{"id":772,"date":"2009-10-22T09:31:57","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T09:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/10\/up-and-down-mount-tsukuba.html"},"modified":"2009-10-22T09:31:57","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T09:31:57","slug":"up-and-down-mount-tsukuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/10\/up-and-down-mount-tsukuba.html","title":{"rendered":"Up &amp; Down Tsukuba-San"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">I climbed from the bottom to the top of Mount Tsukuba, the famous mountain near Treeleaf (in Tsukuba, Japan) &#8230; sat some Zazen &#8230; then climbed back down again &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>A little custom of mine, a climb to no where step by step &#8230; Zazen to no where step by step &#8230; the scenery always changing.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to sit with everyone up there, but the camera broke. So, we will look back at a sitting recorded when Hans, one of the mountains of our Sangha, came to visit from Germany last year.<\/p>\n<p>Mt. Tsukuba. It is one of Japan&#8217;s &#8216;Great Mountains&#8217; &#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can read all about &#8220;Tsukuba-san&#8221; here: <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mt._Tsukuba\">Mt. Tsukuba Wiki<\/a><\/div>\n<p>So, please sit with Hans and me next to a really grand &#8216;ol ancient rock<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<\/div>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=-2142066111112087856\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_RzDgb0_1XUw\/SHa94ggAaoI\/AAAAAAAAAbs\/2S3aQNlTa9A\/s320\/mt.+tsukuba+morning.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221569596477172354\" border=\"0\" height=\"245\" width=\"414\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><embed id=\"VideoPlayback\" src=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/googleplayer.swf?docid=-2142066111112087856&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=true\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 326px;\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I climbed from the bottom to the top of Mount Tsukuba, the famous mountain near Treeleaf (in Tsukuba, Japan) &#8230; 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