SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

[Jundo]

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Just Sitting, Thinking-Not Thinking ... is the silence always heard in noise and silence, the stillness that is both movement and standing still ... the peace encountered even as disturbance ...

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Today’s Sit-A-Long video follows at this link. Remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells; a sitting time of 20 to 35 minutes is recommended.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M6k7LrVURs[/video]]

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[Engyo]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

Just here. Just now. Just this.
Thank you, Jundo.
Gassho,
Don

[Heisoku]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

Thanks Jundo.
I need to keep this silence present in mind.

Gassho Nigel.

[Onshin]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

Thanks Jundo,
as an artist and musician I can really relate to that.

Gassho


Joe

[Ronchan]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

Thank you, Jundo.

Gassho,
Ronald.

[Beryl]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

Many thanks Jundo Beryl

[Jinyu]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

Thank you Jundo!

gassho,
Jinyu

[ghop]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

Thank you, Jundo. This talk really hits home with me today as I am snowed-in
at my parents house (they have gas in case the power goes out) and my wife
is stuck at work (nurse) til all this melts. Personalities are beginning to rub
together and start a little fire. I got on the computer to get a moment away
from all that, and found this wonderful talk. Emptiness...in snow...in sun...
in noise...in silence...I go now to bow to a buddha made of snow...moment
by moment, he too is melting into nothingness, emptiness.

gassho
Greg

[KellyRok]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

Hello all,

Aahhh, silence amidst the noise of a 6th grade classroom...it is a beautiful thing. Thank you for this Jundo. Such a simple message, yet sometimes it is so difficult to remember.

Gassho,
Kelly/Jinmei

[Kaishin]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

Love it... great talk. Reminds me of a parable, I can't remember the origin:

A man can't stand the noise of the city, the cars, the people, the machinery. He just wants to find some serenity. So he moves to the country. But soon, the sound of roosters and the cows, and the coyotes and the owls, get to him. So he finally abandons the country, moving into a cave in a remote mountain region. "Finally, peace and quiet!" he thinks. But soon, he's driven mad by the sound of dripping water in the cave...

All of which is to say, the only real serenity is right where you are. As Robert Persig said, "The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there."

Many thanks,
Matt

[Jundo]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

This is the reason that we all do this kind of "sitting in a quiet room" every couple of weeks or so ...

http://www.treeleaf.org/sit-a-long/with ... -room.html

Gassho, J

[ghop]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

A quick quote from this talk...

"So, for that reason, I hope everyone will sit, once in awhile, in a truly disturbing, disagreeable, ugly, noisy, smelly, busy, and distracting place. In a stinking garbage dump, next to a construction site with jackhammers pounding, at an Ozzy Osbourne concert, in a game room, while crushed in a crowded city bus or parked in a parking lot off a busy highway."

Sensei, you have just described my head!

I do love Ozzy though. Buddhozzy.

gassho
Greg

[Myoku]

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Thank you
_()_
Peter

[Myoku]

Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Motion-Still

..sitting next to the children playing Super Mario at their Wii game console for 30 minutes is also a very special zazen experience
_()_
Peter

[Byokan]

Thank you Jundo

Gassho
Lisa
sat today