{"id":114,"date":"2008-01-27T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-6.html"},"modified":"2008-01-27T14:46:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-27T14:46:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-6.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen for Beginners (We’re All Beginners) VII"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am about to break a cardinal rule of ‘Soto Zen’ (not the first time)<\/span>: However, I hereby officially state that I do not think that the ‘Lotus’ Postures (although ideal if you can)<\/span> are necessarily the best postures for most beginners … I suggest the Burmese …<\/div>\n

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… and, as a distant fourth, the ‘Seiza Bench’ (I think many people sit this way because they have not given the other postures a sufficient chance)<\/span><\/div>\n

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… And I view chair sitting as to be done only if truly necessary. We have had some nice chats on our Forum about sitting posture, such as HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n

We will talk more about this tomorrow, and what to do with the rest of the body from head to toe.<\/p>\n

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Please see a video by my teacher, Nishijima Gudo Roshi, on how to sit in the Full Lotus posture, look HERE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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