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| | Shikantaza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Shobogenzo, an ancient document by the zen master Dogen Zenji (1200-1253), is the most important description of shikantaza. | | | Shikantaza (只管打座) is literally translated as "only focused on doing sitting". | | | Also they try to explain the whole idea of meditation and the connection to this specific practice very lucidly. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikantaza
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| | Shikantaza - TheBestLinks.com - Buddhism, Japan, Meditation, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, ... |
| | Shikantaza, Buddhism, Japan, Meditation, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub... | | | Shikantaza - TheBestLinks.com - Buddhism, Japan, Meditation, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub,... | | | Much is written about this form of Meditation in the Shobogenzo. |
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http://www.thebestlinks.com/Shikantaza.html
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| | Shikantaza |
| | Sitting as the Buddha sat, with the mind void of all conceptions, of all beliefs and points of view, is the actualization or unfoldment of the inherently Enlightened Bodhimind with which all are endowed. | | | Also distinctive of Dogen's account of Shikantaza is that it is the practice of "without thinking" (hishiryo): which is also called no-mind (mushin; wu-hsin), the essence of Zen Enlightenment. | | | And though upon his return to Japan Dogen wrote at length about Shikantaza and recommended it for his inner band of disciples, it must not be forgotten that these disciples were dedicated truth-seekers for whom Koans were an unnecessary encouragement to sustained practice. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/shikantaza.html
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| | DISCOURSE: Yaoshan's Non-Thinking |
| | It is zazen based fundamentally on faith — faith in the Buddha’s enlightenment, faith in one’s own buddha nature, faith in the process of practice itself. | | | Unfortunately, for many years after that shikantaza became identified exclusively with the Soto school, while koans were thought to be used only by those in the Rinzai school of Zen. | | | In Zen Buddhism, the form we use to see directly into the nature of the self is zazen, sitting meditation. |
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http://www.mro.org/zmm/dharmateachings/talks/teisho20.htm
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| | Henry Thoreau Zen Sanga |
| | Shikantaza quite literally means, "just sitting." Also known as silent illumination, the great Soto Zen master Eihei Dogen tells us in his classic Fukanzanzengi, this practice "is not a step-by-step path. | | | This starts with the ancient Zen practices of shikantaza and koan study. | | | The two primary spiritual disciplines cultivated within the Henry Thoreau Zen Sangha are shikantaza and koan study. |
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http://www.fusn.org/pages/zen.html
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| | Shikantaza is a matter of sinking into one's bones and sinews and facing the bare emptiness of the mind. | | | The essence of this meditative practice is shikantaza, which is pure sitting, not merely sitting. | | | For this there are three options for meditative practice within the Zen tradition. |
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/zen/aitken-o.txt
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| | BODHIDHARMA |
| | Shikantaza as objectless meditation is modern Soto ideology. | | | However, seated meditation or Zazen - which comprises both shikantaza and koan meditation - is central to the Zen way. | | | Modern Soto Zen in Japan focuses only on just-sitting or shikantaza and decries the use of koan for meditation. |
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http://www.webwerkstatt.de/bodhid.htm
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| | Zazen |
| | As such, shikantaza - Zen that does not seek Buddha-hood or non-doing Zen - and koan - satori-orientated or complete effort-Zen - can be regarded as completely opposite. | | | Having returned to Japan, he transmitted Rinzai Zen to his home-country and established the Shofuku-jiTemple in HakataTown, Fukui prefecture, the first Zen Buddhist temple in Japan. | | | In conclusion I would like to say that both, shikantaza and koan meditations, can be combined; for the author of this paper, they are both yusui, which in Japanese means “deep (insight) and quiet (calm)”. |
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http://www.za-zen.net/zazen.html
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| | From the Zen Garden |
| | The principal practice is what is known as, "shikantaza" or "just sitting." It is a freeing of the mind through meditation in which you gain mindfulness with no theological content. | | | These "koans" are poems and stories that both embody and elicit a moment of penetrating insight, that brings Zen Buddhists, again to the same avail as the "shikantaza," to the dazzling reality of presence. | | | The great western Zen master John Tarrant Roshi has described a koan as "being like a jewel and the koan system as being a treasure box of world culture." Each part of the Zen Buddhism reflects a way of life they seek, the presence leading to joy and wisdom. |
