{"id":820,"date":"2009-12-24T08:32:32","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T08:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2009\/12\/a-merry-buddhist-christmas.html"},"modified":"2009-12-24T08:32:32","modified_gmt":"2009-12-24T08:32:32","slug":"a-merry-buddhist-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2009\/12\/a-merry-buddhist-christmas.html","title":{"rendered":"A Merry Buddhist Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to wish each and all members of Treeleaf, and our &#8220;Sit-a-Long&#8221; family, a <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Very Merry Christmas<\/span> &#8230; <\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">&#8230;. as well as <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">All the Happy Holidays of Peace and Goodwil<\/span>, whenever and whatever they are &#8230;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;&#8230; and a <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Very Tranquil and Content<\/span> &#8216;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Just This Very Moment<\/span>&#8216; too, ever new and changing &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<form mt:asset-id=\"10314\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\" contenteditable=\"false\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/buddhasanta.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"buddhasanta.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/assets_c\/2009\/12\/buddhasanta-thumb-200x266-10314.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/form>\n<div align=\"center\">Gassho and <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ho Ho Ho<\/span>,  Jundo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"right\"><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">And, in case you have not heard &#8230; after a lovely year here at Beliefnet.com, <b>our daily &#8220;Sit-a-long with Jundo&#8221; Zazen netcasts will be moving home on January 1st<\/b> to <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shambhalasun.com\/sunspace\/\">SHAMBHALA SUNSPACE<\/a><\/b>, the webpage of the <b>Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma magazines<\/b>, where we will be a daily featured Buddhist blog &#8230; sitting there just as we do here. !<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/l_0a9qAXOOg&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/l_0a9qAXOOg&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/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<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to wish each and all members of Treeleaf, and our &#8220;Sit-a-Long&#8221; family, a Very Merry Christmas &#8230; &#8230;. as well as All the Happy Holidays of Peace and Goodwil, whenever and whatever they are &#8230; &nbsp;&#8230; and a Very Tranquil and Content &#8216;Just This Very Moment&#8216; too, ever new and changing &#8230;&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-820","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>A Merry Buddhist Christmas! 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