Jundo
09-05-2016, 05:21 PM
I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please sit our any place any time Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14691-September-2nd-3rd-Treeleaf-Weekly-Zazenkai
... and remember that Jukai-Ango Season commences with our Monthly 4-Hour Zazenkai NEXT WEEK, SEPTEMBER 10th (Friday Night September 9th in North America, available for sitting any time in the days after for folks in Europe and others who need ... we are all together without thought of place or time)!
Many folks are posting their personal Ango commitments ... Experiencing Ango 2016 - DO SHARE YOUR PERSONAL ANGO COMMITMENTS & EXPERIENCES HERE ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14681-Experiencing-Ango-2016-DO-SHARE-YOUR-PERSONAL-ANGO-COMMITMENTS-EXPERIENCES-HERE
There is still time! ... ANNOUNCEMENTS POSTED:
It's JUKAI TIME .... 2016!
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14641-ANNOUNCMENT-It-s-JUKAI-TIME-2016%21
Treeleaf 'ANGO' (The 90 Days) --2016--
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14640-ANNOUNCEMENT-Treeleaf-ANGO-%28The-90-Days%29-2016
Rakusu sew-a-long (2016)
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14642-Rakusu-sew-a-long-%282016%29
Upside-down is a matter of perspective ... BOOK OF EQUANIMITY - Case 65: Shuzan's New Bride ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14698-BOOK-OF-EQUANIMITY-Case-65
An Amazing Little Film - Zen Fathers and Sons ... even Zen guys can be dads during their best ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14684-An-Amazing-Little-Film-Zen-Fathers-and-Sons
Feeling Anger after zazen ... sometimes stuff bubbles up from being quiet ... (and some advice on handling the fires of anger in general) ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14693-Anger-after-zazen&p=184252&viewfull=1#post184252
Are our memories attachments? ... Not if we don't wrap ourselves in them and cling ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14683-Are-our-memories-attachments&p=184045&viewfull=1#post184045
Always be aware of cult and abuse warning signs in any group ... "Holy Hells", misuses of buddhist principles and cults... ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14700-Holy-Hells-misuses-of-buddhist-principles-and-cults
A Situation ... trying to help a difficult person when one may be ill oneself ... how much is too much, what should we do? ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14696-Situation
ANNOUNCING: DONATIONS BUTTON REPAIRED - THANK YOU (and gratitude to our regular donors) ... it was broken for a couple of days ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14699-DONATIONS-BUTTON-REPAIRED-THANK-YOU-%28and-gratitude-to-our-regular-donors%29
... and so I say ...
I am so glad if this place and the practice are benefiting you. If so, you might consider a DONATION to Treeleaf at this LINK (http://www.treeleaf.org/donations-to-treeleaf-sangha/), although there is absolutely no need or requirement to do so. Thank you.
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.
Oh, and we do ask folks to note that they have SAT ZAZEN THE PREVIOUS DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12995-Signing-SatToday-Please-Sat-before-Forum-Chat
Gassho, Jundo
SatToday
Please sit our any place any time Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14691-September-2nd-3rd-Treeleaf-Weekly-Zazenkai
... and remember that Jukai-Ango Season commences with our Monthly 4-Hour Zazenkai NEXT WEEK, SEPTEMBER 10th (Friday Night September 9th in North America, available for sitting any time in the days after for folks in Europe and others who need ... we are all together without thought of place or time)!
Many folks are posting their personal Ango commitments ... Experiencing Ango 2016 - DO SHARE YOUR PERSONAL ANGO COMMITMENTS & EXPERIENCES HERE ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14681-Experiencing-Ango-2016-DO-SHARE-YOUR-PERSONAL-ANGO-COMMITMENTS-EXPERIENCES-HERE
There is still time! ... ANNOUNCEMENTS POSTED:
It's JUKAI TIME .... 2016!
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14641-ANNOUNCMENT-It-s-JUKAI-TIME-2016%21
Treeleaf 'ANGO' (The 90 Days) --2016--
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14640-ANNOUNCEMENT-Treeleaf-ANGO-%28The-90-Days%29-2016
Rakusu sew-a-long (2016)
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14642-Rakusu-sew-a-long-%282016%29
Upside-down is a matter of perspective ... BOOK OF EQUANIMITY - Case 65: Shuzan's New Bride ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14698-BOOK-OF-EQUANIMITY-Case-65
An Amazing Little Film - Zen Fathers and Sons ... even Zen guys can be dads during their best ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14684-An-Amazing-Little-Film-Zen-Fathers-and-Sons
Feeling Anger after zazen ... sometimes stuff bubbles up from being quiet ... (and some advice on handling the fires of anger in general) ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14693-Anger-after-zazen&p=184252&viewfull=1#post184252
Are our memories attachments? ... Not if we don't wrap ourselves in them and cling ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14683-Are-our-memories-attachments&p=184045&viewfull=1#post184045
Always be aware of cult and abuse warning signs in any group ... "Holy Hells", misuses of buddhist principles and cults... ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14700-Holy-Hells-misuses-of-buddhist-principles-and-cults
A Situation ... trying to help a difficult person when one may be ill oneself ... how much is too much, what should we do? ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14696-Situation
ANNOUNCING: DONATIONS BUTTON REPAIRED - THANK YOU (and gratitude to our regular donors) ... it was broken for a couple of days ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14699-DONATIONS-BUTTON-REPAIRED-THANK-YOU-%28and-gratitude-to-our-regular-donors%29
... and so I say ...
I am so glad if this place and the practice are benefiting you. If so, you might consider a DONATION to Treeleaf at this LINK (http://www.treeleaf.org/donations-to-treeleaf-sangha/), although there is absolutely no need or requirement to do so. Thank you.
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.
Oh, and we do ask folks to note that they have SAT ZAZEN THE PREVIOUS DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?12995-Signing-SatToday-Please-Sat-before-Forum-Chat
Gassho, Jundo
SatToday