{"id":173,"date":"2008-05-28T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/05\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-hu.html"},"modified":"2008-05-28T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-28T12:54:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-hu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/05\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-hu.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen Hurts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_RzDgb0_1XUw\/SD7gSCX35TI\/AAAAAAAAAX0\/Vgz3n-uHqPc\/s1600-h\/zazen+posture.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_RzDgb0_1XUw\/SD7gSCX35TI\/AAAAAAAAAX0\/Vgz3n-uHqPc\/s320\/zazen+posture.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205844819766142258\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Perhaps the questions I am asked most often have to do with pain during sitting &#8230;<\/span>  <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Over at the forum, we have had some great discussions on painful Zazen, and many valuable tips and comments. 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