{"id":760,"date":"2009-10-06T10:21:29","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T10:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/10\/introducing-tin-tin-sensei.html"},"modified":"2009-10-06T10:21:29","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T10:21:29","slug":"introducing-tin-tin-sensei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/10\/introducing-tin-tin-sensei.html","title":{"rendered":"Introducing &#8216;Tin Tin Sensei&#8217; &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\"><i>This little funny going around the<\/i><i> Zen-blogosphere reminded me that I should introduce our newest Zen teacher at Treeleaf &#8230;. Tin Tin Sensei (he even looks a little like the cat in the picture)&nbsp; &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><i>Ya see &#8230; unlike you and me, cats don&#8217;t need to study and pursue &#8220;The Way&#8221; &#8230; they don&#8217;t even need to ask about it &#8230;. <\/i><\/p>\n<form mt:asset-id=\"8364\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\" contenteditable=\"false\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/Delete%20Soto%20Cat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Delete Soto Cat.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/assets_c\/2009\/10\/Delete%20Soto%20Cat-thumb-300x224-8364.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/form>\n<p><\/div>\n<div align=\"right\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"right\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.25em;\" size=\"2\"><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.25em;\" size=\"2\">______________________________________________<\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<div align=\"center\"><\/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\/5iX5HvMXdLg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5iX5HvMXdLg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/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>This little funny going around the Zen-blogosphere reminded me that I should introduce our newest Zen teacher at Treeleaf &#8230;. 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