Zazen | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-11

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00:00:58 1 Significance
00:01:27 2 Methods
00:01:36 2.1 Sitting
00:02:38 2.2 Posture
00:04:15 2.3 Types
00:04:58 2.4 Instruction
00:05:37 2.4.1 Concentration
00:06:42 2.4.2 Koan introspection
00:07:17 2.4.3 Shikantaza
00:07:57 3 See also



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Zazen (literally "seated meditation"; Japanese: 座禅; simplified Chinese: 坐禅; traditional Chinese: 坐禪; pinyin: zuò chán; Wade–Giles: tso4-ch'an2, pronounced [tswô ʈʂʰǎn]) is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition. The precise meaning and method of zazen varies from school to school, but in general it can be regarded as a means of insight into the nature of existence. In the Japanese Rinzai school, zazen is usually associated with the study of koans. The Sōtō School of Japan, on the other hand, only rarely incorporates koans into zazen, preferring an approach where the mind has no object at all, known as shikantaza.