A TREELEAF EXPERIMENT: Three Sacred Sentences (Please Join Poll)

[Jundo]

UPDATE: There is an ongoing poll on the practice, and your taking a moment would be a great help:

Members' Poll (Your Participation Requested): "Three Sacred Sentences"
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...cred-Sentences

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[Sekishi]

Another interesting experiment here at Treeleaf. Thank you Jundo.

I personally am going to go reread some Jane Austin and make note of how to spin paragraph length sentences full of whitticisms...

The gentlemen pronounced him (Mr. Darcy) to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding countenance, and being unworthy to be compared to his friend.

(kidding)

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

[Doshin]

Doshin
St

[Jundo]

Doshin
St

Ah, you just said too much!

Gassho, J

STLah

[Meitou]

Another interesting experiment here at Treeleaf. Thank you Jundo.

I personally am going to go reread some Jane Austin and make note of how to spin paragraph length sentences full of whitticisms...





(kidding)

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat

I'm raising the stakes ; I give you - Henry James!
Gassho
Meitou
Sattoday lah

[Ryumon]

Oh. Well. Okay.

Gassho,

Kirk

sat.

[Horin]

A nice idea. I will try my best

Gassho
Ben
Stlah

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[Ryumon]

I'm raising the stakes ; I give you - Henry James!

As a long-time fan of Henry James, I approve of this message. :-)

Gassho,

Kirk

sat

[Tairin]

Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Kyotai]

Sounds great.

Kyotai
ST

[Sekishi]

I'm raising the stakes ; I give you - Henry James!

Too excessive - the forum already has a post length limit!

See also: William Faulkner (at times).

Gassho,
Sekishi
#sat #books!

[Seikan]

Anyone ever read Nietzsche in the original German where run-on sentences are quite common? Some of his sentences would span 2-3 pages. No joke!

Gassho,
Rob

-st-


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[Cooperix]

The last chapter of Ulysses, by James Joyce. One sentence if I remember correctly.

Gassho
Anne

~lahst~

[Seishin]

Not posted much this year due to family health issues. But if I do will keep this in mind. Thank you everyone.


Sat

Ooops just reopened to add "Sat" ..........will that count as one of the sentences

[Nenka]

How long until people start breaking up long posts into 1/10, 2/10, etc. like they do on Twitter?

Gassho

Nenka
ST

[Matt]

Matt
SatToday

[Risho]

How long until people start breaking up long posts into 1/10, 2/10, etc. like they do on Twitter?

Gassho

Nenka
ST

hahaha - this place is the jedi council compared to Mos Eisley (that being twitter) lol

Gassho

Rish
-stlah

[Kyōsen]

Less is more

Gassho
Kyōsen
Sat|LAH

[Meitou]

As a long-time fan of Henry James, I approve of this message. :-)

Gassho,

Kirk

sat

And I approve of yours!

Meitou
sattodaylah

[Michael Joseph]

I'm raising the stakes ; I give you - Henry James!
Gassho
Meitou
Sattoday lah

Being from the American South, I'll be reading Faulkner. MMMM--earthy.

Gassho,

Hobun

STLAH

[Jundo]

How long until people start breaking up long posts into 1/10, 2/10, etc. like they do on Twitter?

Gassho

Nenka
ST

No, will wag a finger at too much of that, and I added "(of ordinary length)" to the description to cover Faulkner and friends.

This is how the Vinaya rule for monk behavior in India started off with a simple rule like "don't have sex," and soon ended up with pages and pages of rules about "and that includes not with a sack of rice" but "it's okay if asleep and you had sex in a dream but you didn't mean it, but not including if you went to sleep hoping it would happen in a dream, and further, the foregoing includes dreams about sacks of rice!"

So, let's keep the spirit of the rule!

Gassho, J

STLah

[Shinshi]

No, will wag a finger at too much of that, and I added "(of ordinary length)" to the description to cover Faulkner and friends.

This is how the Vinaya rule for monk behavior in India started off with a simple rule like "don't have sex," and soon ended up with pages and pages of rules about "and that includes not with a sack of rice" but "it's okay if asleep and you had sex in a dream but you didn't mean it, but not including if you went to sleep hoping it would happen in a dream, and further, the foregoing includes dreams about sacks of rice!"

So, let's keep the spirit of the rule!

Gassho, J

STLah

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

[Kyonin]

Understood.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Jakuden]

No, will wag a finger at too much of that, and I added "(of ordinary length)" to the description to cover Faulkner and friends.

This is how the Vinaya rule for monk behavior in India started off with a simple rule like "don't have sex," and soon ended up with pages and pages of rules about "and that includes not with a sack of rice" but "it's okay if asleep and you had sex in a dream but you didn't mean it, but not including if you went to sleep hoping it would happen in a dream, and further, the foregoing includes dreams about sacks of rice!"

So, let's keep the spirit of the rule!

Gassho, J

STLah

Yeah sounds just like the journey of the policy manual at my clinic. Every year we revise it and add all the new creative sandbox rules we have been forced to come up with.

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH



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[Jundo]

Gassho, Shinshi

SaT-LaH

By the way, I did not make up the content any of those Vinaya rules (although I don't think it literally says "bag of rice," it does list similar "inanimate objects"). Apparently, a few of those old monks came up with 101 ways to bend the rules on a lonely Tuesday night.

