Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

[Nengyo]

I missed a borg and droid discussion? Awwww man

[Tb]

Hi.

Secretary report 27/7

Fugen's Hats

Chanting the verses

Taking the communion
Breaking boundaries
Dharma.
Reasons to be called or religion 2.0?
What do you need to be christian?
Nonbuddhist and nonchristian things?
Can you be Buddhist and christian at the same time?
Meeting Jundo.
Comittment and Participation
Damokles sword
Laugh at one self
Getting it
Taking the red pill
Only one person in family joining ceremonies
Telling the family
A philosophy about getting the small things in the machinery

Seeing things differently
Step back, relax
A pathologist and a priest walk into a bookshop...

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Kyotai]

Hi.

Secretary report 27/7

Fugen's Hats

Chanting the verses

Taking the communion
Breaking boundaries
Dharma.
Reasons to be called or religion 2.0?
What do you need to be christian?
Nonbuddhist and nonchristian things?
Can you be Buddhist and christian at the same time?
Meeting Jundo.
Comittment and Participation
Damokles sword
Laugh at one self
Getting it
Taking the red pill
Only one person in family joining ceremonies
Telling the family
A philosophy about getting the small things in the machinery

Seeing things differently
Step back, relax
A pathologist and a priest walk into a bookshop...

Mtfbwy
Fugen

One of these days I want to join!

Gassho, Shawn

[Jika]

Do so, Fugen is brewing good tea!

Gassho, Danny

[Tb]

Hi.

Secretary report 3/8

The Teaparty and the teapartymovement
The benefits of grandchildren
Connectivityproblems
Meeting Jundo
Wearing a watch
Sensory deprivationtank
Treeleaf USAretreat
Dharma
Medicalstuff

Wearing armour




Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Tb]

Hi.

Secretary report 10/8

Having tests
Treeleaf is an real sangha
Problems with an international sangha
Taigu's Teisho
Problems with the sound from the Retreat
How do they know what to do?
More specific instructions on how to do it needed
Germany
Travelling
Shaving the head
To be open is the same as be crazy by some standards
Reddit
The use of Buddhastatues
Meeting Jundo and he's SHORT!!
Sitting for the first time
Silence is golden
Doing stuff
Dharma
Kesa, Rakusu and sewing
More women than men on the Treeleaf teaparty today
Shohei
Take the Jukai
Dokusan

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Tb]

Hi

Secretary report 17/8

Grace
Meeting Jundo
The danger of quoting books
Its all good practice
Missing at the retreat
Touring the city
Taigu
Meeting after the retreat
Manjushri vs avolokiteshvara
The be with the compulsion to look
Dharma
Teens
Handling one at a time
Cats & dogs
Fullmoonretreat
Shutting up for a day a month...
Listening
Forum being shut off
A boys club
Taigu's Teishos
What to do better for the next retreat
People participating vs people watching
Loving and open context
Talking in french
The day after the retreat


Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Tb]

Hi.

Secretary report 31/8

Books, reading and practice
Kids
Dharma
The trouble with Google+
Rinzai vs soto?
Fugen going to Denmark
Dokusans
Jazznight at the church with Jundo
Bad backseatdrivers
Jundo in real person...
No need to be polite when the kitchen is on fire
Just sit
The effects of taking the red pill
Computers taking over the world or watching catpictures
wallplank vs throwing balls at walls
baseball and american football
worlds champion

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Dosho]

Hello all,

Here is the Tea Party Report for Sunday, September 14th:

Parents
Parrots
Muppets
Star Wars Silence
Tea Party
Camping
GPS Zen
Universal Translator
Retreat
Jundo's Trip
Oatmeal
The "Worst" Buddhist
Samuari
Umbrella of Buddhism
Sharp or Dull
The 10,000 Things
Koans
Monastary Life
Dharma
Lots of Other Things I Forgot To Write Down

Gassho,
Dosho

[Dosho]

Hello all,

Here is the Tea Party Report for Sunday, September 21st:

Ceremonies
Dharma
Racism
Football
Figures of Speech
"Old Boys Club"
Attachment
Disconnection
Meditation Without Dharma
Up On A Pedestal
Jukai
Beginners Mind
Uneeded Bits
Wordless
5 Year Old Pickup Lines
Breaking Precepts
A "Real" Buddhist
War Veterans
Strong Minded

Gassho,
Dosho

[Tb]

Hi.

Secretary report 27/9

Medical school vs other schools

Swedish rohatsu retreat
Practice on airplanes
Jumping out off airplanes
weekends
different smartness
palinka
romanians
Dharma
Kesas and rakusus
People full of themselves

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Tb]

Hi.

Secretary report 5/10

Daughters and kids
Teenagers
Love and compassion
Shit happens and its good fertilizer
Cops and horsehandlers
Dharma
Buddhism condoning
Abortion
Parents have an advantage?
Getting along
Homeschooling
School
Clean and put away
Change
Family
Tea

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Tb]

Hi.

Secretary report 19/10

Youtubevideos...

The fan-thing and sleeping during debates
Big bang theory
affect effectively
Chinese vs japanese vs english
Unfriendly facebookfriends
Sounding arrogant
Not getting what you expected
Facebookconnotations
The internet is a tool
Why
Dharma
Canadian bacon- the movie
Zombies vs Zen
Buddhist Humor
Sewing
Netiquette
We value the things we pay for
What would you pay for the Dharma?
The red herring
Being a Christian-Buddhist
If you open your eyes you see things
If theyre posting to much i'm the one reading it...


Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Tb]

Hi.

Secretary report 26/10

The heart sutra
Google+
Two dosho's
Daylight savings
A good nights sleep
Routine
canarybirds
Day of service
Needles
Dharma
Star trek
Shaved heads
Dogs and children
Ango
keeping a cactus alive
Toy story 2 and collecting horses
not misusing sex
A typical Treeleafer
Nice people

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Tb]

Hi.

Secretary report 2/11

Ango
Priests of Treeleaf
Dharma
Adding and taking away
Skunk
Crappy night to have a meeting
Rockets
Showing up at Treeleaf events, dokusans, KFC's, Zazenkais
Jundo
Taigu
Angocomittments
kesa and rakusu
Avatar and profile picture
Making posts
Google+

Thank you for your practice

Mtfbwy
Fugen