Mentoring?

[Rob VanCamp]

See what you started Rob!?

https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15753-SEEKING-VOLUNTEERS-Treeleaf-Mentors&p=211629&viewfull=1#post211629

Gassho, Jundo

SatTOdayLAH

Trouble from the git-go I am...��

[HAN SEN]

Greetings all!

I was wondering if any of the members would be in a position to guide me through this whole thing. I am new to Buddhism, and even newer to Zen. I live about an hours drive from the Chapel Hill Zen Center, but truth be told, I've only been there once.

My problem is this; I am a long haul trucker. I only get home a couple of days a month (usually 28 days out to 4 at home). I'm not always home on Sundays (their Sangha zazen day), and to be frank - I'm not in a real big hurry to drive anywhere when I AM at home.

I would much prefer someone who has some time in it, not a relative novice. I would like to prepare to take the precepts next time around. I also need someone who understands that a) my schedule is not set or stable b) I often work 14 hour days with only 10 hour breaks in between, and c) I am not always available.

I know its asking alot. Thank you in advance for your consideration.

May you find balance and inner peace on your path.

Gassho
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I sat

Rob

I sat too

I know the feeling. I've been a newspaper printer (night shift) for almost 40 years. The isolation from society as others close to us experience it can affect us negatively. Yet we are all around other people in the same boat as we are. Its can be like an alternate reality. I think you know the path, do your zazen, check in with people who are keeping tabs on you, and do try to touch bases with real life sangha when ever you can. Develop your zazen and you'll get to the good part; consider yourself fortunate. I was once told discovering the Dharma in this lifetime is just like a sea turtle coming to the surface and landing in the middle of a Krispy Kreme donut!

Gassho brother

sat today

[Byokan]

...I was once told discovering the Dharma in this lifetime is just like a sea turtle coming to the surface and landing in the middle of a Krispy Kreme donut!

Gassho
Byōkan
sat + lah