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  • Jundo
    Treeleaf Founder and Priest
    • Apr 2006
    • 40469

    June 1st Recommended Threads

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

    The Main Page for Sunday's Special Zazenkai with Bro. Brad Warner is open ... and check seat assignments if sitting 'Two-Way' (very good chance of a second hangout for waiting list folks as well, a few spots still available) ...
    MAIN PAGE for our Special Zazenkai with Brad Warner ... WELCOME to netcast of our Special Zazenkai this Sunday with a most honored guest, my Dharma Brother, a fellow student of Nishijima Roshi, and the bass player of Zero Defex, BRAD WARNER, author of a slew of books such as HARD CORE ZEN (http://www.amazon.com/Hardcore


    Never too late to sit our May 27th-28th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ... (and our monthly 4-hour Zazenkai is this Friday) ...
    NOTE - VIDEO IS BUMPY FIRST 3 MINUTES. FLOW WITH IT. :) Hello All, Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast from 10am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 9pm, Los Angeles 6pm (Friday night), London 2am and Paris 3am (early Saturday morning) ... and to be


    The Zen Teacher said "There are no Zen Teachers" ... BOOK OF EQUANIMITY - Case 53 ...
    Case 52 never ends, and so we look to Case 53, Obaku's Dregs ... https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=WTU6AwAAQBAJ&dq=book+of+equanimity+case+53&q=dregs+tigers+buffaloes#v=snippet&q=dregs%20tigers%20buffaloes&f=false Obaku was a great Zen Teacher in China who offered many Teachings to his many students,


    A wise Teaching from Kyonin ... To listen to your inner voice ...
    To listen to your inner voice In a lot of self-help books and and conferences it’s common to see or hear that we must find our true self. They urge us to live fully by cultivating our passion and that we are excellent persons just by being born. This should be our true self. It’s as easy as believing in 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):

    Dear All, Treeleaf Sangha is a Practice Place centered on the daily Sitting of Shikantaza Zazen. We ask all our members to have sat Zazen sometime in the preceding day (today or yesterday) before posting in this Forum and joining in discussion. Please have "Sat" before any "Chat". gassho1 Also, both as


    Gassho, Jundo
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
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