{"id":408,"date":"2007-09-25T04:47:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T04:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/09\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-16.html"},"modified":"2007-09-25T04:47:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-25T04:47:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/09\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-16.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Fukanzazengi LXXXV"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/span>In our Zen Practice …<\/p>\n

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… to be intelligent is a hindrance, if we are overly analytical, philosophical, lost in words …<\/p>\n
… while being simple is a ‘natural zen’, if we are accepting, present, open to life.<\/p>\n
Yet to be intelligent is a benefit, for we can study the philosophy of Buddhism, learning from the perspectives of Zen teachers …<\/p>\n
… while ignorance often leads to superstition, closed mindedness, greed and fear.<\/p>\n
Further, all should learn from the trees, stones, mountains, walls and tiles …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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Shika areba sunawachi j\u00c3\u00b4chi kagu o ronzezu, rijin donsha o erabu koto nakare,<\/span><\/i> sen’itsu ni kuf\u00c3\u00bb seba, masani kore bend\u00c3\u00b4 nari.<\/i> Shush\u00c3\u00b4 onozukara zenna sezu, shuk\u00c3\u00b4 sarani kore by\u00c3\u00b4j\u00c3\u00b4 naru mono nari<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\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. Practice-and-experience is naturally untainted. 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. Practice-realization is naturally undefiled. Going forward is, after all, an everyday affair. [SZTP]<\/span><\/span>
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