{"id":360,"date":"2007-11-13T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-13T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html"},"modified":"2007-11-13T15:12:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-13T15:12:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: The Extras"},"content":{"rendered":"

.<\/p>\n

Must we bow, ring bells, chant (in Japanese<\/span>, no less), wear traditional robes, have Buddha Statues, burn incense? … All that stuff besides Zazen<\/span> (as, for example, during our recent Retreat). Are they necessary<\/span> to our Practice?<\/div>\n
No, not at all!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

We don’t need anything other than Zazen, <\/span>any of those trappings. In fact, they are no big deal, of no importance, when we drop all viewpoints in sitting Zazen<\/span>.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, we have to do something<\/span>, greet each other somehow, read some words, dress some way. Why not<\/span> do such things?<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

What is more, there is method to the madness, and each custom has centuries of time tested benefits … embodies subtle perspectives … that support and nurture the Zazen<\/span> Practice at their core.<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

(Truly, we don’t ‘do<\/span>‘ such things, or ‘not do’<\/span> them. We <\/span>non-do<\/span> these traditions). <\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/embed>
<\/span><\/div>\n
Press on arrow for ‘play’<\/span><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

. Must we bow, ring bells, chant (in Japanese, no less), wear traditional robes, have Buddha Statues, burn incense? … All that stuff besides Zazen (as, for example, during our recent Retreat). Are they necessary to our Practice? No, not at all! We don’t need anything other than Zazen, any of those trappings. In fact,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guided-meditation"],"yoast_head":"\nSIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: The Extras - Treeleaf Zen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: The Extras - Treeleaf Zen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\". Must we bow, ring bells, chant (in Japanese, no less), wear traditional robes, have Buddha Statues, burn incense? … All that stuff besides Zazen (as, for example, during our recent Retreat). Are they necessary to our Practice? No, not at all! We don’t need anything other than Zazen, any of those trappings. In fact,…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Treeleaf Zen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-11-13T15:12:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jundo cohen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: The Extras - Treeleaf Zen","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: The Extras - Treeleaf Zen","og_description":". Must we bow, ring bells, chant (in Japanese, no less), wear traditional robes, have Buddha Statues, burn incense? … All that stuff besides Zazen (as, for example, during our recent Retreat). Are they necessary to our Practice? No, not at all! We don’t need anything other than Zazen, any of those trappings. In fact,…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html","og_site_name":"Treeleaf Zen","article_published_time":"2007-11-13T15:12:00+00:00","author":"jundo cohen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html","name":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: The Extras - Treeleaf Zen","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-11-13T15:12:00+00:00","dateModified":"2007-11-13T15:12:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/#\/schema\/person\/02c505ea3114f9e1b456745d9da03217"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-the-extr.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: The Extras"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/","name":"Treeleaf Zen","description":"Guided meditation with Zen Buddhist teacher Jundo Cohen","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/#\/schema\/person\/02c505ea3114f9e1b456745d9da03217","name":"jundo cohen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"jundo cohen"},"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/author\/jundo-cohen"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}