{"id":557,"date":"2009-01-06T09:30:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T09:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-24.html"},"modified":"2009-01-06T09:30:15","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T09:30:15","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-zazen-fo-24.html","title":{"rendered":"Sit-a-Long with Jundo: Zazen for Beginners (We&#8217;re All Beginners) III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our series on &#8220;<i>How To&#8221; Zazen &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">In our Soto Zen perspective, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Zazen is Enlightenment itself<\/span> &#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230; just crossing the legs, stretching the back, gazing at a wall, and <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">all&#8217;s done<\/span>!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Like saying that merely running a race <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8211;is&#8211;<\/span> the finish line crossed.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">In this race, there is nothing to gain or attain, nothing to win or lose &#8230;<\/p>\n<form mt:asset-id=\"2674\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\" contenteditable=\"false\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/jogger.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"jogger.gif\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/assets_c\/2009\/01\/jogger-thumb-225x212-2674.gif\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;\" width=\"225\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8230; yet, attaining non-attaining is the prize<\/span>!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RTUaCmK6LAQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RTUaCmK6LAQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/object><br \/><u>(remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells;<br \/>a sitting time of 20 to 35 minutes is recommended)<\/u><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our series on &#8220;How To&#8221; Zazen &#8230; In our Soto Zen perspective, Zazen is Enlightenment itself &#8230; &#8230; just crossing the legs, stretching the back, gazing at a wall, and all&#8217;s done! 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