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http://www.class.uidaho.edu/ngier/_disc2/0000015c.htm
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| | SkyDancer — Mindfulness? |
| | In Zen's Shikantaza (what many people mean when they use the term "zazen"), there is no object of meditation, nothing you intend to pay attention to. | | | In Samatha meditation, you focus the mind on an object; the purpose of this is to teach the mind to concentrate. | | | It's necessary in order to practice the others, but they are the principal tools for the awakening that the Gautama was talking about when he called himself "Buddha" — which means, one who is awake. |
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http://www.loudzen.com/skydancer/faq/qmindfulness.html
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| | Panel: Formless Meditation |
| | Even though there is a branch of Soto that uses koan practice, the main stem of Soto Zen is the shikantaza practice of seamless sitting. | | | At the same time, there’s undoubtedly a different flavor of practicing satipatthana, the Theravada tradition; practicing shikantaza or zazen; or practicing formless meditation within a Vajrayana sadhana. | | | I don’t know if including the possibility of counting exhalations is considered strict Soto Zen shikantaza, but I feel it’s a tool people can use when they need it. |
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http://www.thebuddhadharma.com/issues/2004/spring/panel_formless_meditation.html
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| | Shikantaza Peace is Every Step |
| | In Soto Zen the word Shikantaza means "Just sit". | | | It was Dogen's way to point to a state of mind where the practice of meditation was itself perfection. | | | There is no goal to be attained beyond practice itself. |
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http://www.shikantaza.com
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| | KINHIN |
| | After becoming inspired by the practice of Shikantaza, in the tradition of Kodo Sawaki and Kosho Uchiyama, he left his graduate school studies in child psychology, and entered Antaiji Temple, where at age 29, he became ordained into zen priesthood. | | | In the following pictorial essay, Reverend Fujita explains some of the important aspects of walking meditation in relation to his sitting practice of Shikantaza. | | | According to the Soto tradition, we do Kinhin practice between sitting sessions as taught by Zen master Dogen, as he learned from his Chinese teacher Ju-Ching. |
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http://meditationpathways.com/kinhin.htm
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| | Those who are doing Shikantaza often think that only sitting is perfect Buddhism. | | | Because there is no method for Shikantaza people sometimes arrive at a mistaken understanding. | | | To support this practice we use Zen questions. |
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http://www.efn.org/~outdc/folder/various/zenkokoroe.html
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| | Books by John Daido Loori, Roshi |
| | Shikantaza, ''just sitting,'' is the simplest, yet most subtle and profound form of meditation. | | | This extensive collection of essays on the heart of zazen practice is essential reading for any practitioner of Zen, and of great value to all who are interested in Eastern religions. | | | Dogen’s collection of koans may come as a surprise to students of Zen as Dōgen and the Sōtō school are generally known for the practice of shikantaza, or “just sitting,” rather than for koan practice. |
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http://www.dharma.net/johndaidoloori/books.html
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| | But when we say Shikantaza, that is not what we mean. | | | When we receive a letter from the world of emptiness, then the practice of Shikantaza is working. | | | To purify or to empty our experience, to observe things as it is, is to understand the world of emptiness and to understand why Buddha left so many teachings. |
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http://www.smzc.net/pages/talks.html
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| | Wherever You Are, Enlightenment Is There |
| | That is perhaps included in practice, but when we say shikantaza, that is not what we mean. | | | When we receive a letter from the world of emptiness, then the practice of shikantaza is working. | | | To purify our experience and to observe things as it is is to understand the world of emptiness and to understand why Buddha left so many teachings. |
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http://www.shambhalasun.com/Archives/Features/2002/May02/suzuki.htm
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| | Untitled Document |
| | shikantaza." In Rinzai Zen there are words, koans, discussions about koans, and the master certifies. | | | For twenty years I myself kept asking my master questions, and he kept saying,, "Just practice zazen... |
