ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Next Book Club Books! - GET EM' EARLY!

[Neika]

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Next Book Club Books! - GET EM' EARLY!

Mine showed up today, and I am looking forward to the new reading, but I have to agree that the S-Z should be finished first. No use overdoing it. Besides, I think I have another half dozen books that I am reading. Mindfulness never seems to reach into my reading habits...

[CraigfromAz]

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I just joined Treeleaf Zendo yesterday, ordered my books today - hopefully they will get here quickly - I paid as much for expedited shipping as I did for the books :shock:

Looking forward to it!

Craig

[Grizzly]

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F.A.O Monkton

Hi there. If you have trouble getting any books I'd recommend wisdom-books.com in England. I'm sure they'll post out to Ireland. They are good value too..if you see the book elsewhere for cheaper then negotiate (doesn't always work but the chaps are willing to discuss price- I guess if you become a regular customer then they might be even more so- don't say I said tho :wink: ). The telephone number is on the website and Lee is the chap I talk to. HTH.

Best wishes

Rich

[Taylor]

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Not the cup of tea of teenage Zen followers and other modern arguing students...It would be an amazing eye opener though.

Hey hey hey!!! :lol: "Wisdom knows no age" 8)

No offense taken lol

Taylor

[CraigfromAz]

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I just received my books in the mail. I assume there will be an announcement when the next book club is starting? Should I look for that in the Zazen topics (where this announcment was), or in the book club topic?

Gassho,

Craig

[Jundo]

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Next Book Club Books! - GET EM' EARLY!

I just received my books in the mail. I assume there will be an announcement when the next book club is starting? Should I look for that in the Zazen topics (where this announcment was), or in the book club topic?

Gassho,

Craig

Hi Craig,

There will be a prominent announcement somewhere. I am feeling that we should take a break for a week as we just finished our readings in the Zuimonki ... and maybe start June 11th. We'll start things off then.

Gassho, J

[Silva]

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Before I order these, any news of the forthcoming jukai & precepts study book(s), I ordered last week R. Aitkin's book figuring it would be worthwhile anyway.

gassho,

Sylvie

[Jundo]

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Before I order these, any news of the forthcoming jukai & precepts study book(s), I ordered last week R. Aitkin's book figuring it would be worthwhile anyway.

gassho,

Sylvie

Probably, it will be the same as last year. I will know by July if we will change (small possibility). The book we have used for two years is a good book, even if we do not use it this year. Robert Aitken Roshi's, THE MIND OF CLOVER. It is a beautiful examination of the Precepts and Buddhist ethics.

http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Clover-Essay ... 059&sr=8-1

Thank you for your patience.

Gassho, J

[Seishin the Elder]

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Talk about "the skin of your teeth"; I just ordered these books. I had to search for some rock bottom bargain priced copies, and found them on eBay. Hopefully they will be here by the time we begin.

Gassho,

Seishin Kyrill

[CoreyW]

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I would love to join in with the book club this time! I will try to get the books before it starts, but I may not be able to get both right away. would it be ok if i caught up a little with one of them once i get it?

Gassho,
Corey

[Jundo]

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Next Book Club Books! - GET EM' EARLY!

I would love to join in with the book club this time! I will try to get the books before it starts, but I may not be able to get both right away. would it be ok if i caught up a little with one of them once i get it?

Gassho,
Corey

Hi,

It seems that at least some of both books is available for reading on-line. I am not sure if all the pages are there (it looks like at least the first chapters are there in large part), but it should help a little until books arrive ...

The Record of Transmitting the Light: Zen Master Keizan's Denkoroku
By Keizan, Francis Dojun Cook, Francis Harold Cook
http://books.google.com/books?id=hyMGrW ... &q&f=false

Living Buddha Zen By Lex Hixon
http://www.amazon.com/Living-Buddha-Zen ... 0943914752

And, of course, there is no place to get to ... nothing to catch up. Just this page and the page, this phrase and this phrase, this word and this word ... and always the open space of the page that lets the words be shine out.



















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[anista]

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Just ordered one of the books, hopefully it will get here on time. Couldn't afford both though, but I will try and join in where I can.

[Myozan Kodo]

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Just ordered the books online. Should get them before next Friday. That is when the next book club kicks off, isn't it?
Gassho,
Soen

[CoreyW]

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Thanks for your post Jundo. I will have to read from those links for the time being. I am so excited to start reading these works; and i feel reading these will help me become more regular with my sitting too.

Gassho,
Corey

[Myozan Kodo]

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Books have arrived! That was quick. Wall between intention (order books) and outcome (books arrive) has collapsed. Is this a side-effect of zazen. Hold on! Why am I levitating?