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I\u2019m well into our annual Boundless Way dai-sesshin, a seven day intensive meditation retreat. So, postings here will be spotty at best for the week.\n

Here\u2019s a bit of what we\u2019re doing, put together by some distant lineage cousins\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019m well into our annual Boundless Way dai-sesshin, a seven day intensive meditation retreat. So, postings here will be spotty at best for the week. Here\u2019s a bit of what we\u2019re doing, put together by some distant lineage cousins\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nGone Sitting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I'm well into our annual Boundless Way dai-sesshin, a seven day intensive meditation retreat. 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