June 10th recommended threads
I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Re-MINDer of our upcoming Sesshin in Washington D.C (Aug 9-14) with Taigu and our 'DHARMA TRACKS Across AMERICA' (Jul-Aug), a rail and car trip across the Eastern US by Jundo & son to sit with as many of our members as possible ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...%28Aug-9-14%29
A couple of ongoing threads on the "non-method" and "goalless goals" of Shikantaza ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...taza-is-taught
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...y-Clouded-Mind
The answer is ... BOOK OF EQUANIMITY - Case 40 ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...NIMITY-Case-40
Our monthly Zazenkai ... featuring a little talk on Zen Practice as sailing life's storms ... (about 30 minutes, from the 1:50 mark) ... June 6th-7th, 2014 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...ur-ZAZENKAI%21
How do we know when our Practice is going well? ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...l=1#post129556
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.
(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.
Gassho, Jundo
