Treeleaf Zendo is an all-digital practice place for Zen practitioners who cannot easily commute to a Zen Center due to health concerns, living in remote areas, or childcare, work and family needs, and seeks to provide Zazen sittings, retreats, discussion, interaction with a teacher, and all other activities of a Soto Zen Buddhist Sangha.

Jan 27, 2025 · ” And in such moment, one can pierce the peace, equanimity and wholeness of a Buddha, sitting to sit under the Bodhi Tree just as the Morning Star shines just to shine. Buddha sits where one sits here and now, and this sitting is the sitting of a Buddha. Thoughts may come or not come, but one is not entangled.

At the beginning of every month, usually on the first Friday/Saturday, the sangha gathers for a 4-hour practice period, led by our teacher and Treeleaf founder, Roshi Jundo Cohen.

The majority of Zen sanghas offer a Ryaku Fusatsu ceremony either at the time of the full moon or on a set date, like the 15th or last day of each month and we will do the same at Treeleaf.

Noted for his brush calligraphy, works by Master Niwa can be found under various pen names including Robai (“the old plum tree”) and Baian (“the plum tree hermitage”). Gudo Wafu Nishijima A student of “Homeless” Kodo Sawaki, the itinerant master famous for his efforts to restore Zazen to its place as the center of Buddhist practice ...

In the face of so many, seemingly insurmountable problems in society, in our families, friendships and other relationships, Karma is a sword of change in this world and in our lives.

As a young man, in search of “true Zen,” Master Dogen made the dangerous journey to China, experiencing great sea storms and illness along the way.

Welcome to Treeleaf! If you’re considering joining the sangha and are wondering where to begin, this is it. In this video you’ll find an overview and guided tour of the Treeleaf forum including: general navigation, account settings and registration, and how-

Treeleaf Sangha is a multicultural Zen Buddhist Community in which people of all socio-economic classes, nationalities, races, ages, creeds, genders, sexual orientation and identification, and physical abilities discover shared humanity by direct experience of one anothers’ lives.

Master Dogen’s Fukan-zazengi rufu-bon Trans. Gudo Nishijima & Chodo Cross