January 10th Recommended Threads
I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
ATTENTION JUKAI-ERS: Our JUKAI CEREMONY GUIDE is HERE !! (for Sunday January 17th, 2021) ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...y-17th-2021%29
Please sit, any place or placeless, any time and timeless ... our weekly Treeleaf Zazenkai ... and other sittings too ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...TTING-NETCASTS
Coming Soon! ... our How to be Sick study and practice group ... with Kokuu and Onka ... open to the ill, those who care for the ill, healthy folks and anyone ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...practice-group
Some wonderful, wonderful quotes on Shikantaza practice by the wonderful 'Homeless' Kodo ... Kodo Sawaki on Satori ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...waki-on-Satori
Our practice is to not grab on, to let go when already grabbed ... the breath is helpful to get unstuck ...
Tips on dealing with difficult, obsessive images ?
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...sessive-images
Does anyone else feel it is "easier" to sit with groups? ... it often is ... but need not be ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...it-with-groups
Being a buddhist ... what does that mean? ... some serious, some funny, and funny-serious answers ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ing-a-buddhist
Keeping it together, even when beliefs are apart ... Zen Practice in a 'Mixed' Marriage ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...Mixed-Marriage
Sunday is Tonglen ... or any time ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...RACTICE-CIRCLE
This is a great episode, if my ego might brag [evil2] ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 42 ... Ego ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...Episode-42-Ego
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/showt...Lend-A-Hand%29
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, 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 DURING THE LAST DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):
http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...ore-Forum-Chat
Gassho, Jundo
SatTodayLAH
