Sit-A-Longs

April 8th is traditionally celebrated as Buddha's Birthday in Japan!


A funny thing about Buddha's Birthday in Japanese Buddhism ... it is on a different day from the day in most of the rest of Asian Buddhism, where the date varies year by year and the holiday is known as "Vesak". Vesak in Japan (known ...

We are pleased to commence our latest GLOBAL DAYS OF SERVICE initiative here at Treeleaf, January 11-25 2014. We will be asking each and all of our Treeleaf folks, in some way, to spend a day making their communities, the lives of others, ...

Many times I hear folks say that they want to practice on their own, and not join in a Buddhist Community, because doing so gets in the way of their own practicing and sitting. They say that other people or having a teacher ...

WHOLENESS ...




　　　　　... WHOLENESS

... so whole that saying "wholeness" in unneeded.

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I would like to criticize some Soto Zen Teachers for how we may be teaching Shikantaza (I know that all the Soto Teachers fully understand what I say. My point is merely whether we are conveying the message clearly enough).

Yes, we teach the importance of sitting in a balanced way, be ...

Sitting with the beautiful AND the ugly in this world ... finding that which simultaneously transcends and holds, breathes in and breathes out, "beautiful vs. ugly" ... is our Practice.

We are free of aversion and attraction even as we have our ...