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

Please sit with our October 25-26th, 2013 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
October 25-26th, 2013 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - Treeleaf Zendo
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11552-October-25-26th-2013-Treeleaf-Weekly-Zazenkai
Hello All, Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE from 9am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 8pm, Los Angeles 5pm (Friday night), London 1am and Paris 2am (early Saturday morning) ... and to be visible at the following link during those times and


Positions on posture ... Need Tips to sit in Full Lotus & Hand Mudra question ...
Need Tips to sit in Full Lotus & Hand Mudra question - Treeleaf Zendo
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11553-Need-Tips-to-sit-in-Full-Lotus-Hand-Mudra-question
I am currently sitting in Burmese position. Sometimes I do half lotus with minor pain (when left leg is up). I have sat in full lotus a few times and every time I end up with more leg pain and sometimes even pain in left side of the neck. But I find the half lotus and full lotus seem to bring an immediate stillness and sense of


An excellent reflection from Seizan on Practice amid and as a busy busy life ... Scattered ...
Treeleaf Zendo
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11551-Scattered


The preciousness of life and those we love ... He was with her till the very end ...
Treeleaf Zendo
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11554-He-was-with-her-till-the-very-end


A tough but worthwhile read ... and some considerations of Karma too ... Book Recommendation: Lotus in the Fire ...
Book Recommendation: Lotus in the Fire - Treeleaf Zendo
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11543-Book-Recommendation-Lotus-in-the-Fire
Dear All, I would like to recommend a book, but one that is a very hard read for all its power and inspiration. It is the diary of Jim Bedard, a Zen Practitioner, during his "to hell and back" journey through several rounds of chemo-therapy and a bone marrow transplant for leukemia. I can only describe parts of the


A short recorded talk from a Soto Zen Teacher here in Japan ... A Teaching From Zen Master Jinen ...
A Teaching From Zen Master Jinen - Treeleaf Zendo
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11546-A-Teaching-From-Zen-Master-Jinen
This came up on my Youtube feed. Interesting so I thought I would share. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APjXpUnHw20


KidBuda Komix ... Meditation humor ...
Treeleaf Zendo
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11548-Meditation-humor


A Metta Request from a longtime friend of this Sangha ... "G" ...
Treeleaf Zendo
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11545-Metta-Request-from-G