I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Ah, a couple find their "True Self" together! ... please sit our romantic February 17th-18th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - HAPPY VALENTINE'S ! ...
Know some Stories of Compassion and Kindness ? ... Please post about "good deeds" here or anonymously to "Gojo Bodhisattva" ...
We continue our readings from Zen Teacher David Loy ... New Buddhist Path - Path / Transcendence? - PP 9-18 ...
Zen is not always about being silent in this messy world ... SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Sit Down & Speak Up ...
Be one with all disturbances, and then there is no disturbance! ... Zazen and earworms ...
Likewise ... Facing the Computer or Facing the Wall ...
A question on how long to offer Metta turns to Dogen's many tastes of time ... Metta When and Whenless ...
A beautifully filmed documentary on a Korean Temple cook ... A Buddhist chef ...
Failing at Jukai? ... On failing Jukai (or "learning its not about me") ...
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
Ah, a couple find their "True Self" together! ... please sit our romantic February 17th-18th Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - HAPPY VALENTINE'S ! ...
Know some Stories of Compassion and Kindness ? ... Please post about "good deeds" here or anonymously to "Gojo Bodhisattva" ...
We continue our readings from Zen Teacher David Loy ... New Buddhist Path - Path / Transcendence? - PP 9-18 ...
Zen is not always about being silent in this messy world ... SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Sit Down & Speak Up ...
Be one with all disturbances, and then there is no disturbance! ... Zazen and earworms ...
Likewise ... Facing the Computer or Facing the Wall ...
A question on how long to offer Metta turns to Dogen's many tastes of time ... Metta When and Whenless ...
A beautifully filmed documentary on a Korean Temple cook ... A Buddhist chef ...
Failing at Jukai? ... On failing Jukai (or "learning its not about me") ...
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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