Dear All,

Please find a list of many of the several special guest Teachers we have been honored to have come visit Treeleaf over the years:

[Return Visit] Special Treeleaf Event - Guest Teacher, Rev. Heiku Jaime McLeod
Special Treeleaf Event - Guest Teacher, Rev. Heiku Jaime McLeod - Sunday January 28th - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?22327-Special-Treeleaf-Event-Guest-Teacher-Rev-Heiku-Jaime-McLeod-Sunday-January-28th
Dear All, A good friend of Treeleaf, the Rev. Heiku Jaime McLeod, Soto Zen Priest and Teacher, writer and journalist, and the author of the wise essay we are now visiting in our Treeleaf 'No Words' Book Club' entitled Picking and Choosing (LINK to ESSAY (https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?22326-Challenging-Times


Special Treeleaf Event - Guest Teacher, Rev. Shodo Spring
Special Treeleaf Event - Guest Teacher, Rev. Shodo Spring - Saturday January 6th - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?22277-Special-Treeleaf-Event-Guest-Teacher-Rev-Shodo-Spring-Saturday-January-6th
Dear All, To start the New Year ... ... Rev. Shodo Spring, Soto Zen Priest, social and environmental activist, and the author of the beautiful essay we are now visiting in our Treeleaf 'No Words' Book Club,' When the World is On Fire: Reflections on These Times (so appropriate for this New Year) ... is coming to Treeleaf


Special Treeleaf Event -Bodhi-Burnout- Myoshin Kate McCandless
Special Treeleaf Event -Bodhi-Burnout- Myoshin Kate McCandless - Sat. November. 11th - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?22082-Special-Treeleaf-Event-Bodhi-Burnout-Myoshin-Kate-McCandless-Sat-November-11th
Dear All, Rev. Myoshin Kate McCandless is the author of a timely essay we are now visiting in our Treeleaf 'No Words' Book Club, Beings are Numberless: When Bodhisattvas get Discouraged. In a world of ecological destruction, war and other human suffering, how do we act, balancing somehow concern, compassion and equanimity?


A Treeleaf Event w/ a Very Special Teacher- Konin Cardenas/Dhammadipa
A Treeleaf Event w/ a Very Special Teacher- Konin Cardenas/Dhammadipa -Sun. Oct. 8th - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?21947-A-Treeleaf-Event-w-a-Very-Special-Teacher-Konin-Cardenas-Dhammadipa-Sun-Oct-8th
A Guest Teacher who combines the Soto Zen and Theravadan Paths ... Dear All, Ayyā Dhammadīpā, who is also Soto Priest Rev. Konin Cardenas, is the author of the wonderful essay we are now visiting in our Treeleaf 'No Words' Book Club, on envy, trust and finding the wholeness in which nothing need be envied or desired.


Special Treeleaf Event - Joan Hogetsu Hoeberichts - Love and Fear -
Special Treeleaf Event - Joan Hogetsu Hoeberichts - Love and Fear - Sunday Sept. 10th - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?21839-Special-Treeleaf-Event-Joan-Hogetsu-Hoeberichts-Love-and-Fear-Sunday-Sept-10th
Dear All, Roshi Joan Hogetsu Hoeberichts is the author of the wonderful essay we are now visiting in our Treeleaf 'No Words' Book Club, on the many changes and trials of this life: birth, sickness, fear, old age, death and loss, love. She recounts the place of Zazen and Retreat amid it all. Please have a look: (LINK


Special Treeleaf Event -Cathy Toldi- Feeling Our Way to Embodied Wisdom
Special Treeleaf Event -Cathy Toldi- Feeling Our Way to Embodied Wisdom - Sun. Jun 18 - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?21599-Special-Treeleaf-Event-Cathy-Toldi-Feeling-Our-Way-to-Embodied-Wisdom-Sun-Jun-18
Dear All, Ganman Cathy Toldi is the author of one of the best essays I know on why Zen practice does not mean that all worry, fear, upset in life will vanish ... and why that's not the end of the world if we approach those emotions wisely. We are now reading it in Treeleaf's "no words" bookclub (LINK (https://www


Special Treeleaf Event -Shunzan Jill Kaplan- Deep Connections to Dharma
Special Treeleaf Event -Shunzan Jill Kaplan- Deep Connections to Dharma - Sun. May 21 - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?21531-Special-Treeleaf-Event-Shunzan-Jill-Kaplan-Deep-Connections-to-Dharma-Sun-May-21
Dear All, Boy, I would really like to get LOTS of members of our 'Digital Sangha' to attend this event via ZOOM ... as Shunzan offers a wise caution on using the internet and media in moderation! :encouragement: Our series continues, welcome to all, even if you have not been joining in our "No Words" Book Club


