{"id":151,"date":"2008-04-16T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T11:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/04\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-genjo-ko-24.html"},"modified":"2008-04-16T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T11:08:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-genjo-ko-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/04\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-genjo-ko-24.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Genjo Koan XXXXIII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_RzDgb0_1XUw\/SAdo_uIygSI\/AAAAAAAAATI\/ZG_YIkrExKI\/s1600-h\/zen+waldo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 582px; height: 311px;\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_RzDgb0_1XUw\/SAdo_uIygSI\/AAAAAAAAATI\/ZG_YIkrExKI\/s400\/zen+waldo.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190232539493728546\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The effects and benefits of Zazen are sometimes hidden to the eyes &#8230;<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" >IF RECORDING WILL NOT START, PRESS THE SMALL,<br \/>C-SHAPED ARROW UNDER THE SCREEN<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">_________________________<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/><span>Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, to attain one thing is to penetrate one thing; to meet one practice is to sustain one practice.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><span>Here is the place; here the way unfolds. <\/span><span>The boundary of realization is not distinct, for the realization comes forth simultaneously with the mastery of buddha-dharma.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Do not suppose that what you realize becomes your knowledge and is grasped by your intellect.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Although actualized immediately, the inconceivable may not be apparent. Its appearance is beyond your knowledge.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" >[<\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Aitken &amp; Tanahashi<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" >]<\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Similarly, if someone is practicing and experiencing Buddhism, when he receives one teaching, he just realizes that one teaching, and when he meets one [opportunity to] act, he just performs that one action.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><span>This is the state in which the place exists and the way is realized,<\/span><span> and this is why we cannot clearly recognize where [the place and the way] are\u00e2\u20ac\u201dbecause such recognition and the perfect realization of Buddhism appear together and are experienced together.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Do not think that what you have attained will inevitably enter your own consciousness and be recognized by your intellect.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The experience of the ultimate state is realized at once, but a mystical something does not always manifest itself. Realization is not always definite.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">[Nishijima]<\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/>.<br \/><embed flashvars=\"autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/flash\/video\/355381\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"340\" width=\"416\"><\/embed><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Press on arrow for &#8216;play&#8217;<br \/><span style=\"font-size:130%;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">PLEASE UPDATE FLASH.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treeleaf.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=294\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">SEE HERE<\/span><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p face=\"times new roman\">\n<p face=\"arial\">\n<p style=\"font-family: arial;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The effects and benefits of Zazen are sometimes hidden to the eyes &#8230; IF RECORDING WILL NOT START, PRESS THE SMALL,C-SHAPED ARROW UNDER THE SCREEN _________________________ Accordingly, in the practice-enlightenment of the buddha way, to attain one thing is to penetrate one thing; to meet one practice is to sustain one practice. 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