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http://www.zen-deshimaru.com/EN/sangha/deshimaru/q-r/1626.htm
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| | Dharma Path: March 2003 |
| | I have chosen to practice the dharma in the tradition of Soto Zen, also called Dogen Zen or Shikantaza (serene reflection). | | | Right now in my practice it just seems to resonate with me and describe pretty well for me what shikantaza is. | | | Stilling the mind by "just sitting" (shikantaza) really appeals to me. |
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http://www.dharma_path.blogspot.com/2003_03_01_dharma_path_archive.html
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| | Eihei Dogen Kigen Zenji |
| | Even today, both priests and lay people devote themselves to his practice of Shikantaza ("just sitting"). | | | Dogen zenji's authentic Zen has been scrupulously observed by his successors. |
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http://members.aol.com/kyosan1/dogenbe.htm
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| | warriorsworld.net Forums: You guys crack me up...you're both wrong, how about that. |
| | So what does that make me? Well to shikantaza I seem to be more conservative, and to gsw_hoops I seem to be more liberal. | | | are you saying that all liberals have the same mind set, yet there is no one mindset - shikantaza | | | And I'm just fine with the way I am, and most people that I - gsw_hoops |
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http://forums.warriorsworld.net/other/msgs/7949.phtml
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| | Adherents.com |
| | This practice, also known as shikantaza, is the Zen particularly fostered by Dogen Zenji. | | | Zazen is understood here not so much as a means to 'attain' enlightenment, but rather as a realization of the buddha-nature immanent in every being... |
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http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_673.html
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| | Encyclopedia: Zen |
| | In Soto, shikantaza meditation ("just-sitting") that is, a meditation with no objects, anchors, "seeds," or content, is the primary form of practice. | | | Shikantaza (åªç®¡æ‰“座) is literally translated as only focused on doing sitting. | | | Considerable textual, philosophical, and phenomenological justification of this practice can be found in Dogen's Shobogenzo. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Zen
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| | Naropa Online - Intro to Zen Buddhism |
| | Then we will study the lives and teachings of important Zen master as gateways into some of the approaches to Zen and as signposts for living our own lives. | | | We will start with instruction on Zen meditation and meditation techniques including koan study (Zen "logical pardoxes") and shikantaza ("just sitting"). | | | The course will explore various aspects of Zen Buddhism. |
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http://www.naropa.edu/distance/courses/REL558e.htm
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| | Meditation and Zazen |
| | The central practice of Soto Zen is "shikantaza" which means "just sitting." It is a form of meditation that is characterized by an alertly wakeful attention, yet it is not directed at any specific object. | | | One form is a deeply focused type of meditation, usually directed toward a Zen koan, a focus commonly called "samadhi." This samadhi produces a calm that pervades the whole body and mind and allows one's natural insight to reveal itself. | | | Along of koan practice and shikantaza, beginning students of TTZC are also trained in mindfulness practices. |
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http://www.ttzc.org/descriptions/zazen.html
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| | Links - www.stillpointzen.org |
| | Equity Zendo is a dwelling place for the practice of Dogen Zen or Shikantaza (serene reflection), the central school of the Soto Zen tradition, and the seamless practice of mindfulness. | | | Sanshin Zen Community is a network of individuals and groups who practice the shikantaza (just sitting zen) taught by Dogen Zenji and study under the guidance of Shohaku Okumura Sensei, in the manner taught by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. | | | Located in northeastern Pennsylvania, Mt. Equity is under the direction of Rev. Dai-En Bennage. |
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http://www.pitt.edu/~dragon3/stillpoint/links.html
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| | Lecture on Acceptance |
| | When we are completely who we are then Zen will be Zen. | | | Ch’an Master Sheng-yen talks about silent illumination which was the Chinese precursor to shikantaza, by describing the two aspects of silence and illumination. | | | Then he said, "Illumination comes with being acutely aware of what is happening, even as your mind is silent," or still. |
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http://www.intrex.net/chzg/pat32.htm
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| | Calmness of Mind by Suzuki Roshi |
