Jundo
06-05-2017, 01:35 PM
I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please sit with our JUNE MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! ... about the "Ino", the "giver of joy to the monastic assembly" ... In our "temple of all the world" we are Ino to all the world ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15354-June-2nd-3rd-2017-OUR-MONTHLY-4-hour-ZAZENKAI%21
In the Treeleaf Art Circle ... a Talk by Daizan and new projects inspired by Avalokiteshvara ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15351-Treeleaf-Art-Circle-Avalokiteshvara
Some good Talks by Domyo, and Leafers add in, on ... the Benefits of a Sangha ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15342-Benefits-of-a-Sangha
Why Shikantaza is not "Zoning Out" ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15329-Sitting-well
The same but not the same ... Mindfulness and Shikantaza ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15348-Mindfulness-and-Shikantaza
When a parent struggles with a child ... the heart breaks, and no amount of Zazen will fix it ... Compassion and Firmness? ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15355-Compassion-and-Firmness
Zen folks avoid such technical Buddhist philosophical analysis ... but I take a stab briefly because it was asked ... on the Correlation between compassion and dependent origination ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15358-Correlation-between-compassion-and-dependent-origination
Why we offer Compassion and Metta (Loving Kindness) to ourself and to all the difficult and violent people of the world ... http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15347-Compassion&p=200147&viewfull=1#post200147
We all talk to ourselves sometimes, and it is not a problem! ... just not "during Zazen" please, and avoid to be a prisoner of the thoughts ... Does your mind do the same or am I nuts? Or both? ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15350-Does-your-mind-do-the-same-or-am-I-nuts-Or-both
In the "No Words Book Club" ... continuing with LIVING by VOW: The Four Bodhisattva Vows - PP 31 to 41 (thru Magnanimous Mind) ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15357-LIVING-by-VOW-The-Four-Bodhisattva-Vows-PP-31-to-41-%28thru-Magnanimous-Mind%29
And DON'T FORGET! ... the experiment continues, and we need you! ... A TREELEAF EXPERIMENT with EVERYONE’S PARTICIPATION REQUESTED: “LAH” (Lend A Hand)
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15314-A-TREELEAF-EXPERIMENT-with-EVERYONE%C2%92S-PARTICIPATION-REQUESTED-%C2%93LAH%C2%94-%28Lend-A-Hand%29
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LsKsCfmaL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
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.
(BUT 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
SatTodayLAH
Please sit with our JUNE MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! ... about the "Ino", the "giver of joy to the monastic assembly" ... In our "temple of all the world" we are Ino to all the world ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15354-June-2nd-3rd-2017-OUR-MONTHLY-4-hour-ZAZENKAI%21
In the Treeleaf Art Circle ... a Talk by Daizan and new projects inspired by Avalokiteshvara ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15351-Treeleaf-Art-Circle-Avalokiteshvara
Some good Talks by Domyo, and Leafers add in, on ... the Benefits of a Sangha ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15342-Benefits-of-a-Sangha
Why Shikantaza is not "Zoning Out" ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15329-Sitting-well
The same but not the same ... Mindfulness and Shikantaza ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15348-Mindfulness-and-Shikantaza
When a parent struggles with a child ... the heart breaks, and no amount of Zazen will fix it ... Compassion and Firmness? ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15355-Compassion-and-Firmness
Zen folks avoid such technical Buddhist philosophical analysis ... but I take a stab briefly because it was asked ... on the Correlation between compassion and dependent origination ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15358-Correlation-between-compassion-and-dependent-origination
Why we offer Compassion and Metta (Loving Kindness) to ourself and to all the difficult and violent people of the world ... http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15347-Compassion&p=200147&viewfull=1#post200147
We all talk to ourselves sometimes, and it is not a problem! ... just not "during Zazen" please, and avoid to be a prisoner of the thoughts ... Does your mind do the same or am I nuts? Or both? ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15350-Does-your-mind-do-the-same-or-am-I-nuts-Or-both
In the "No Words Book Club" ... continuing with LIVING by VOW: The Four Bodhisattva Vows - PP 31 to 41 (thru Magnanimous Mind) ...
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15357-LIVING-by-VOW-The-Four-Bodhisattva-Vows-PP-31-to-41-%28thru-Magnanimous-Mind%29
And DON'T FORGET! ... the experiment continues, and we need you! ... A TREELEAF EXPERIMENT with EVERYONE’S PARTICIPATION REQUESTED: “LAH” (Lend A Hand)
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?15314-A-TREELEAF-EXPERIMENT-with-EVERYONE%C2%92S-PARTICIPATION-REQUESTED-%C2%93LAH%C2%94-%28Lend-A-Hand%29
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LsKsCfmaL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
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.
(BUT 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
SatTodayLAH