{"id":495,"date":"2007-06-20T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/06\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-65.html"},"modified":"2007-06-20T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-20T16:25:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/06\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-65.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Fukanzazengi XXXVII"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">  <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">&#8220;Sweep away thoughts!&#8221; means one must do zazen. Once thoughts are quieted,<br \/>the Original Face appears. Thoughts can be compared to clouds. When clouds vanish, the moon appears.<br \/>The moon of suchness is the Original Face. <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><br \/><span style=\"\">                                                  <span style=\"font-size:85%;\">                                                                                 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Master Daito <\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Kokushi (1282-1337)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Master Dogen said &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><\/o:p><span style=\"\"><span>Abandon all involvements. Give the myriad things a rest.<\/span> <span>Do not think of good and bad.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><span>Do not care about right and wrong.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Stop the driving movement of mind, will, consciousness. Cease intellectual consideration through images, thoughts, and reflections.<\/span><\/span> [Nishijima]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"\"><span>Put aside all involvements and suspend all affairs.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/span><span>Do not think &#8220;good&#8221; or &#8220;bad.&#8221;<\/span> <span>Do not judge true or false.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Give up the operations of mind, intellect, and consciousness; stop measuring with thoughts, ideas, and views.<\/span> <\/span>[SZTP]<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><embed flashvars=\"shw_id=253&#038;epi_id=4305\" 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><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Press on arrow for &#8216;play&#8217;<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sweep away thoughts!&#8221; means one must do zazen. 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