I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please sit our APRIL MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI ... with a talk on the Heart of the Heart Sutra ...
Also, our 90 minute Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - CELEBRATING BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY! ...
Information on how to Celebrate Buddha's Birthday (April 8th in Japan) at home ... never to late, the party never ends ...
We are the universe continuing to read David Loy (also the universe) ... New Buddhist Path - A New Buddhist Story to A Pivotal Stage - PP 86 - 104
... and we announced our next "Beyond Words" Bookclub selection ... LIVING BY VOW ...
A discussion of bringing some peace to a not so peaceful place ... Maintaining a right mindset in an unmindful world ... recalling that "peace" does not always feel peaceful ...
For ... all the suffering children in Syria and around the world ... we cry ...
A very old thread revised on Catholic Priests who practice Zen ... Priests and Priests: Walking the Buddhist and Christian Path ...
The title says it all ... What do you do when everyone around you is sad? ...
If Sitting in Seiza HURTS! ... don't do that! ...
The schedule for the August trip is firming up, from Indiana to California to Texas ... PRELIMINARY PLANNING: DHARMA TRACKS Across AMERICA WEST ...
And some highlights of my India pilgrimage last year from French TV ... Un américain sur un train bouddhiste indien ...
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 our APRIL MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI ... with a talk on the Heart of the Heart Sutra ...
Also, our 90 minute Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - CELEBRATING BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY! ...
Information on how to Celebrate Buddha's Birthday (April 8th in Japan) at home ... never to late, the party never ends ...
We are the universe continuing to read David Loy (also the universe) ... New Buddhist Path - A New Buddhist Story to A Pivotal Stage - PP 86 - 104
... and we announced our next "Beyond Words" Bookclub selection ... LIVING BY VOW ...
A discussion of bringing some peace to a not so peaceful place ... Maintaining a right mindset in an unmindful world ... recalling that "peace" does not always feel peaceful ...
For ... all the suffering children in Syria and around the world ... we cry ...
A very old thread revised on Catholic Priests who practice Zen ... Priests and Priests: Walking the Buddhist and Christian Path ...
The title says it all ... What do you do when everyone around you is sad? ...
If Sitting in Seiza HURTS! ... don't do that! ...
The schedule for the August trip is firming up, from Indiana to California to Texas ... PRELIMINARY PLANNING: DHARMA TRACKS Across AMERICA WEST ...
And some highlights of my India pilgrimage last year from French TV ... Un américain sur un train bouddhiste indien ...
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