{"id":529,"date":"2007-05-16T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/05\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-88.html"},"modified":"2007-05-16T22:33:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T22:33:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/05\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-fukanzaz-88.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Fukanzazengi XIII"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Just Do It’ … Just Do Zazen, Just Do Ordinary Life … ‘Just Do’ by Non-Doing …<\/p>\n

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Even if, <\/b>proud of our understanding<\/span> and richly endowed with realizations<\/span>, <\/span>we obtain special states of insight, attain the truth, we clarify the mind, we manifest a zeal that pierces the sky<\/span>, <\/span>[<\/span>even so,<\/span> <\/span>we but] ramble through remote spheres that are entered with the head<\/span>; <\/span>we have almost completely lost the vigorous path of real acts in the area of reality. <\/span>[Nishijima]<\/span><\/p>\n

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Suppose you are confident in your understanding<\/span> and rich in enlightenment<\/span>, gaining the wisdom that knows at a glance, attaining the Way and clarifying the mind, arousing an aspiration to reach for the heavens.<\/span> You are playing in the entranceway<\/span>, but <\/span>you still are short of the vital path of emancipation<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> <\/span>[SZTP]<\/p>\n

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: Each day, when brushing the teeth, going to the toilet or washing the hands & face, make it a simple ritual, a practice of silent Mindfulness.<\/span><\/span>
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Press the arrow for ‘play’<\/p>\n

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