| | If we know how to practice shikantaza, and if they know how to repeat Amida Buddha's name, it cannot be different. | | | Various kinds of religious practice are included in this point. | | | Moment after moment, do not lose this practice of shikantaza. |
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http://www.dharmaeye.org/zenteachings/calmmind.htm
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| | Shikantaza |
| | In Zen they have a practice which they call shikantaza. | | | And of course, even to call it a practice is already misleading, because it actually means "doing nothing." The literal translation of it is "just sitting." | | | Shikantaza captures this, because it has no goal, nowhere to go, nothing to achieve or accomplish, no activity of any kind, not even the slightest technique to support it. |
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http://www.mayyoubehappy.com/thisverin.html
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| | Amida - The Art of Just Sitting |
| | This book will be helpful to Buddhist meditators, whatever their tradition. | | | As a core practice in the Zen tradition, shikantaza has rarely been expounded as fully. | | | To sit, to "just sit" unconditionally, the practice of shikantaza may be called meditation without a goal. |
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http://www.ami-da.com/detail/ix519.html
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| | Sanshin Zen Community Teachers |
| | He started Kyoto Soto Zen Center and practiced there until 1992, and from 1993 until 1996 Okumura Roshi was the Head Teacher of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center in USA. | | | In 1996, Okumura Roshi founded Sanshin Zen Community in order to create a practice center where people can thoroughly practice shikantaza, study Buddha-dharma and work together on a daily basis. | | | Until 1984, he lived by himself as a caretaker of a small nunnery, living by takuhatsu (begging), practicing shikantaza and working on translations. |
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http://www.sanshinzencommunity.org/teachers.htm
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| | "Nail Implies Hammer" by Eido Shimano Roshi |
| | Speaking of meditation, or contemplation, some students who come to me say that their practice is shikantaza. | | | Shikantaza literally means, "just sitting." Unquestionably shikantaza is the purest zazen. | | | All of a sudden it seemed to him that each falling leaf had its own glittering light, that each leaf had its own proper place. |
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http://www.daibosatsu.org/eido1.html
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| | Soto |
| | Soto is practised both in Japan and in the West, and stresses shikantaza, the meditation in simply sitting in a fixed posture. | | | Sitting is not seen as the means to an end, but as an end in itself, a direct means of expressing enlightenment and Buddhahood in an instant. | | | In Japanese history, Soto gained ground among provincial rulers and ordinary people, while Rinzai won the support of the central samurai government. |
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http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/S/Soto.htm
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| | Escaping the trap of delusion |
| | She is the author of several books, including Jizo Bodhisattva: Guardian of Children, Travelers, and Other Voyagers. | | | "What is the difference between Rinzai and Soto Zen," an earnest student asks me, "and which is better?" My simple answer is that Rinzai practice is characterized by the study of koans, while Soto practice is founded upon the practice of shikantaza. | | | Although shikantaza means "just sitting" it is far from meaning "just to sit." I think that most people use the word to mean sitting without striving, letting go of the ego's involvement in doing meditation with a goal in mind. |
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http://www.purifymind.com/EscapingDelusion.htm
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| | Listy z pustki |
| | To prawdopodobnie zawiera się w praktyce, ale kiedy mówimy shikantaza, nie mamy akurat tego na myśli. | | | Suzuki wyrażał to również na inne sposoby „Żyj w każdym momencie”, „Pełny wydech” albo mówił „Shikantaza to jest po prostu bycie sobą”. | | | Jest to jedno z tych wyrażeń, które można by tłumaczyć bez końca w ogóle go nie wyjaśniając, a jeśli kiedyś pomyślisz czy „to” jest shikantaza, to na pewno nim nie jest. |
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| | Talk:Zen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Note also that the Rinzai sect places more emphasis on koan practice, while the Soto school places more emphasis on shikantaza - it's a lot more than just whether you face the wall or not 8-) | | | Anyone know why channa was mentioned as the root for Zen? | | | Zazen is japanese name for sitting meditation (za = to sit). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Zen
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| | View From a Moving Train, by Kwong Roshi |
