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  • Jundo
    Treeleaf Founder and Priest
    • Apr 2006
    • 40308

    November 19th Recommended Threads

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

    ATTENTION! Our "AT HOME" 2-DAY ROHATSU RETREAT - December 5th to 7th! BE READY! ...
      Dear All, a re-MINDer that our Treeleaf Annual 'AT HOME' Two Day 'ALL ONLINE' ROHATSU (Buddha's Enlightenment Day) RETREAT is to be LIVE NETCAST on the weekend of Saturday & Sunday, December 6th and 7th, 2014 (though starting Friday night December 5th in some time zones). The retreat is designed to be sat in any


    Though sometimes we may daydream in Zazen ... and though all of life is somewhat of a dream ... why Zazen is not Daydreaming ...
    Hi I read somewhere somone was concerned that when using shikantaza that far from sitting 'properly' they might be merely daydreaming. How can we be sure we're following the right path? _/|\_


    Instead of feeling Entitlement ... better to feel endless Gratitude ...
    This word popped out the other day when I was posting about care-giving, and it has lingered. It raised a question that I'd like to raise here. "Entitlement" here does not refer to social policy, I believe everyone is entitled to food, shelter, health care, and dignity. It refers to what this little self feels the


    And, in a similar way, sitting as endless Big "S" Satisfaction even when in the "getting-old-crisis" ...


    Sitting for he health and ease in all ills, for the entire Plum Village Community ... Thich Nhat Hanh (in hospital) ...



    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
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
  • Tai Shi
    Member
    • Oct 2014
    • 3414

    #2
    I have been absent with three days in the hospital and now returned with willingness. Doctors were treating reactions to severe and chronic pain. WE have come to some solutions. I meditated two or three times daily, sometimes flat5 on my back--I was seeking more than relaxation and sometimes came to deep zazen. Please wish me well as I proceed in the moment.

    Elgwyn
    Gassho
    Sat today
    Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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    • Myosha
      Member
      • Mar 2013
      • 2974

      #3
      Hello,

      You are nowhere else.

      Metta to all.


      Gassho,
      Myosha sat today
      "Recognize suffering, remove suffering." - Shakyamuni Buddha when asked, "Uhm . . .what?"

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      • Kyotai

        #4
        Take care Elgwyn

        Gassho, Shawn
        Sat today

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        • Jundo
          Treeleaf Founder and Priest
          • Apr 2006
          • 40308

          #5
          Take care. May you be healthy and at ease in all your ills.

          Gassho, Jundo

          Sattoday
          ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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          • Tai Shi
            Member
            • Oct 2014
            • 3414

            #6
            Thank you.

            Elgwyn
            Gassho
            sat today,
            Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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            • Mp

              #7
              Be well Elgwyn ... know this too will pass.

              Gassho
              Shingen

              Sat today

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              • Tai Shi
                Member
                • Oct 2014
                • 3414

                #8
                This is sometime since my hospitalization, and I have improved in my pain management. I believe my zazen practice helps though this is not a purpose in practice. I am not sure. I am committed to my practice and happy to be part of Treeleaf.

                Elgwyn
                sat today
                Gassho
                Peaceful, Tai Shi. Ubasoku; calm, supportive, for positive poetry 優婆塞 台 婆

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