{"id":757,"date":"2009-10-02T10:26:57","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T10:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/10\/to-dad.html"},"modified":"2009-10-02T10:26:57","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T10:26:57","slug":"to-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/10\/to-dad.html","title":{"rendered":"To Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"

( Dogen’s Instructions for the Cook – X )<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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Some people are just “naturally Zen” …<\/p>\n
… naturally wise, compassionate, tolerant and strong through much of their life … no matter what it hands them …<\/div>\n

 … like my late father, Leon. <\/p>\n

I’d like to tell his story a little. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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