{"id":406,"date":"2007-09-27T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/09\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-14.html"},"modified":"2007-09-27T02:08:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T02:08:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/09\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-14.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Fukanzazengi LXXXVII"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Dogen-speak … wholehearted Practice is <\/span>realization …<\/p>\n

… each moment of Practice is purely what it is …<\/p>\n

… Zazen<\/span> is enlightenment itself. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Therefore, we do not discuss intelligence as superior and stupidity as inferior. Let us not choose between clever persons and dull ones.<\/span> If we make effort devotedly, that is just wholehearted pursuit of the truth.<\/span> Practice-and-experience is naturally untainted. <\/span>The direction of effort becomes more balanced and constant<\/span>. <\/span>[Nishijima]<\/span>
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This being the case, intelligence or lack of it is not an issue; make no distinction between the dull and the sharp-witted.<\/span> If you concentrate your effort single-mindedly, that in itself is wholeheartedly engaging the way.<\/span> <\/span>Practice-realization is naturally undefiled.<\/span> Going forward is, after all, an everyday affair. [SZTP]<\/span><\/span>
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