I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please witness Our January 2017 Treeleaf JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) CELEBRATION! ... right here ...
Also, you are asked to sit our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - FRIDAY THE 13TH!! ... it will bring you good luck ...
For our Koan-heads ... we pause at Book of Serenity Case 75, Zuigan's Permanent Principle ...
And a reMINDer of our next book, commencing soon ... A New Buddhist Path by David Loy ...
A good question on breath counting, concentration and the objectives of Zazen ... Joriki ...
Is Suzuki Roshi talking about serenity and calm ... or Serenity and Calm? ... Mind Waves -- Thoughts During Zazen ...
Is Sitting a matter of time and effort? ... depends what kind of Zen one Practices ... sitting zazen, timeless time ...
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 witness Our January 2017 Treeleaf JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) CELEBRATION! ... right here ...
Also, you are asked to sit our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - FRIDAY THE 13TH!! ... it will bring you good luck ...
For our Koan-heads ... we pause at Book of Serenity Case 75, Zuigan's Permanent Principle ...
And a reMINDer of our next book, commencing soon ... A New Buddhist Path by David Loy ...
A good question on breath counting, concentration and the objectives of Zazen ... Joriki ...
Is Suzuki Roshi talking about serenity and calm ... or Serenity and Calm? ... Mind Waves -- Thoughts During Zazen ...
Is Sitting a matter of time and effort? ... depends what kind of Zen one Practices ... sitting zazen, timeless time ...
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
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