{"id":564,"date":"2009-01-16T01:51:18","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T01:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-a-little.html"},"modified":"2009-01-16T01:51:18","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T01:51:18","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-a-little","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/01\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-a-little.html","title":{"rendered":"Sit-a-Long with Jundo: A little more about Buddhist Precepts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we get ready for our Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts Ceremony) this Saturday <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/01\/an-invitation-to-our-jukai-thi.html\">(see here)<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">&#8230; some folks wrote to ask whether the Precepts were really necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t the Precepts, and gentleness &#8230; a dropping of greed, anger and ignorance &#8230; naturally arise in our Zazen and Zen practice?<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Well, perhaps it is not so simple: <\/div>\n<p>Yes they naturally arise, and become more and more our way of living.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">But, as with the garden I am sitting by today, they also require some careful cultivation.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/E_NHYsJEmfI&amp;hl=ja&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/E_NHYsJEmfI&amp;hl=ja&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/object><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><u>(remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells;<\/u><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><u>a sitting time of 20 to 35 minutes is recommended)<\/u><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we get ready for our Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts Ceremony) this Saturday (see here) &#8230; &#8230; some folks wrote to ask whether the Precepts were really necessary. 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