{"id":72,"date":"2011-03-13T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/03\/more-on-the-continuous-circle\/"},"modified":"2011-03-13T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T13:24:00","slug":"more-on-the-continuous-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wildfoxzen\/2011\/03\/more-on-the-continuous-circle.html","title":{"rendered":"More on the Continuous Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-x6MqhX09NSQ\/TX0JfRp1sII\/AAAAAAAABFc\/z_dXudkq0fw\/s1600\/101_1949.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-x6MqhX09NSQ\/TX0JfRp1sII\/AAAAAAAABFc\/z_dXudkq0fw\/s400\/101_1949.JPG\" width=\"246\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><\/div>\n<div style='font-family: Georgia,\"Times New Roman\",serif'><span style=\"font-size: large\">Here\u2019s a talk from last Sunday at Deep Spring Temple in Pittsburgh. I start with a summary of continuous practice and the circle of the way. Seemed to me that it helped me clarify what I had to say to have spoken about it the day before and then met with students through several rounds of dokusan. Then \u2013 following the flow of Dogen\u2019s text \u2013 we digest the effects of continuous practice, utilizing the art form conversation method (<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=OFUh33W8hJoC&amp;pg=PA42&amp;dq=orid+conversation&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=Ugp9Tb7MAYzwrAH3zf3MBQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=3&amp;ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&amp;q=orid%20conversation&amp;f=false\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">click here<\/a> for more on that) with the aim of bringing everyone into the continuous <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/buddhism' target='_blank'>dharma<\/a> conversation. Note: this wasn\u2019t working earlier but now is fixed.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>http:\/\/www.divshare.com\/flash\/audio_embed?data=YTo2OntzOjU6ImFwaUlkIjtzOjE6IjQiO3M6NjoiZmlsZUlkIjtzOjg6IjE0MzA2NTc4IjtzOjQ6ImNvZGUiO3M6MTI6IjE0MzA2NTc4LWEyZiI7czo2OiJ1c2VySWQiO3M6NzoiMTg4OTc1MyI7czoxMjoiZXh0ZXJuYWxDYWxsIjtpOjE7czo0OiJ0aW1lIjtpOjEzMDAwNjk5NzM7fQ==&amp;autoplay=default<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/4330911338438640912-6272248492681058942?l=wildfoxzen.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a talk from last Sunday at Deep Spring Temple in Pittsburgh. I start with a summary of continuous practice and the circle of the way. 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