{"id":626,"date":"2009-04-03T00:36:54","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T00:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/04\/zen-and-the-flu-ah-chooo.html"},"modified":"2009-04-03T00:36:54","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T00:36:54","slug":"zen-and-the-flu-ah-chooo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/04\/zen-and-the-flu-ah-chooo.html","title":{"rendered":"Zen and the Flu (Ah chooo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\"><meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\"><link rel=\"File-List\" href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CJAMESM%7E1.COH%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument>  <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>  <w:PunctuationKerning\/>  <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>  <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>  <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>  <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>  <w:Compatibility>   <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>   <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>   <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>   <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>   <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <w:UseFELayout\/>  <\/w:Compatibility>  <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument><\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<style><!-- \/* Font Definitions *\/ @font-face\t{font-family:\"MS Mincho\";\tpanose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4;\tmso-font-alt:\"\u00ef\u00bc\u00ad\u00ef\u00bc\u00b3 \u00e6\u02dc\u017d\u00e6\u0153\u009d\";\tmso-font-charset:128;\tmso-generic-font-family:modern;\tmso-font-pitch:fixed;\tmso-font-signature:-1610612033 1757936891 16 0 131231 0;}@font-face\t{font-family:\"\\@MS Mincho\";\tpanose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4;\tmso-font-charset:128;\tmso-generic-font-family:modern;\tmso-font-pitch:fixed;\tmso-font-signature:-1610612033 1757936891 16 0 131231 0;} \/* Style Definitions *\/ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\tmargin:0in;\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\tfont-size:12.0pt;\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"MS Mincho\";}@page Section1\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\tmso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1\t{page:Section1;}--><\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n<style> \/* Style Definitions *\/ table.MsoNormalTable\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\tmso-para-margin:0in;\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\tfont-size:10.0pt;\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">How to &#8220;sit Zazen&#8221; when one has the flu, and can&#8217;teven sit?<\/p>\n<p>Just be &#8220;at one&#8221; with your runny nose, your aching bones, sneeze each sneeze as aperfect sneeze &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>and when you barf, taste that it is just the Buddha Barfing! 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