I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please DANCE & SIT with our January 20th-21st Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
Some helpful talks by Shingen for our Rakusu folks, or anyone ... Shingen's Talks on the Verse of the Kesa, Handling the Rakusu ...
Mahayana Buddhism bends and expands our ordinary logic ... but still makes sense ... yet don't get caught up in it ... The Logic of the Buddhist Tetralemma ...
A question on how to read Dogen ...
Zen is Martial Arts ... and yet ... For History Wonks: The Myth of Zen Connection to Samurai, Bushido and Martial Arts ...
Clothes DO NOT make the man ... some questions about dressing Zen ... Kesa, Kimono, Rakusu, etc ...
Some Dharma Names received at Jukai ... yet a name is just a name is just a name ... Celebrate Your Dharma Name ...
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 DANCE & SIT with our January 20th-21st Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
Some helpful talks by Shingen for our Rakusu folks, or anyone ... Shingen's Talks on the Verse of the Kesa, Handling the Rakusu ...
Mahayana Buddhism bends and expands our ordinary logic ... but still makes sense ... yet don't get caught up in it ... The Logic of the Buddhist Tetralemma ...
A question on how to read Dogen ...
Zen is Martial Arts ... and yet ... For History Wonks: The Myth of Zen Connection to Samurai, Bushido and Martial Arts ...
Clothes DO NOT make the man ... some questions about dressing Zen ... Kesa, Kimono, Rakusu, etc ...
Some Dharma Names received at Jukai ... yet a name is just a name is just a name ... Celebrate Your Dharma Name ...
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