{"id":572,"date":"2009-01-26T10:54:38","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T10:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/01\/zazen-for-beginners-were-all-b-1.html"},"modified":"2009-01-26T10:54:38","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T10:54:38","slug":"zazen-for-beginners-were-all-b-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/01\/zazen-for-beginners-were-all-b-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Zazen for Beginners (We’re All Beginners) XI – Insta-Zazen\u00a9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although we usually practice Zazen sitting quietly, facing a wall …<\/i><\/p>\n

… we can practice Zazen anywhere. It is not limited by time or place. Nor is it simply a matter of sitting cross legged, standing, reclining, floating in a pond or falling through the air.<\/p>\n

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For anything, anywhere, anytime is Zazen if perceived as such. <\/div>\n

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Thus I recommend to everyone Jundo’s Patented “Insta-Zazen<\/i>” \u00c2\u00a9 throughout each day. You don’t evenhave to “sit” for these “sittings”. “Insta-Zazen<\/i>” \u00c2\u00a9can be of any length, starting from but a moment until infinite time(which may be the same!). We “Insta-Zazen” \u00c2\u00a9 at times in our day whenjust a bit of “Zen Mind”\u00c2\u00a9 will change our perspective on all things,when a touch of balance will bring life into balance …<\/div>\n

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Just standing in a creeping postal line, in the dentist’s chair,when the car won’t start on a cold morning, when driving and stuck intraffic, when the computer crashes, waiting for the crossing light to change, the toast to toast, wherever and whenever … just dowhat you do in Zazen, with the Lotus Position fully optional (it tendsto get in the way while driving or having a root canal, although itmight work in the postal line if you keep pushing along.). <\/div>\n

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This is actually not such a radical departure from “traditional”practice. Life in a Zen monastery, for example, is filled withcountless opportunities to bring the “Way of Non-Seeking” tasted on thecushion into daily activities … what’s the difference between the”Dokusan” line and the postal line? Even monks need to wash the windows and do the laundry (folding and sorting socks is an excellent time for a bit of “Folding Kinhin<\/i>“. Each place is a place forPractice. In fact, if what we do on the cushion stays on the cushion,what’s the point??<\/div>\n

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So, please try Jundo’s Patented “Insta-Zazen Sittings<\/i>” \u00c2\u00a9 throughout yourday. In fact, for a limited time only, three (3) “Insta-Zazen<\/i>s” \u00c2\u00a9 cansubsitute for one (1) traditional sitting (if sitting a minimum of (one) 1 or moretraditional sittings each day.<\/u> ).<\/b><\/font><\/div>\n

Today I sit a bit on the train, between stations. There is no talk today, no opening or closing bells, not even sound. No special lesson. Just a guy sitting Zazen on the train … <\/p>\n

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(remember: there are no beginning or ending bells today;<\/u>
a sitting time of 20 to 35 minutes is recommended)<\/u><\/div>\n

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