Intentional emission of semen, except while dreaming, entails initial and subsequent meetings of the Community. ... A bhikkhu causes an emission making an effort (1) at an internal object, (2) at an external object, (3) at both an internal and an external object, or (4) by shaking his pelvis in the air. It then goes on to explain these terms: The internal object is one’s own living body. External objects can either be animate or inanimate objects. ...

In making the exception for what happens while asleep, the Buddha states that even though there may be the intention to cause an emission, it doesn’t count. The Commentary goes on to say, however, that if a bhikkhu fully awakens in the course of a wet dream, he should lie still and be extremely careful not to make a move that would fulfill the factor of effort under this rule. If the process has reached the point where it is irreversible and the ejaculation occurs spontaneously, he incurs no penalty regardless of whether he enjoys it. ... However, the Commentary’s two cases concerning nocturnal emissions, mentioned above, indicate that if a nocturnal emission occurs after a bhikkhu made a fully intentional effort toward an emission before falling asleep, he would incur the full offense under this rule unless the effort and intent were clearly stopped with a clear change of heart while he was still awake.

https://www.dhammatalks.org/vinaya/bmc/Section0011.html

And you guys think you have it rough just to use three sentences!?!

Gassho, J

STLah

[Geika]

I consider it an excellent challenge in learning to write more intentionally.

Gassho
Sat today, lah

[Science Abbot]

Wonderful.

"Simple can be harder than complex: you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple." - Steve Jobs (Wired, 1996)

Gassho,
Mui
Sat/LAH

[shikantazen]

Interesting. What's the idea behind introducing this?

Gassho,
Sam
STLah

[Tai Shi]

Old Teacher Old Artificer stand me now and ever in good stead.
Tai Shi
sat/ lah
Gassho

[Seibu]

Sounds like a great experiment

Gassho,
Seibu
Sattoday

[StoBird]

Gassho,

Tom,
SAT/LAH

[Kokuu]

Interesting. What's the idea behind introducing this?

It has been noted of late that the forum has become a bit chattersome so this is an attempt to just to focus minds on what is most important.

I'm debating on leaving America. I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;....Yeats

Love that Yeats poem!

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Tai Shi]

"I heard this morning morning's minion" Hopkins. It resided in my swing through my own transitional pain as my starling beat its wing against my daughter's books she must endure-- it's my fault. I must endure my pain.
Tai Shi
sat
Gassho

[murasaki]

First time here in a reaaaallllllly long time.
My husband, who used to be my boyfriend, is thinking about joining.
I should just sit now.

_/\_

[Geika]

Nice to see you again, murasaki!

Gassho
Sat today, lah

[Ryumon]

Old Teacher Old Artificer stand me now and ever in good stead.

I see what you did there.

Gassho,

Kirk

sat

[Jinyo]

First time here in a reaaaallllllly long time.
My husband, who used to be my boyfriend, is thinking about joining.
I should just sit now.

_/\_

good to see you again murasaki

Gassho

Sat today

[Tai Shi]

And, what is important is zazen, only zazen -- the act that is no act, the resilience which depends on all, the paradox of humankind.
Tai shi, sat, lah, Gassho

[Koki]

I like it.
So far, so good.

Koki
Satoday ��

[serenewolf]

The silent tea koan! I like the idea of having to pick your thoughts carefully, although i hope some leniency is allowed.
Gassho
Sat/lah
David

[Jundo]

The silent tea koan! I like the idea of having to pick your thoughts carefully, although i hope some leniency is allowed.
Gassho
Sat/lah
David

If it is absolutely, utterly and unavoidably necessary to say more for a certain saying ... than one is free to say what they need to say.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Archpoet]

I love it! <3

Gassho,
Chris

[Cooperix]

hello,
The majority of the folks who have responded here are from English speaking countries. I wonder what 'English-as-a-second-language-speakers' have to say about this? Does that complicate your ability to express yourself clearly?
Just wondering...
Gassho
Anne

~lahst~

[Onka]

hello,
The majority of the folks who have responded here are from English speaking countries. I wonder what 'English-as-a-second-language-speakers' have to say about this? Does that complicate your ability to express yourself clearly?
Just wondering...
Gassho
Anne

~lahst~

Gassho
Onka
st

[Kotei]

hello,
The majority of the folks who have responded here are from English speaking countries. I wonder what 'English-as-a-second-language-speakers' have to say about this? Does that complicate your ability to express yourself clearly?
Just wondering...
Gassho
Anne

~lahst~

Hello,
I already have the feeling of not being able to express exactly what I mean in all its complexity, using English language.
This experiment raises the effort and complexity for me and reduces the number of replies when I am having less time or energy.
Maybe this is not a bad thing and teaches me English as much as it demands clearing my thoughts and reduces gossiping.
Gassho,
Kotei sat/lah today.

[Geika]

Kotei,

As Jundo said, if three sentences isn't enough to properly express what you would really like to say, you can add a couple more if you feel it is important.

Gassho
Sat today, lah

[Jundo]

Kotei,

As Jundo said, if three sentences isn't enough to properly express what you would really like to say, you can add a couple more if you feel it is important.

Gassho
Sat today, lah

[Jundo]

I am going to extend the experiment a couple of more weeks, see if it might be a good feature to keep.

Please try to focus on three sentences to say what needs to be said ...

... but you do not have to limit yourself if you really, really need to say more.

Gassho, Jundo

SatTodayLAH

[Risho]

I have foreseen this!! I actually like it

gassho

risho
-st

[Jundo]

I have foreseen this!! I actually like it

gassho

risho
-st

Now we just need to see ya try it!

Gassho, J

STLah