I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...
Come sit Zazen in our Weekly Zazenkai ... for Zen can solve -ALL- your problems! (REALLY!!) ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...EALLY%21%21%29
and
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...EALLY%21%21%29
Also, Sunday Zazen for Peace, with Washin in Ukraine ... sitting for Peace any time ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...hin-in-Ukraine
Preparations continue for our Jukai and Ango Season ... which commences next week! ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...Y-SEWING-FORUM
Tricycle Magazine printed something by me ... The Koan of Zazen Sailing ... Sailing for sailing’s sake, sitting for sitting’s sake ...
https://tricycle.org/article/shikant...4-F4SpMm_wnujk
Some folks just need a little extra support ... Cushion for Cosmic Mudra ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...r-Cosmic-Mudra
A question about our way of chanting "The Four Bodhisattva Vows" ... and a funny response by Joan Halifax ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...l=1#post310623
A New Interview with Shohaku Okumura ... always worth the time, always some new insights ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...hohaku-Okumura
A discussion about Nembutsu, Juzu and Zen ... Do beads and Pure Land Teachings have some place in Zen Practice? ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...u-Juzu-and-Zen
An eye opening topic ... Has metta practice improved your sleep? ... I don't see why it would not ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...ved-your-sleep
Zen and Money Worries ... Zen will cure all your problems, for there is nothing to lose or lack ... and yet, it doesn't pay the bills ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...-money-worries
Some lovely photos, some lovely sitting ... A photographer from Mexico stumbles upon Antaiji ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...s-upon-Antaiji
Get yourself to have a listen ... Buddha Basics Podcast 03 - No Self, No Problem ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...elf-No-Problem
Always Tonglen all the time ...
https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/foru...RACTICE-CIRCLE
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
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