I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Timeless "LAST CALL" for Rakusu Mailing Addresses / DATE FOR JUKAI CEREMONY ... (Sunday, Jan. 15th) ...
Please sit any time our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
Don't get angry, but I have posted this last night ... PRECEPTS XI - To Refrain from Being Angry ...
For our sewers, thinking about maybe sewingers, just curious about sewers or for anyone at all wishing inspiration from one of our great first Ancestors in the West, Tomoe Katagiri ... Oneness with Every Stitch ...
For our sewers ... what about the pine needle on the back of the Rakusu ... and other Soto Zen symbols ...
Angoners ... now that Ango be Anwent (although it truly never ends), post some closing Ango impressions? ...
Our Koan reading ... drunk on Koans ... BOOK OF EQUANIMITY Case 73, Sozan's Requited Filial Piety ...
Audio interview with a Jesuit Priest inspired by Zen ... Rev. James says hi around here from time to time ... OnBeing - James Martin, SJ ...
A lovely talk from ZMM on Dharma Transmission in our Zen Way ...
A good blog post by a fella sitting in the office dreaming monastery dreams ... What Does Spiritual Practice Look Like? ...
A new-old member who found a taste of freedom and himself while stuck for awhile in the county jail ... Back with eyes wider open ... As he stays out, may eyes stay open
...
Ever want a Bodhidharma Dharma Action figure .. to see the 6th Ancestor story with cheezy special effects? Now is your chance (plus some actually great movies too) ... Hurray for Buddhawood! ....
If you are feeling small in life ... or if your ego ever gets to big ... remember that you are one beautiful player in the show, beyond big or small ... Poised Between Big and Small ...
Things are still so hard there, and they and other refugees could use your help ... Aleppo ...
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.
(BUT 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
SatToday
Timeless "LAST CALL" for Rakusu Mailing Addresses / DATE FOR JUKAI CEREMONY ... (Sunday, Jan. 15th) ...
Please sit any time our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
Don't get angry, but I have posted this last night ... PRECEPTS XI - To Refrain from Being Angry ...
For our sewers, thinking about maybe sewingers, just curious about sewers or for anyone at all wishing inspiration from one of our great first Ancestors in the West, Tomoe Katagiri ... Oneness with Every Stitch ...
For our sewers ... what about the pine needle on the back of the Rakusu ... and other Soto Zen symbols ...
Angoners ... now that Ango be Anwent (although it truly never ends), post some closing Ango impressions? ...
Our Koan reading ... drunk on Koans ... BOOK OF EQUANIMITY Case 73, Sozan's Requited Filial Piety ...
Audio interview with a Jesuit Priest inspired by Zen ... Rev. James says hi around here from time to time ... OnBeing - James Martin, SJ ...
A lovely talk from ZMM on Dharma Transmission in our Zen Way ...
A good blog post by a fella sitting in the office dreaming monastery dreams ... What Does Spiritual Practice Look Like? ...
A new-old member who found a taste of freedom and himself while stuck for awhile in the county jail ... Back with eyes wider open ... As he stays out, may eyes stay open
...
Ever want a Bodhidharma Dharma Action figure .. to see the 6th Ancestor story with cheezy special effects? Now is your chance (plus some actually great movies too) ... Hurray for Buddhawood! ....
If you are feeling small in life ... or if your ego ever gets to big ... remember that you are one beautiful player in the show, beyond big or small ... Poised Between Big and Small ...
Things are still so hard there, and they and other refugees could use your help ... Aleppo ...
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.
(BUT 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
SatToday