| | shikantaza is our zazen, but as I’ve mentioned, the words and phrases used to express Zen practice can sound pretty abstract, and almost any explanation is conceptual. | | | What zazen really is has been explained in many different ways. | | | shikantaza means being present in this very moment, but even that’s not it. |
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http://www.shambhalasun.com/Archives/Features/2003/200305may/200305-kwong-roshi-view-moving-train.htm
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| | THE BUDDHA AND THE FIVE QUALITIES OF A DHARMA TEACHER |
| | Everything from a beginning view to those of Nagarjuna to Dogen to what Shikantaza is to an actual online meditation course, is laid out step-by-step and explored. | | | The last folder, Folder 10, ends with a rather extensive suggested reading list. |
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http://www.geocities.com/zennun12_8/wise2.html
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| | Society Religion and Spirituality Buddhism Lineages Zen Masters and Teachers |
| | She founded the Buddhist community Dana Sangha and teaches both shikantaza and koan practice. | | | Catherine Genno Pagès Sensei - Based in Paris, Catherine Genno Pagès Sensei is the first Dharma heir of Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi, in the lineage of Taizan Maezumi Roshi. |
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http://www.iper1.com/iper1-odp/scat/id/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Buddhism/Lineages/Zen/Masters_and_Teachers
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| | Blaug Blawg Blog |
| | One element in this essay/booklet (26 pages) by Rindo Fujimoto that I think has been, probably fortunately, lost (or maybe clarified) since then (at least in the "American" Zen tradition since the 1960's) is the emphasis on the left hand, which I suspect is an artifact of bad translation. | | | .] means devoting oneself solely to sitting; by quieting the mind and putting it in the left hand." Basically shikantaza means "just sitting." I don't know where the part about emphasizing the left hand came from. |
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http://users.rcn.com/scottstirling/2003/12/20.html
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| | Elements of zen training |
| | That means that besides shikantaza meditation, koans are practiced extensively. | | | Maezumi Roshi, his teachers' teacher, received transmission from masters of both schools and taught his students accordingly. | | | In shikantaza one does not focus on anything in particular but the sitting itself in order to experience a choice-less awareness of the mind. |
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http://www.zenriver.nl/element_of_training.htm
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| | EAS Workouts |
| | Shikantaza is a specific breathing procedure borrowed from Soto Zen. | | | Deceptively simple, mastery is elusive and requires repeated and systematic practice for a protracted period of time. | | | A smart person can perform the Shikantaza procedure and follow up with a few rounds of auto-visualization without a single other person in the immediate vicinity being aware of the incredible internal transformation taking place. |
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http://www.eas.com/training/trainingTips.asp?cmsId=579
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| | Zen Teachings-Looking at your Mind |
| | The Zen of Dogen, shikantaza, doesn't consist in isn't stopping thoughts nor in chasing bonnos, illusions. | | | Kodo Sawaki wrote, "This is a zazen koan." In Rinzai, masters give koans to their disciples: "What is mu?", "What is your original nature before you were born?" During zazen, you think of these questions and there is not more room n the mind for other bonnos, other illusions. | | | The Shikantaza of Dogen is observing our true aspect. |
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http://www.zenproject.faithweb.com/zen_teachings/looking_at_your_mind.html
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| | Meditation Along Meteor Crater Rim |
| | Sometime back I was along an isolated section of the Meteor Crater rim in Arizona practicing a deep meditation method sometimes refered to as Jishu-zammi, Samadhi of Self Mastery, a variant of sorts on Dogen Zenji's Shikantaza. | | | The crater is an immense impact-hole pounded out of the Earth thousands of years ago by a huge bolide that crashed through the sky...and something about the place holds a deep fascination for me since early childhood. |
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http://sped2work.tripod.com/meteorcrater.html
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| | FightingArts.com - Meditation: Just Do It! |
| | That is, they give you something to think about (focus on) or something to do while meditating. | | | In shikantaza the emphasis in the explanation of the method of practice is placed on what you don't do. | | | This is especially disconcerting and it leads people to ask what we are supposed to "do?" Just sit. |
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http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=342
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