{"id":74,"date":"2008-11-25T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-retreat-2.html"},"modified":"2008-11-25T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T08:50:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-retreat-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/11\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-retreat-2.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: RETREAT &#8211; III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/mszendo.org\/Monju%20on%20lion%20by%20Monkan,%201324.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 306px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mszendo.org\/Monju%20on%20lion%20by%20Monkan,%201324.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>It is traditional to have a Buddha Statue in the Zen Hall &#8230; or, rather, a statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva astride a Lion, a symbol of Wisdom &#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">But, really, any Buddha (or Bodhisattva) statue or picture will do.<\/div>\n<p>In fact, where in these do you see or not see the &#8216;True Buddha&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2007\/04\/18\/nyregion\/18tree-600.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 122px;\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2007\/04\/18\/nyregion\/18tree-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.parks.ca.gov\/pages\/22491\/images\/mammoth%20report%20two%20fig5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 249px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.parks.ca.gov\/pages\/22491\/images\/mammoth%20report%20two%20fig5.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a  href=\"https:\/\/neweconomist.blogs.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/16\/margaretthatcher.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 218px;\" src=\"https:\/\/neweconomist.blogs.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/16\/margaretthatcher.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.blackmountainzencentre.org\/images\/enso_plain.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 187px;\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.co.marion.or.us\/imagegallery\/Recycling%20Images\/photogallery\/garbage%20can_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" >NOTE: SIGNAL DROPPED DURING SITTING. <\/span><span style=\"font-size:130%;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" >IF SITTING-A-LONG, PLEASE KEEP TIME<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><embed flashvars=\"autoplay=false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/flash\/video\/894763\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"380\" height=\"300\"><\/embed><br \/><span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Press on arrow for &#8216;play&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">NOTE: IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE TO SEE THE SCREEN OR START BUTTON,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">PLEASE UPDATE FLASH.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treeleaf.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=294\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\">SEE HERE<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is traditional to have a Buddha Statue in the Zen Hall &#8230; 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