Special Treeleaf Event: Myosho Kyle-Brown/Four Noble Truths of Challenge
Special Treeleaf Event: Myosho Kyle-Brown/Four Noble Truths of Challenge - March 19th - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?21295-Special-Treeleaf-Event-Myosho-Kyle-Brown-Four-Noble-Truths-of-Challenge-March-19th
PLEASE CONFIRM NEW START TIMES BELOW ... Dear All, Our series continues, welcome to all, even if you have not been joining in our "No Words" Book Club readings! Myosho Ann Kyle-Brown, Founder and head Teacher of Kumeido – The Mendocino Zen Center, will be visiting us on Sunday, March 19th, 9:00AM,


Special Treeleaf Event - Shosan Victoria Austin - Impact: Accidental Zen
Special Treeleaf Event - Shosan Victoria Austin - Impact: Accidental Zen - March 4th - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?21235-Special-Treeleaf-Event-Shosan-Victoria-Austin-Impact-Accidental-Zen-March-4th
Dear All, I highly recommend this event to all, even if you have not been joining in our "No Words" Book Club readings! The great Shosan Victoria Austin of the San Francisco Zen Center will be visiting us on Saturday, March 4th, 8AM, California Time, to offer a netcast Talk and Chat about her wonderful essay ...


Special Zazenkai with Zen/Dogen Historian Dr. Steven Heine
ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai with Zen/Dogen Historian Dr. Steven Heine - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17955-ATTENTION-Special-Zazenkai-SUN-July-26th-with-Zen-Dogen-Historian-Dr-Steven-Heine
Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Buddhism & Zen historian, the noted specialist on the life and writings of Master Dogen, Prof. Steven Heine, will be joining us for a very special Zazenkai and Talk on SUNDAY July 26th, LIVE from Miami, USA and Treeleaf Tsukuba. More about Steve, and his simply amazing book on Dogen


Special Zazenkai with Writer-Zen Historian Barbara O'Brien
ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai SUN. June 21st with Writer-Zen Historian Barbara O'Brien - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17872-ATTENTION-Special-Zazenkai-SUN-June-21st-with-Writer-Zen-Historian-Barbara-O-Brien
Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Buddhist writer, blogger and Zen historian Barbara O'Brien will be joining us for a very special Zazenkai and Talk on SUNDAY June 21st, LIVE from Missouri, USA and Treeleaf Tsukuba. More about Barbara, and her wonderful book on the history of Zen, THE CIRCLE OF THE WAY ... My


Special Zazenkai with Grace Schireson
ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai SUNDAY March 15th with Grace Schireson - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17592-ATTENTION-Special-Zazenkai-SUNDAY-March-15th-with-Grace-Schireson
NOTE: Because of Daylight Savings Changes in USA/CANADA this week, please pay special attention to start times in other places! Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Soto Priest, Author and Teacher, Myoan Grace Schireson will be offering a very special Zazenkai and Talk on SUNDAY March 15th, LIVE from California and


Special Zazenkai with Rev. Kenshin Catherine Cascade
ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai SUNDAY Feb. 23rd with Rev. Kenshin Catherine Cascade - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?17531-ATTENTION-Special-Zazenkai-SUNDAY-Feb-23rd-with-Rev-Kenshin-Catherine-Cascade
Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Soto Priest and Teacher, Kenshin Catherine Cascade, of the Bird Haven Zendo, will be offering a very special Zazenkai and Talk on SUNDAY February 23rd, LIVE from Oregon and Treeleaf Tsukuba. More about Kenshin ... Let me note that Kenshin will be Ordaining our cherished Treeleaf


Special Zazenkai with Rev. EDWARD ESPE BROWN (The Tassajara Tenzo)
ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai SUNDAY with Rev. EDWARD ESPE BROWN (The Tassajara Tenzo) - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?16199-ATTENTION-Special-Zazenkai-SUNDAY-with-Rev-EDWARD-ESPE-BROWN-%28The-Tassajara-Tenzo%29
Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Soto Priest and famed former "Tenzo" (Head Cook) at the Tassajara Zen Monastery Rev. Edward Espe Brown will be offering a very special Zazenkai and Talk NEXT SUNDAY MAY 6th, LIVE from California and Treeleaf Tsukuba. More about Ed ... The festivities will begin at 9:00 AM


Special New Year Zazenkai with Zoketsu Norman Fischer
ATTENTION: Special New Year Zazenkai SATURDAY 1/5 with Zoketsu Norman Fischer - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?16637-ATTENTION-Special-New-Year-Zazenkai-SATURDAY-1-5-with-Zoketsu-Norman-Fischer
Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Soto Zen teacher, former Co-Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center and author Zoketsu Norman Fischer will be offering a very special Zazenkai and Talk to welcome the New Year, SATURDAY JANUARY 5th, LIVE from California and Treeleaf Tsukuba. More about Norman Fischer ... The


