I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
To ring in the New Year ... please sit our January 1st-2nd, 2016 - MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! ... sitable any time thereafter too ...
We will begin reading Uchiyama Roshi's "Opening the Hand of Thought" in our book club ... look here for a little more information ...
From our Anniversary Committee ... 2016 is Treeleaf’s 10th Anniversary! Let’s start celebrating with favorite teachings. ...
A good thread on getting pushed around, non-violence and when to speak up ... How to be a Buddhist and not be taken advantage of. ...
Note to self ... What does "self" mean in Buddhism ... the borders soften and drop away ...
Some feelings from Shoka about ... Sangha - the Buddha and the Dharma come alive right now, right here ...
Yugen offers some ... Thoughts about practice and the teacher/student relationship
Teaching by Kokuu on Practice with illness ... Light and dark ...
AND A reMINDer that Jukai Ceremony will be next weekend.
I am so glad if this place and the practice are benefiting you. If so, you might consider a DONATION to Treeleaf at this LINK, although there is absolutely no need or requirement to do so. Thank you.
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.
Oh, and we do ask folks to note that they have SAT ZAZEN THE PREVIOUS DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):
Gassho, Jundo
To ring in the New Year ... please sit our January 1st-2nd, 2016 - MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! ... sitable any time thereafter too ...
We will begin reading Uchiyama Roshi's "Opening the Hand of Thought" in our book club ... look here for a little more information ...
From our Anniversary Committee ... 2016 is Treeleaf’s 10th Anniversary! Let’s start celebrating with favorite teachings. ...
A good thread on getting pushed around, non-violence and when to speak up ... How to be a Buddhist and not be taken advantage of. ...
Note to self ... What does "self" mean in Buddhism ... the borders soften and drop away ...
Some feelings from Shoka about ... Sangha - the Buddha and the Dharma come alive right now, right here ...
Yugen offers some ... Thoughts about practice and the teacher/student relationship
Teaching by Kokuu on Practice with illness ... Light and dark ...
AND A reMINDer that Jukai Ceremony will be next weekend.
I am so glad if this place and the practice are benefiting you. If so, you might consider a DONATION to Treeleaf at this LINK, although there is absolutely no need or requirement to do so. Thank you.
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.
Oh, and we do ask folks to note that they have SAT ZAZEN THE PREVIOUS DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):
Gassho, Jundo
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