I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...

Please sit, any place any time, our November 4-hour ZAZENKAI! ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ur-ZAZENKAI%21

Especially for newer folks ... FEELING LOST AROUND THE COMMUNITY? Contact our "Sangha Buddhies" ... a new system to help people find their way around ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...angha-Buddhies

... AND IF YOU ARE BUDDHY VOLUNTEER, we could use a short bio ... Would each of our volunteers write a 2 or 3 sentence short description of themself, send it to me, and I will post it as part of that list. Thank you. ...

For our Jukaiees ... a sober topic ... PRECEPTS VII - To Refrain from Intoxication ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...521#post212521

... and we continue PRECEPTS VI - To Refrain from Untruth ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...n-from-Untruth

Also Ango Practice Partner Exercise #4 ... just be aware ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ner-Exercise-4

Some folks with very sedentary work ... desk jockeys and long haul drivers ... want to know if they can substitute Kinhin for Zazen. We still request 15 minutes minimum of daily actual sitting, after which walking Kinhin would be fine.
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...l=1#post211984

Is it okay to sit Zazen in public ... and should one be noticeable ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...l=1#post211704

A rather obscure topics in Zen history ... For Zen History Wonks Only - Zen Obaku and Amida /Pure Land
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...mida-Pure-Land

Some Zafu Height advice from Kyonin, who is pretty tall ... and other good advice about finding the cushion right for you ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...l=1#post212514

Continuing our "Beyond Words Bookclub" reading ... LIVING by VOW: The Heart Sutra - pp 147-156 (Stopping at Emptiness in Theory)
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...s-in-Theory%29

A lovely personal story from Meishin ... Today ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...hp?15781-Today




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 THE PREVIOUS DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):

http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showt...ore-Forum-Chat

Gassho, Jundo

SatTodayLAH