Sharing Helpful and Insightful Tips (was The Tea Party)

[Fugen]

Hi.

Infromationwise, here's the link to an posting here on Treeleaf about the Treeeleaf Teaparty ( i know it gets lost in all the other notices and such we have put up there about things happening on Treeleaf, but...)

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...af-Tea-Parties

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[adrianbkelly]

Thanks Fugen; I knew this post was somewhere, but I couldn't find it!

_/\_

Ade

[Kaishin]

I've still got to make it one of these days, and will probably be silent as well

[Dosho]

Hello all,

Here is the Tea Party report for Sunday, October 7th:

Ango
Failure
Achieving Goals
Renewing Commitments
PPEs
Animal Suffering
Cancer
Posts on the Forum: Overwhelming?
Jundo: Night Owl
Who's Who on G+ Zazenkai?
Sitting Group
Interfaith Groups
Sewing Circle

Gassho,
Dosho

[Jundo]

Jundo: Night Owl

Hah! The life of a Japanese translator. The best time to get any work done is after everyone else is in bed!

Gassho, J

[Fugen]

Hi.

Secretary report for 21/10

Kids and dads car
Chatfunction
Committment
Why so much no sho?
Music
Zazenkais
relatives and people
interreligious interaction
ceremonies
forum and cheatsheet
Funerals

Thank you for your practice and see you on the teaparty!

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Shohei]

Hi all
Just a heads up that the Teaparty will be starting an hour later for those of us in North America who have yet to Fall back in time

So thats 4 pm Eastern, 5 pm Atlantic and so on. I believe next week is our time change and all will be back to the regular scheduled time.

Gassho
Shohei

[Dosho]

Hello all,

Here is the Tea Party report for Sunday, October 28th:

Swearing
All Good Practice
Genus or Genius?
Frankenstorm
Darth Vader & Son
Waking Up
Halloween Costumes
Sci-Fi Conventions
3,000 Calories
iPads
Inspiration Thread
Loud Keyboards
Politics...Lots of Politics

Gassho,
Dosho

[Dosho]

Hello all,

Here is the Tea Party report for Sunday, November 25th:

RetreatFunerals
Forum Posts
Rakusus and Kesas
Buddhist Holidays
Wrapping Your Head Around It
Buddhist Cops

Gassho,
Dosho

[Dosho]

Hello all,

Here is the Tea Party report for Sunday, December 2nd:

Star Trek
The Picard Maneuver
Gratitude
Bowing in Humility
Sitting Zazen in Public
Family
Waking Up...
...And Falling Asleep
Asking Questions

Gassho,
Dosho

[Fugen]

Hi.


Here's the secretary report from the first Treeleaf teaparty on Google +.

Live and Helicoptering/hoovering/staying afloat?
A sick child
Google+
Ordination
The dark side
Treeleaf T-shirts
A Treeleaf Calender?
Books
The white rabbit
Music
Dancepoles
Workings of the press
Treeleaf 2013 augustretreat
Treeleaf bookclub
Telephones and the new deal


Thank you for your practice.

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Fugen]

Hi.

Secretary report from 27/1-13



Google+
Kesa
Sittings
Three mile island
Zen jokes
Chanting
2013 Retreat
Robes
Treeleaf newsletter
mystery men
Unsui videos
Nanao sakaki
chanting to Trees
A good job?
Canoes vs kayaks
technology
Difference in practice
Scholastic knowledge
Its all good practice
Cats

Thank you for your practice.

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Dosho]

Sorry I missed the fun!

Gassho,
Dosho

[Fugen]

Hi.

Secretary report from 3/2.

A change in form
The flu
Origins of Treeleaf and the Treeleaf teaparty
Inquisitive persons
Questioning and religion
Great doubt
The burden of reverence
Outdoors and Weather
Retiring policedogs and dogs
Asking questions
Majoring in...
Star wars
Being unsui
Sewing and zen
Super bowl
No expectations
Treeleaf retreat 2013


Thank you for your practice.

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Fugen]

Hi.

Secretaryreport 10/2

Snow or no snow
Google+
Taking the precepts
Sewing
Ordination
Great patience Zen stitchery
Sitting with people
Herding cats
Shootings
Koans
Trivial things
openness
Old times
Forums and moderators
Treeleaf is more than a forum
Long or short posts
Changing
E-sangha and Dharmawheel
Shooting and chasing
Kayaking
Cars
Sitting with the robes
Taigu and Jundo

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Fugen]

Hi.

Secretary report of 17/2

Changes
Struggling
The mind and Ego
An Easy practice?
The power of sitting with others...
Finding Teachers and Sangha
Finding answers
Taigu's tumble
A deteriorating mind
Affectionate upbringing and Games
Video games
Philosophers
Zombie movies
Monty python
Comedy shows
Sci-Fi series
Star wars/ Star trek/ Battlestar Galactica
Tv-shows

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Fugen]

Hi.

Secretary report of 24/2 -2013

Whats new?
Employment insurance
K-9
Getting ordained
Problems sitting
What is practice?
What is a Buddhist?
Sick kids
Speaking
Hard times
What is zen?
Internet and technology


Thank you for your practice

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Fugen]

Hi.

Secretary report from the 3/3 Treeleaf teaparty.

Treeleaf teaparty
Google+
Practice
A comfortable path?
The Danger of internet Forums
Time


Thank you for your practice.

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Fugen]

Hi.

Secretary report of 10/3

Troubles with Google+
Zazen in daily life
Sitting
Still on the wagon
How long?
Monetary ways
Being a priest
It's all good practice

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[simon]

Thank you Fugen.

It's always a pleasure to meet new people.

Gassho,

Simon

[Dosho]

Hello all,

Here is the Tea Party report for Sunday, March 17th:

Being under the weather
Sesame Street Live
Can't come back if you're dead
Aging parents
Raising children
Worried about penises
Overintellectualizing
Overwhelmed by the forum
Book clubs
August retreat
Zen masters facing death
Snow ending soon?

Gassho,
Dosho

[Enkyo]

huh? I was just going to join! It should start at 23:00 Stockholm time, no?

gassho

Enkyo

[Dosho]

21:00 actually...sorry we missed you!

[Enkyo]

Oh well, it's OK. there is alway next time right? See you soon!

[Fugen]

Hi.

For those that are curios and wonder about the Treeleaf Teaparty, here's a link to it...

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...af-Tea-Parties

And for your information it's every sunday 21.00 (swedish time) and you're always welcome.

Mtfbwy
Fugen

[Dosho]

Hello all,

Here is the Tea Party report for Sunday, April 7th:

Bringing Mom home
Archeology in the cities
Getting people connected
Heart Sutra
Lost in translation
Subtitles
The Muppets
New people
Treeleaf as an innovator
Ordination and dharma transmission
Soto in the West
Lifelong learning
Trust/Obediance to the teacher

Gassho,
Dosho

[Karasu]

Hello Treeleafers

This is the Tea Part report for Sunday 5 May:

Practice and life
Life and practice
Difference between kesa and robes
Sewing
Knitting
Jukai
Unsui
Ordination
Internet ordination and dharma transmission.
Talking
Laughter


Gassho
Andy

[chuck13]

Sundays have been rough a bit rough for me. Keep sending the invites though I'll make it again eventually.