Zazen (坐禅;
Chinese: zuò chán
pinyin or tso-chan
Wade-Giles) is at the heart of
Zen Buddhist practice. The aim of zazen is just sitting, opening the hand of thought. This is done either through
koans, Rinzai's primary method, or whole-hearted sitting (
shikantaza), the Soto sect's method. (
Rinzai and
Soto are the main extant Zen schools in Japan; they both originated in China as the
Linji and
Caodong schools, respectively.) 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. In
Zen Buddhism, zazen (literally "seated meditation") is a
meditative discipline practitioners perform to
calm the body and the mind and experience
insight into
the nature of existence and thereby gain enlightenment (
satori).
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Ancient form of meditation that purportedly enables touching the "source of life." Apparently, Zazen supposedly also helps to "awaken" jariki, a form of "spiritual energy."
In
Zen Buddhism , the practice of extended periods of mediation, usually in a group in a meeting hall. The monks sit quietly for long periods of time in the cross-legged Lotus position. While different individuals will be meditating with different goals, often meditation focuses on solving a
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