Special Zazenkai with SUSAN MOON
ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai SATURDAY 8/4 with Author/Zen Teacher SUSAN MOON - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?16363-ATTENTION-Special-Zazenkai-SATURDAY-8-4-with-Author-Zen-Teacher-SUSAN-MOON
Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Soto Zen teacher, engaged Buddhist and authorSUSAN MOON will be offering a very special Zazenkai and Talk SATURDAY AUGUST 4th, LIVE from California and Treeleaf Tsukuba. More about Susan Moon ... The festivities will begin at 8:00 AM CALIFORNIA TIME SATURDAY 8/4 (that is 11am in New


Special Zazenkai with DAVID LOY
ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai SUNDAY April 30th with DAVID LOY - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15261-ATTENTION-Special-Zazenkai-SUNDAY-April-30th-with-DAVID-LOY
Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Zen teacher, philosopher, environmentalist, futurist and author DAVID LOY will be offering a very special Zazenkai and Talk NEXT SUNDAY April 30th, LIVE from Colorado and Treeleaf Tsukuba. More about David ... The festivities will begin at 11:00 am NEW YORK TIME SUNDAY (that is


Special Zazenkai with Taikyo Morgans
Announcement: ANOTHER!! Special Zazenkai SUNDAY 10/23 w/ Taikyo Morgans - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14828-Announcement-ANOTHER%21%21-Special-Zazenkai-SUNDAY-10-23-w-Taikyo-Morgans
Dear All, Our Blue Mountain White Cloud Hermitage (http://www.bluemountainhermitage.org/#our-sangha) visits by old friends continue ... I am pleased to announce that our old Treeleaf friend and Taigu's heir, TAIKYO DAVID MORGANS, now guiding the wonderfully acronymed Z.A.W. (Zen Association Wales) (https://zenassociationwales


Special Zazenkai with Myozan Kodo
Announcement: Special Zazenkai SATURDAY 10/15 w/ Myozan Kodo - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14799-Announcement-Special-Zazenkai-SATURDAY-10-15-w-Myozan-Kodo
Dear All, I am pleased to announce that our old Treeleaf friend and Taigu's heir, Myozan Kodo Kilroy, now guiding the Zen Buddhism Ireland Sangha (http://www.zenbuddhism.ie/) in Dublin, will be joining us for a very special Zazenkai and Talk SATURDAY OCTOBER 15th, LIVE. Please come sit with us. Myozan is also a poet and


Special Zazenkai with Rev. TAIGEN DAN LEIGHTON
ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai SATURDAY with Rev. TAIGEN DAN LEIGHTON - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?13637-ATTENTION-Special-Zazenkai-SATURDAY-with-Rev-TAIGEN-DAN-LEIGHTON
Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Soto Priest, Zen historian, translator and author Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton will be offering a very special Zazenkai and Talk NEXT SATURDAY JULY 25th, LIVE from Chicago and Treeleaf Tsukuba. More about Taigen ... The festivities will begin at 11:00 AM CHICAGO TIME SATURDAY (that is


Special Zazenkai with BRAD WARNER
Announcement: Special Zazenkai SUNDAY JUNE 5th with BRAD WARNER - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14449-Announcement-Special-Zazenkai-SUNDAY-JUNE-5th-with-BRAD-WARNER
Dear All, I am pleased to announce that a most honored guest, my Dharma Brother, a fellow student of Nishijima Roshi, and the bass player of Zero Defex, BRAD WARNER, author of a slew of books such as HARD CORE ZEN (http://www.amazon.com/Hardcore-Zen-Monster-Movies-Reality/dp/086171380X), SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP (http://www


Special Zazenkai with DAIHO HILBERT
- REDUX-NOT-TWO - Sunday (March 30th) Zazenkai with DAIHO HILBERT Roshi is HERE!! - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12139-REDUX-NOT-TWO-Sunday-%28March-30th%29-Zazenkai-with-DAIHO-HILBERT-Roshi-is-HERE%21%21
Hello All, This is our March 30th sit with Daiho REDUX. I have the folks registered for the HANGOUT the same as last week. If there has been change in someone's ability to attend, please let me know by PM. NOTE ALSO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS CHANGE THAT DAY IN EUROPE. UK/EUROPE FOLKS PLEASE CONFIRM THE NEW TIMES!! WELCOME to our


