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

Please sit with any of our recent Treeleaf Zazenkai ... always a good sittin' ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...ings-too%21%29

About Zen and Zazen when we get a bit tired or the luster fades a little ... Zen Funks ... a really great thread ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...7561-Zen-Funks

Thoughts About Bodhisattvas ... they inspire, and we bring them to life by our lives ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...t-Bodhisattvas

For the musically inclined, probably more than most folks ever need to know about temple instruments ... Music within Zen ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...sic-within-Zen

A question about "when" to consider Jukai ... there is no "when" ... and only how we act "now" ... (but we start each fall) ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ukai-Etiquette

The "ZEN of EVERYTHING" podcast has a new episode every couple of weeks ... this next Friday will be about the Corona Virus panic, hopeful to bring some calm about that ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...ELEAF-Podcasts

Also, the "Simple Living" Practice Circle simply moves on ... nothing to catch up with though ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...ractice-Circle

Our book club is talking about Emptiness ... but is never empty ... and hopefully not just empty words ... Realizing Genjokoan ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...EAF-ART-CIRCLE




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




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


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