A Short Introduction to the zazen meditation Technique

Zazen Meditation is an ancient Japanese way of bringing yourself to a point where you can relieve stress and move your body into.

The aim of zazen meditation is just sitting opening the hand of thought. This is done in Zazen meditation ,either through koans, Rinzai's primary method, or whole-hearted sitting (shikantaza), the Soto sect's method. Once the mind is able to not be hindered by its many layers, one will then be able to realize one's true Buddha nature.

The posture in Zazen meditation is of zazen is seated, with folded legs and hands, and an erect but settled spine. The legs in Zazen meditation are folded in one of the standard sitting styles. The hands in Zazen meditation are folded together into a simple mudra over the belly. In many practices of Zazen meditation, one breathes from the hara (the center of gravity in the belly) and the eyelids in Zazen meditation are half-lowered, the eyes being neither fully open nor shut so that the practitioner of Zazen meditation is not distracted by outside objects but at the same time is kept awake

In Zazen meditation, you have no goals. You can sit anywhere in Zazen meditation, but a place with few distractions would be good for beginners of Zazen meditation. Don't look at anything in particular - just emptiness, no need to focus or concentrate on anything.

Zazen meditation is a particular kind of meditation, unique to Zen, those functions centrally as the very heart of the practice.

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