May 16th Recommended Threads
I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Please sit along with any of our weekly Zazenkais .... any time, any place, this time is the place ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...TTING-NETCASTS
Such Wisdom is best attained by dropping all thought of attainment ... Attaining something in Zazen
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...thing-in-Zazen
Presenting these talks helped me too when I was healing ... Greatest Hits #5 - Jundo’s Cancer Talks - Celebrating Treeleaf's 15th ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...reeleaf-s-15th
A fine way to help sentient beings ... Anniversary Fundraiser for Doctors Without Borders - Celebrating Treeleaf's 15th
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...reeleaf-s-15th
Sewing is a powerful Practice, and the Kesa truly fills the whole universe ... Rakusu, Kesa ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...23-Rakusu-Kesa
Another powerful, yet simple, practice ... recommended to all ... Shakyo Practice Circle #1, May 2021 ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...cle-1-May-2021
Is Zen dead in Japan? ... there is an old Koan that says, "Alive or dead? I won't say, I won't say" ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...-dead-in-Japan
Some grammar just gets in the way ... A Buddha or Buddha - The Point of Zazen ... An example of Dogen's wordplay too ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...Point-of-Zazen
Buddha is anything ... even when sometimes hard to see ... Greatest Hits #4 - The Buddha is a Hoover - Celebrating Treeleaf's 15th ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...reeleaf-s-15th
Also in the spotlight ... Spotlight #4 - Arts Circle - Celebrating Treeleaf's 15th ... Music too ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...reeleaf-s-15th
Unless you are sick of the whole topic ... How to be Sick - Chapter 12 ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ick-Chapter-12
Women in Buddhism didn't always get a fair chance ... Zen Women, Chapter 8, Pages 174-183 ... Never too late to jump in ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...TERS-BOOK-CLUB
The informal Genjo Koan group is informally reading too ... informally ... Informal Reading Group: REALIZING GENJOKOAN ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...-11-April-2021
The chanting sitters are sitting and chanting ... chanting and sitting ... Chanting-Zazen-Circle
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...g-Zazen-Circle
Tonglen is healing of the heart ... get your tongues moving for Tonglen, Glen ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...RACTICE-CIRCLE
The episode was a true Joy to make ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 51 ... Joy
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...Episode-51-Joy
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!)
As well, 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
