{"id":598,"date":"2009-02-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/02\/zazen-meditation-with-jundo-sn.html"},"modified":"2009-02-27T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-27T10:00:00","slug":"zazen-meditation-with-jundo-sn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/02\/zazen-meditation-with-jundo-sn.html","title":{"rendered":"Zazen Meditation with Jundo : Snowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>.<\/p>\n<p>it is snowing<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">two poems by dogen zenji about the snow &#8230; about sameness and difference &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">A snowy heron<\/font><\/b><br \/><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">  on the snowfield<\/font><\/b><br \/><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">  where winter grass is unseen<\/font><\/b><br \/><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">  hides itself<\/font><\/b><br \/><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">  in its own figure.<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><b><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Snow is falling   far and wide,<br \/>  Each snowflake neither the very same nor completely different than the other   ones;<br \/>  Singing and dancing, they chase after each other,<br \/>  Till the whole universe is made afresh with its new covering,<br \/>  As the snow even conceals the moon and clouds,<br \/>  And puts out the flame in our hearth;<br \/>  All kinds of leaves and flowers respond differently to the cycles of the seasons,<br \/>  Yet remain oblivious to the cold of night or the chill of winter&#8211;<br \/>  So goes the preaching of the Dharma<br \/>  By the pines in the valleys and the bamboos on the mountains.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><i>I am sure that some of our Sangha members sitting with us in places like Sweden, Finland and Canada will laugh at what I consider a &#8220;snowfall&#8221;<\/i> <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ciFmfSnkovI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ciFmfSnkovI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/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><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2769166\">To subscribe to &#8220;Treeleaf Zen&#8221; click here.<\/a><o:p><\/o:p> <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. it is snowing two poems by dogen zenji about the snow &#8230; about sameness and difference &#8230; A snowy heron on the snowfield where winter grass is unseen hides itself in its own figure. 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