I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
We are asking all our members (except new folks and other having some difficulty) to encourage other by posting "Sat Today!" when they sat ... sat before chat! ...
Proposal for Sangha Discussion: "SAT TODAY!"
A sober look at ... PRECEPTS VII - To Refrain from Intoxication ...
Please sit with our November 7th-8th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
I will link again to this great article, because it is so great ... Art of Zazen by Nyogen Roshi ...
Sitting is not always "sitting" when one is too sick to sit! ... Non-Sitting Sitting
Zazen feels so Good ... that it don't even need to feel good all the time!
... What happens when it feels good?
We have had several members experiencing the Dukkha of life ... health crises (http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...itions-of-life) ... rough relationships (http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...e-white-clouds) ... and the suffering and advice is much the same for all ...
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
We are asking all our members (except new folks and other having some difficulty) to encourage other by posting "Sat Today!" when they sat ... sat before chat! ...
Proposal for Sangha Discussion: "SAT TODAY!"
A sober look at ... PRECEPTS VII - To Refrain from Intoxication ...
Please sit with our November 7th-8th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
I will link again to this great article, because it is so great ... Art of Zazen by Nyogen Roshi ...
Sitting is not always "sitting" when one is too sick to sit! ... Non-Sitting Sitting
Zazen feels so Good ... that it don't even need to feel good all the time!
... What happens when it feels good?
We have had several members experiencing the Dukkha of life ... health crises (http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...itions-of-life) ... rough relationships (http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...e-white-clouds) ... and the suffering and advice is much the same for all ...
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