SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen as Refuge

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  • Jundo
    Treeleaf Founder and Priest
    • Apr 2006
    • 40336

    SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen as Refuge

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    Some think of Zazen as their quiet, safe refuge away from it all ...




    ... But were is not our safe refuge?




    Today’s Sit-A-Long video follows at this link. Remember: recording ends soon after the beginning bells; a sitting time of 15 to 35 minutes is recommended.

    [youtube] [/youtube]
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    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
  • Hoyu
    Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 2020

    #2
    Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen as Refuge

    Wow Jundo Sensei I didn't know you had the power to control earthquakes :lol:
    Your talk today reminds me of the essence of previous talks where you have done Zazen in some unlikely locations. Like near the chaotic streets of Tokyo. It's great to have refuge of mind and body. Usually i sit in a nice quiet place but some evenings I sit Zazen on the bed with Kyoko and the baby. I even sat at the tea house the day I had to volunteer. It's great to expand ones practice out into the world. Not just with sitting but also carrying that refuge in ones mind to have any time any place. I am not quit there yet but perhaps someday....
    Gassho,
    John
    Ho (Dharma)
    Yu (Hot Water)

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    • Shokai
      Treeleaf Priest
      • Mar 2009
      • 6394

      #3
      Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen as Refuge

      Jundo-oso;
      Thank you for this image of a real Refuge
      合掌,生開
      gassho, Shokai

      仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

      "Open to life in a benevolent way"

      https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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      • Onshin
        Member
        • Jul 2010
        • 462

        #4
        Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen as Refuge

        Thanks again for a great talk, this was how I got through my stay in hospital.

        By the way, that's not the first time you've commanded an earthquake for one of your talks - if you keep it up I shall be tempted to call you Salamander. :lol:
        "This traceless enlightenment continues endlessly" (Dogen Zenji)

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        • Dokan
          Friend of Treeleaf
          • Dec 2010
          • 1222

          #5
          Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen as Refuge

          Ty Jundo.

          Gassho,

          Shawn
          We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
          ~Anaïs Nin

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          • Jundo
            Treeleaf Founder and Priest
            • Apr 2006
            • 40336

            #6
            Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen as Refuge

            Originally posted by Onshin
            Thanks again for a great talk, this was how I got through my stay in hospital.

            By the way, that's not the first time you've commanded an earthquake for one of your talks - if you keep it up I shall be tempted to call you Salamander. :lol:
            I am afraid it is more a matter of how frequent the earthquakes have been of late, although now things are almost back to normal. We still have 3 or 4 earthquakes every day that give a good shake to the rafters.

            Gassho, J
            ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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            • ghop
              Member
              • Jan 2010
              • 438

              #7
              Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen as Refuge

              Jundo...BE CAREFUL!!!

              What's up with nature lately? Earthquakes there, tornados here...

              Maybe there's something to that Mayan calendar :shock:

              Well, in that case, come on 2012 so I can stop worrying about my credit score :lol:

              Seriously, thank you for this talk...all great stuff that I needed to hear.

              I'm gonna go to my "quiet room" now. Rather, I'm gonna carry my "quiet room" with me.

              gassho
              Greg

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              • Myoku
                Member
                • Jul 2010
                • 1491

                #8
                Re: SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Zazen as Refuge

                Thank you Jundo,
                _()_
                Peter

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                • Byokan
                  Treeleaf Unsui
                  • Apr 2014
                  • 4289

                  #9
                  Thank you Jundo

                  Gassho
                  raindrop
                  sat today
                  展道 渺寛 Tendō Byōkan
                  Please take my words with a big grain of salt. I know nothing. Wisdom is only found in our whole-hearted practice together.

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                  • Onkai
                    Treeleaf Unsui
                    • Aug 2015
                    • 3022

                    #10
                    Thank you, Jundo.

                    Gassho,
                    Onkai
                    SatToday
                    美道 Bidou Beautiful Way
                    恩海 Onkai Merciful/Kind Ocean

                    I have a lot to learn; take anything I say that sounds like teaching with a grain of salt.

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                    • Washin
                      Treeleaf Unsui
                      • Dec 2014
                      • 3796

                      #11


                      Gassho
                      Washin
                      sat today
                      Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
                      Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
                      ----
                      I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
                      and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.

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                      • Joyo

                        #12
                        Thank you, Jundo. Zazen is not always a refuge of peace, as I take myself with me---my anger or frustration about the day, my discontent with life.....or whatever......and I must learn how to "sit" with these things.

                        Gassho,
                        Joyo
                        sat today

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