I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please sit, any place any time, our December 23rd-24th Treeleaf Weekly Ho Ho Ho Zazenkai ...
... recalling our holiday message ... that we celebrate the Happy Holidays (All of Them!) around here ...
For our Preceptees ... all comes full circle ... PRECEPTS XII - To Refrain from Disparaging the 3 Treasures ...
Shikantaza is Shikantaza ... when sitting Shikantaza, there is not one other thing to do in all the world ... shikantaza and mindfulness dhyana ...
The 6th Ancestor with wacky subtitles (and a bit of Kung Fu) ... (and the truth about Bodhidharma's Kung Fu) ...
A lovely essay on The Zen of Creativity by the late John Daido Loori Roshi ...
Treeleaf branded stuff? ... I think we already have too much "stuff" ...
Some Apps for Memorizing the Heart Sutra ... (a good New Year project)? ...
and recall ... Timeless "LAST CALL" for Rakusu Mailing Addresses / DATE FOR JUKAI CEREMONY ... (Sunday, Jan. 15th) ...
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
Please sit, any place any time, our December 23rd-24th Treeleaf Weekly Ho Ho Ho Zazenkai ...
... recalling our holiday message ... that we celebrate the Happy Holidays (All of Them!) around here ...
For our Preceptees ... all comes full circle ... PRECEPTS XII - To Refrain from Disparaging the 3 Treasures ...
Shikantaza is Shikantaza ... when sitting Shikantaza, there is not one other thing to do in all the world ... shikantaza and mindfulness dhyana ...
The 6th Ancestor with wacky subtitles (and a bit of Kung Fu) ... (and the truth about Bodhidharma's Kung Fu) ...
A lovely essay on The Zen of Creativity by the late John Daido Loori Roshi ...
Treeleaf branded stuff? ... I think we already have too much "stuff" ...
Some Apps for Memorizing the Heart Sutra ... (a good New Year project)? ...
and recall ... Timeless "LAST CALL" for Rakusu Mailing Addresses / DATE FOR JUKAI CEREMONY ... (Sunday, Jan. 15th) ...
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