Meditation

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Questions and Answers about Zazen Practice
How to Practice Zen Meditation Step by step instructions. Lots of photos.
How to Meditate (Zazen) Detailed instructions from Zen Mountain Monastery on how to practice Zen meditation.
From a Zazen Journal A two-year daily meditative record of morning meditations, and attendance at extended sesshins, by an American Soto Zen practitioner.
Checklist for Zazen Meditation A brief checklist of instructions for zazen.
Zen and Recovery Description of the benefits of Zen meditation, and instruction in meditation for the beginner. Focuses on the benefits of Zen meditation in recovery from addictions, but is useful to any meditation beginner.
Gassho and Bowing Rules and explanations for gassho and bowing at Zen centers
The Zendo: Procedures as Practice
Sesshin For Newcomers Some words about sesshin for newcomers to Zen, by Aitkin Roshi.
The Practice of Zen is Zazen Zen means to understand the essence of the universe; za, to sit without moving, like a mountain. Zen is neither a theory nor an idea; it is not an intellectual concept. It is a practice: correct sitting. Zazen practice brings about an interior revolution: a deep wisdom whose essence is unattainable through logical thought alone.
How to Practice Zazen Includes many diagrams. Also includes instructions for Kinhin and receiving the Kyosaku.
How to Sit Zazen Short, simple instructions

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