Special Zazenkai & Talk with Rev. Tonen O'Connor! Please Sit-A-Long!
Our Special Zazenkai & Talk with Rev. Tonen O'Connor is Here! Please Sit-A-Long! - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?13024-Our-Special-Zazenkai-Talk-with-Rev-Tonen-O-Connor-is-Here%21-Please-Sit-A-Long%21
WELCOME to our special Zazenkai guided by the Rev. Tonen O'Connor of the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Zen Center ... ... LIVE from Treeleaf Tsukuba! The festivities will begin at 10pm Japan time Sunday (that is New York 8am, Los Angeles 5am, London 1pm and Paris 2pm, all Sunday Dec. 21st). The event is expected to last about 90


Special Zazenkai with Rev. Mary Mocine of Clear Water Zendo
Special Zazenkai SATURDAY with Rev. Mary Mocine of Clear Water Zendo (REDUX) - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?13693-Special-Zazenkai-SATURDAY-with-Rev-Mary-Mocine-of-Clear-Water-Zendo-%28REDUX%29
Mary has asked me to post the reading from Master Dogen below, and that you read it before the Zazenkai ... Dear All, I am pleased to announce that Rev. Mary Mocine, guiding the Clear Water Zendo/Vallejo Zen Center in California, will be offering a very special Zazenkai and Talk NEXT SATURDAY AUGUST 15th, LIVE from


Special "Inside the Grass Hut" Zazenkai & Talk with Ben Connelly
Our Special "Grass Hut" Zazenkai & Talk with Ben Connelly is Here! Please Sit-A-Long! - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?13311-Our-Special-Grass-Hut-Zazenkai-Talk-with-Ben-Connelly-is-Here%21-Please-Sit-A-Long%21
THIS IS THE MAIN PAGE FOR THE EVENT WELCOME to our special "Grass Hut" Zazenkai guided by Ben Connelly ... The festivities are expected to last about 90 minutes to 2 hours, and will begin at 11pm Japan time Sunday (that is New York 10am, Minnesota 9am, Los Angeles 7am, London 3pm and Paris 4pm, all Sunday


Special Zazenkai NEXT SUNDAY with MUHO NOELKE, Abbot of Antaiji
Our Special Zazenkai & Talk with Abbot Mujo of Antaiji is Here! Please Sit-A-Long! - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?13140-Our-Special-Zazenkai-Talk-with-Abbot-Mujo-of-Antaiji-is-Here%21-Please-Sit-A-Long%21
THIS IS THE MAIN PAGE FOR THE EVENT WELCOME to our special Zazenkai guided by the Abbot Muho Noelke ... ... LIVE from Treeleaf Tsukuba and Antaiji! The festivities are expected to last about 90 minutes of so, and will begin at 9pm Japan time Sunday (that is New York 7am, Los Angeles 4am, London Noon and Paris 1pm, all


OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! (Guest Teacher: Buddhist Historian Jeffrey Kotyk)
October 3rd-4th, 2014 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! (Guest Teacher: Jeffrey Kotyk) - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12784-October-3rd-4th-2014-OUR-MONTHLY-4-hour-ZAZENKAI%21-%28Guest-Teacher-Jeffrey-Kotyk%29
As we are in our Jukai Season, I have asked Buddhist scholar and translator JEFFREY KOTYK, who is presently researching at Soto-shu's Komazawa University in Tokyo, to come and offer us a talk on the history and culture of the Precepts. More information about Jeffrey below in this thread. Please give him a warm welcome! Dear


Special Zazenkai with Rev. KOUN FRANZ!
Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11027-Special-Zazenkai-with-Rev-KOUN-FRANZ%21-Please-Sit-A-Long%21


Our SPECIAL ZAZENKAI & TALK with GUSTAV ERICSSON
(Gustav is a fellow successor to Nishijima Roshi, as well as a Priest in the Lutheran Church of Sweden)
Our SPECIAL ZAZENKAI & TALK with GUSTAV ERICSSON - Treeleaf Zendo
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?11052-Our-SPECIAL-ZAZENKAI-TALK-with-GUSTAV-ERICSSON
Please join us for a special Zazenkai with my Dharma Brother, Gustav Ericsson, who is visiting Treeleaf Tsukuba, Japan from Sweden! http://youtu.be/K-5bFTHsBBo Gustav Ericcson is a Dharma successor of our Gudo Wafu Nishijima Roshi (Jundo's Teacher) and, since 2010, also a Lutheran Priest with the Church of Sweden, which


Special Zazenkai with Doshin Cantor (video no longer available)
SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: DOSHIN - SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO & TAIGU
http://www.treeleaf.org/sit-a-long/with-jundo-and-taigu/archives/2007/12/sit-a-long-with-jundo-doshin.html





We have been gifted with their visits, and I hope to have many more in the coming years.

Nine Bows, Jundo

STLah