I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
A talk about sitting Zazen each day without exception ... except when I don't! : SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: Yes! No! Sometimes! NEVER!
TWO BIG EVENTS for our Community this weekend: First, Zazenkai with Monja Isshin: Live from Brazil, Saturday July 5th, 2014 ... WE NEED FOLKS TO ATTEND!!!!!!!! ...
... and, Our Shukke Tokudo Homeleaving Ordination of Shingen & Shugen - SUNDAY! ... An Auspicious Moment ...
LAST CALL! for the Retreat with Taigu in Washington ... US Retreat Five Weeks Out!!! ...
... and ALL ABOARD for 'DHARMA TRACKS Across AMERICA' (Jul-Aug) ...
Fundamental Sutras to be Studied? ... Good to read sometimes, even in the Way Beyond Words & Letters (but know what ya reading) ...
A view of Karma and Rebirth even for a skeptic like me ...
A lot of words about Zen and minimalism? ...
A Koan about Arising, soon to Vanish ... Case 43: Razan's Arising and Vanishing ...
Sit with our June 27th-28th, 2014 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
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.
(too much silence or shyness can also be excessive ... so take the Middle Way!)
Also, 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
A talk about sitting Zazen each day without exception ... except when I don't! : SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: Yes! No! Sometimes! NEVER!
TWO BIG EVENTS for our Community this weekend: First, Zazenkai with Monja Isshin: Live from Brazil, Saturday July 5th, 2014 ... WE NEED FOLKS TO ATTEND!!!!!!!! ...
... and, Our Shukke Tokudo Homeleaving Ordination of Shingen & Shugen - SUNDAY! ... An Auspicious Moment ...
LAST CALL! for the Retreat with Taigu in Washington ... US Retreat Five Weeks Out!!! ...
... and ALL ABOARD for 'DHARMA TRACKS Across AMERICA' (Jul-Aug) ...
Fundamental Sutras to be Studied? ... Good to read sometimes, even in the Way Beyond Words & Letters (but know what ya reading) ...
A view of Karma and Rebirth even for a skeptic like me ...
A lot of words about Zen and minimalism? ...
A Koan about Arising, soon to Vanish ... Case 43: Razan's Arising and Vanishing ...
Sit with our June 27th-28th, 2014 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
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.
(too much silence or shyness can also be excessive ... so take the Middle Way!)
Also, 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