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

Please sit any and all of our weekly Zazenkai ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...TTING-NETCASTS

SITTERS: Remember that 'Daylight Savings' changes in the coming days, so be sure to recheck netcast start times for Zazen and other scheduled events, which may change!

The next Precept is up for our Preceptees ... PRECEPTS V - To Refrain from Misusing Sexuality ... and desire of all kinds ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...sing-Sexuality

A great passage by Master Dogen on Continuous Practice Enlightenment ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...-Enlightenment

Also, two more sections from my book, Zen Master's Dance, await your joining the dance ...

https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...-%28to-p-23%29
and
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...-23-to-p-29%29

We slightly updated our page with some information on our priests and priest-trainees ... more about the crew on this sailboat than you probably want or need to know ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...Novice-Priests

Besides all the Precept discussions for Jukai, a couple of particular questions came up ... the Rationale for not Eating Meat in Buddhism ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...at-in-Buddhism

Also ... The Fourth Precept & Scanned Books ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...-Scanned-Books

Kyonin invites folks to sit with his Spanish language Sangha this week (although language is not an issue in Zazen) ...
Invitation to Sesshin, via Zoom. Nov. 1st and 2nd 2021 ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...t-and-2nd-2021

Is there a different flavor to dealing with our human foibles in Zen and some South Asian traditions? ... I think there is ... Dealing with kleshas ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...g-with-kleshas

Questions about Zen and Martial Arts ... Shaolin Kung fu and Zen ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ung-fu-and-Zen

Always new developments ... The Zen of Technology & Scientific Discovery! ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...very%21/page11

A lot of short and sweet in our Haiku group ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...187-Haiku-Club

On the podcast ... 'The ZEN of EVERYTHING! Podcast' ... Episode 60 ... Animals
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ode-60-Animals

Tons of Tonglen ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...RACTICE-CIRCLE

... a full moon of RYAKU FUSATSU - Full Moon Precepts Recommitment Ceremony ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...tment-Ceremony

.., and more ...





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 a powerful Zen practice about not falling into words and thoughts, simplifying ideas, not getting tangled, we ask people to keep sentences few in posting. However, it is not some law or hard rule at all. If someone really has something in their heart to say, and it is vital and cannot be said more concisely or silently, then say what one is called to say: In such case, no limit on words needed.

A Request to Sangha Members: "Three Sacred Sentences" Practice
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ences-Practice

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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):


Gassho, Jundo

(Sorry to run long)

SatTodayLAH