{"id":498,"date":"2007-06-17T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/06\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-vajra-th.html"},"modified":"2007-06-17T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-17T16:24:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-vajra-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/06\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-vajra-th.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO:?? Vajra (Thunderbolt)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to mix the Buddhist philosophical talk and Dogen-think with just sitting, just being-experiencing … life. Our practice is not complete without both sides of the coin, I believe. So, when this thunderstorm came along today … nature’s summons to the Zafu.<\/p>\n

We are leaving Coconut Creek in a couple of weeks, back to Japan. They sure have some roof-rattling rains here in Florida! The lightning and thunder brings one into the moment, much as a when a big ‘OoDaiko’ <\/span>drum is struck at the end of evening Zazen.
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Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.<\/span><\/o:p><\/p>\n

-the Diamond Sutra, XXXII<\/p>\n

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(There is no bell for this sitting. Please self-time: Approximately 25 minutes)<\/p>\n

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<\/span>ANNOUNCEMENT:<\/span> <\/span>Book Club Discussion Group starting on the<\/span> ‘Treeleaf Community Forum’ <\/a><\/span>
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