{"id":235,"date":"2008-09-04T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/09\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-four-nob-1.html"},"modified":"2008-09-04T12:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T12:17:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-four-nob-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/09\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-four-nob-1.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Four Noble Truths III"},"content":{"rendered":"

REMINDER: OUR 4 HOUR MONTHLY ZAZENKAI IS TOMORROW, SATURDAY, FROM 9PM JAPAN TIME … BE THERE OR JUST BE<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\n
.<\/p>\n
An alternative wording of the Four Noble Truths is [emphasis added<\/span>] …<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

1. Suffering exists<\/span>
2. Suffering arises from attachment to desires<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desires<\/span> ceases<\/span><\/div>\n
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Quiz: <\/span>The ‘self’ strongly desires <\/span>X, <\/span>but the world gives <\/span>Y<\/span> instead (<\/span>e.g., a ‘failure’ when ‘success’ was desired<\/span>).<\/span> <\/span>Great dissatisfaction, disappointment, fear, grief and\/or frustration are the result. In such cases, which of the following are an effective ‘medicine’ to desire and suffering, and a fruit of our ‘Just Sitting<\/span>‘ <\/span>Zazen<\/span> Practice?<\/span> (Note: several answers will overlap<\/span>)<\/span>:<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

A. For the ‘self’ to learn to redirect its desire from X<\/span> toward Y or Q (a third, available object)<\/span>.
B. For the ‘self’ to soften or drop its attachment toward X.<\/span> <\/span>
C. For the ‘self’ to develop equanimity and acceptance toward any and all outcomes.<\/span>
D. For the inner desires, drives and cravings to be calmed and, thus, to lose their force.
E. For the <\/span>inner desires, drives and cravings to be, when needed, forcibly restrained by willpower.<\/span>
F. For the ‘self’ to drop all thought of both ‘X’ <\/span>and ‘Y’ <\/span>from mind.<\/span>
G. For the sense of ‘self’ to soften, or fully drop away.<\/span>
H. All of the above — simultaneously or in various combinations at different times.<\/span><\/div>\n


<\/span>ANSWER: H
<\/span><\/span>.<\/a>
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My point: Practice provides a whole bag of available tricks.
<\/a><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a>PRESS ON PICTURE TO PLAY<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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