{"id":3,"date":"2008-12-30T09:11:20","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T09:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/12\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-here-and.html"},"modified":"2008-12-30T09:11:20","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T09:11:20","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-here-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/12\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-here-and.html","title":{"rendered":"Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Here and There"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, we are celebrating having a new home for our Zazen netcast, right here on Beliefnet<\/b>!<\/p>\n

For folks new to our sittings … I’m Jundo<\/b>, a Soto Zen Buddhist priest living in Japan. Our community, and these meditation sittings, are all meant especially for folks who wish to sit Zazen (Zen style meditation<\/i>) together with others, but can’t do so easily:  maybe due to health concerns, living in remote areas,  super busy work schedules, childcare and family needs and such.<\/p>\n

So those folks can sit here with me each day (or most days<\/b> … the camera and internet doesn’t always cooperate). In fact, everyone<\/b><\/font> who wants to sit Zazen with me is Welcome! Pull up a cushion!<\/p>\n

Now, some people may feel strange about our sitting Zazen together over the internet, with me “here<\/i>” and them over “there<\/i>“, probably continents apart. But I ask such people this:<\/p>\n

Where are you at the instant all thoughts of “here<\/i>” and “there<\/i>” and “separation<\/i>” are dropped from mind?<\/p>\n

Where are the barriers that truly separate us, and all the world one from the other … except within our little heads? <\/p>\n

So, please listen to my little talk then, if you wish, meditate with me for about 25 minutes (truly sit with me<\/i>, as if in the very same room side by side). <\/p>\n

I will explain more about how to sit in the coming days too. <\/div>\n

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Press on arrow for ‘play’<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> PLEASE UPDATE FLASH.<\/span> SEE HERE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/div>\n

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