Let me add a couple of items ...
Don't get lost too much in one's own stories, learning to put them down ... A CAUTION TO EVERYONE ON THIS FORUM - from Jundo ...
And, perhaps breaking my own caution ... some thoughts on drinking in moderation (and not drinking at all) and Buddhism ... Consuming alcohol ...
August 29th Recommended Threads
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August 29th Recommended Threads
After a little travel hiatus ... I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT & DISCUSSION: A New Structure for Treeleaf ... and Introducing the 'Blue Mountain White Clouds Hermitage' ...
... and Introducing the 'Blue Mountain White Clouds Hermitage' ... Dear All, On Buddha Mountain, there are numerous good Paths. On a recent thread, I posted this … Taigu will now have his Practice Place, named by him the “Blue Mountain White Clouds Hermitage”. There, Taigu will teach in his style. The
Faces in the carpet ... and other games of the mind ...
Hi, Please tell me that the faces staring back at me from the carpet during zazen will cease over time. No matter where I rest my gaze there is a different face each time. Why is it always faces that I see, in the carpet, curtain patterns or clouds? It is I must confess very distracting. Gassho Steve gassho2
How can we Practice in daily life ... when we have so many distractions, imperfections, no time and we are never good enough ...
Dear all, I'm posting this as a question maybe to be answered in preparation for upcoming Ango, knowing it is well much too advanced for me. Some practices seem to emphasize the necessity of seclusion and silence (like the retreat or Sekishi's suggestion). On the other hand, if all of life is to be our practice, and I do not
... and how to Practice with Confusion ...
Fashion for a Clouded Mind ... various viewless views on Sewing and the Kesa, and Taigu and my various approachless approaches ...
Sorry, another outbreak of Stupid Question Disorder. "What can I wear for my morning zazen that will keep me from freezing, but also from falling asleep again?" (trousers with lots of spikes and nettles, yes, but apart from that...) Seriously. Everything was fine during the short summer when sun and birds were up
and just a Beautiful video, must share from Joyo ...
ALSO:
Our Friday/Saturday Zazenkai RETURNS! ... Please sit with our Aug 30th-31st, 2014 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
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, JundoLast edited by Jundo; 08-28-2014, 05:56 PM.Tags: None
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