaf 'ANGO' (The 90 Days Special Practice Period) --2013-- ...

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11217-ANNOUNCEMENT-Treeleaf-ANGO-%28The-90-Days%29-2013

You are invited to join in the festivities!

Another Jundo finger-wag ... ... TO ALL SOLO PRACTITIONERS: Don't Be A Selfish Pratyeka-buddha

SIT-A-LONG with Jundo - TO ALL SOLO PRACTITIONERS: Don't Be A Selfish Pratyeka-buddha - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11224-SIT-A-LONG-with-Jundo-TO-ALL-SOLO-PRACTITIONERS-Don-t-Be-A-Selfish-Pratyeka-buddha

Many times I hear folks say that they want to practice on their own, and not join in a Buddhist Community, because doing so gets in the way of their own practicing and sitting. They say that other people or having a teacher are a distraction, take up "my" precious time, are not a benefit to "me". Well, I

Zen or double your money back ... Have you been ripped off too? ... (and we throw in the Ginzu Steak Knives) ...

Have you been ripped off too? - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11226-Have-you-been-ripped-off-too

I ran into some interesting literature the other day. What I got out of it was that if I sat down and focused on nothing, it promised to make me a super cool dude. No worries ahead if I stayed present focused on now, with an anchor on my breathing to avoid spending time in the past or the future. And so I read more

A nice example of leaving one's resentment, judgment, resistance, family worries and religion on the cushion ... No need to participate ...

No need to participate - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11227-No-need-to-participate

Today during Zazenkai a major cloud drifted into view. I found myself drifting off onto a tangent about religion. The frustration of my sister's fundamentalism. The past ghosts of growing up in my parent's church. Their country club attitude towards Christianity. My wife's clinging to the idea that some how some way, her

A good reminder about not getting lost in the maze of monastery hallways ... A bit overwhelmingly curious ...

A bit overwhelmingly curious - Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11189-A-bit-overwhelmingly-curious

Hi all I am a bit overwhelmed by the pure plethora of things on this site. Please understand I am NOT complaining. It's great and perfect just as it is. I am just being a bit perfectly curious as to where I really should be focusing my efforts as a newbie to this site but also Zen in general. I have been going through all the

Thanks again to the gang for our newsletter ... Our newsletter The Leaf. Issue 4 fo August 2013, is away!

Treeleaf Zendo

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11221-Our-newsletter-The-Leaf-Issue-4-fo-August-2013-is-away%21

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