{"id":402,"date":"2007-10-07T02:32:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-07T02:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/10\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-9.html"},"modified":"2007-10-07T02:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-07T02:32:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/10\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-9.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Fukanzazengi XCII"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In other words … no need to travel to a distant monastery, nor to seek a far off teacher …<\/p>\n

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no reason to buy another ‘Zen’ or ‘Self-help’ book, or watch another ‘Sit-a-long with Jundo’ …<\/p>\n

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It is all right here, right now.<\/p>\n

Where did you think it was?
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Broadly then, in this world and in other worlds, in <\/span>India<\/st1:country-region> and in <\/span>China<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, all similarly maintain the Buddha-posture, and solely indulge in the fundamental custom: we simply devote ourselves to sitting, and are caught by the still state. Although there are myriad distinctions and thousands of differences, we should just pursue the truth through Zen balance. Why should we abandon our own sitting platform, to come and go without purpose through the dusty borders of foreign lands?<\/span> If we misplace one step we pass over the moment of the present.<\/span> [Nishijima]<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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In general, in our world and others, in both <\/span>India<\/st1:country-region> and <\/span>China<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, all equally hold the buddha-seal. While each lineage expresses its own style, they are all simply devoted to sitting, totally blocked in resolute stability. Although they say that there are ten thousand distinctions and a thousand variations, they just wholeheartedly engage the way in zazen. Why leave behind the seat in your own home to wander in vain through the dusty realms of other lands? If you make one misstep, you stumble past what is directly in front of you.<\/span> <\/span>[SZTP]<\/p>\n

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