TREELEAF ZENDO PODCAST
Episodes
Sunday May 28, 2017
Sunday May 28, 2017
We are calling on ALL of our Treeleaf Members and friends to Vow to undertake one extra, special 'Good Deed' each day (besides all the Good you already do!) and dedicate this to our Sangha.
This is a manifestation of our Shikantaza Practice out in this world, this is a Community Project together. We recall especially that Mahayana Buddhism that is actually not about us at all, but is always dedicated to the world. We sit for the world, we act for the world and others. So, this is just another form of Shikantaza, like Chanting Metta ... it is Metta in Action. Like placing an offering on the Altar, this is making small offerings to the Altar which is the world. Like working in Samu to pick weeds or cook, or eating Oryoki, this is working to pick a few weeds in our town, to feed others as we feed ourselves.
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:SIT-A-LONG with Jundo: The Treeleaf LEND-A-HAND ('LAH') Project ... WE NEED YOU! »
Sunday May 07, 2017
May 2017 Zazenkai Talk (May 5th-6th, 2017 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI!)
Sunday May 07, 2017
Sunday May 07, 2017
Our Talk this month digests the Chants for Formal Meals ... not bread alone, these Chants guide us for all our Practice and Life ... The talk covers the Formal Meal Verses (Gyôhatsu nenju 行鉢念誦):
Verse upon Hearing the Meal Signal (Montsui no ge 聞槌之偈)
Verse for Setting Out Bowls (Tenpatsu no ge 展鉢之偈))
Verse of Buddha Names (Butsumyô 十仏名)
Food Offering Verses (Sejiki ge 施食偈)
Verse of Five Contemplations (Gokan no ge 五観之偈)
Verse of Food Offering (Saba ge 生飯偈)
Bowl Raising Verse (Keihatsu no ge 擎鉢之偈)
Meal End (Sessui no ge 折水之偈)
Verse of Purity While Abiding in the World (shose kaibon no ge 処世界梵之偈)
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:May 5th-6th, 2017 - OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI! »
Tuesday May 02, 2017
April 2017 Guest Zazenkai Talk (David Loy and A New Buddhist Path)
Tuesday May 02, 2017
Tuesday May 02, 2017
A special Zazenkay and talk by guest speaker David Loy. David Robert Loy is a professor, writer, and Zen teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is a prolific author, whose essays and books have been translated into many languages. His articles appear regularly in the pages of major journals such as Tikkun and Buddhist magazines including Tricycle, Turning Wheel, Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma, as well as in a variety of scholarly journals. David lectures nationally and internationally on various topics, focusing primarily on the encounter between Buddhism and modernity: what each can learn from the other. He is especially concerned about social and ecological issues. ... David Loy is one of the founding members of the new Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center, near Boulder, Colorado.
Further reading and discussion for this talk are available on the Treeleaf forum:ATTENTION: Special Zazenkai SUNDAY April 30th with DAVID LOY »