{"id":100,"date":"2008-01-20T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo.html"},"modified":"2008-01-20T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-20T21:14:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen for Beginners (We&#8217;re All Beginners) I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">We begin<span style=\"font-size:100%;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:100%;\" ><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" >&#8216;Zazen for Beginners (We&#8217;re All Beginners)&#8217;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> &#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">We&#8217;ll talk the basics of<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">&#8216;Just Sitting&#8217; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Shikantaza<\/span> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Zazen<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> &#8230; <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; <\/span><span>There&#8217;s a bit more to it than <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8216;just sitting&#8217;<\/span> !!<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_RzDgb0_1XUw\/R5R0URUEwwI\/AAAAAAAAAK4\/lounIr8cQmY\/s1600-h\/dogchasing+tail.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_RzDgb0_1XUw\/R5R0URUEwwI\/AAAAAAAAAK4\/lounIr8cQmY\/s320\/dogchasing+tail.jpeg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157875364839867138\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, we&#8217;ll see how Zen practice is for us dogs, chasing our own tails &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/p>\n<p>.<br \/><\/span><embed flashvars=\"autoplay=false\" src=\"http:\/\/ustream.tv\/y07nnu2qlu2VQEBSmTaY5YbOmTem0Ia5.usv\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"340\" width=\"416\"><\/embed><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/>Press on arrow for &#8216;play&#8217;<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"\" bold=\"\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We begin &#8216;Zazen for Beginners (We&#8217;re All Beginners)&#8217; &#8230; We&#8217;ll talk the basics of &#8216;Just Sitting&#8217; Shikantaza Zazen &#8230; &#8230; There&#8217;s a bit more to it than &#8216;just sitting&#8217; !! 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