{"id":713,"date":"2009-08-05T04:59:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T04:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/08\/zazen-in-pahoa.html"},"modified":"2009-08-05T04:59:03","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T04:59:03","slug":"zazen-in-pahoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/08\/zazen-in-pahoa.html","title":{"rendered":"Zazen in Pahoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            .<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">I am in Pahao, Big Island, Hawaii tonight &#8230; great town, population 962 in the last census. Pretty much sitting right on top of Kilauea Volcano, which rips through this area with a flood of lava every few decades. <\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">A perfect place for a little Zazen &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i><br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><i>I would like to dedicate tonight&#8217;s sitting to two friends who have known each other for decades, both of whom have been very kind to my family on this trip, both of whom are unusual gentleman who have lived unusual life stories &#8230; and to the incredible family we met this week. I can&#8217;t go into details, but what a wonderful story of this family! It was an honor to meet them.&nbsp;<\/i> <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"border-style: none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext; border-width: medium medium 1.5pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 1pt;\">\n<p class=\"Default\" style=\"border: medium none ; padding: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/R43tdXa_i_s&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x402061&#038;color2=0x9461ca\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/R43tdXa_i_s&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x402061&#038;color2=0x9461ca\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. 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A perfect place for a little Zazen &#8230; I would like to dedicate tonight&#8217;s sitting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guided-meditation","category-meditation-techniques","category-zen-buddhist-meditation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zazen in Pahoa - Treeleaf Zen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/08\/zazen-in-pahoa.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zazen in Pahoa - Treeleaf Zen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\". 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