{"id":396,"date":"2007-10-05T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-05T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/10\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-10.html"},"modified":"2007-10-05T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-05T18:40:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/10\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-10.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Fukanzazengi XCI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span><br \/>Zazen is boring, there is nothing to get out of it.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Some days are joyful or peaceful, some days are not.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span>So what attitude gets my backside over to that Zafu, day in and day out?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Homeless&#8217; Kodo said<\/span><span> &#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-style: italic;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >Each and every step is our Practice, is our Life<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/><\/span>                 <\/div>\n<p><span><span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p  style=\"font-family:times new roman;\">\n<p  style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span>Therefore, we do not discuss intelligence as superior and stupidity as inferior. Let us not choose between clever persons and dull ones.<\/span> <span>If we make effort devotedly, that is just wholehearted pursuit of the truth.<\/span> <span>Practice-and-experience is naturally untainted.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The direction of effort becomes more balanced and constant<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" >. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">[Nishijima]<\/span><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: times new roman;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p face=\"times new roman\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\";font-family:arial;font-size:12;\"  ><span>This being the case, intelligence or lack of it is not an issue; make no distinction between the dull and the sharp-witted.<\/span> <span>If you concentrate your effort single-mindedly, that in itself is wholeheartedly engaging the way.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><span>Practice-realization is naturally undefiled.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Going forward is, after all, an everyday affair.<\/span> [SZTP]<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\";font-family:times new roman;font-size:78%;\"  ><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><embed flashvars=\"shw_id=253&amp;epi_id=24442\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" base=\"http:\/\/operator11.com\/swf\/\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#fff\" src=\"http:\/\/operator11.com\/swf\/o11player.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"362\" width=\"432\"><\/embed><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/>Press on arrow for &#8216;play&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"\" bold=\"\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. 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