Talk:Walking meditation

message: In the rinzai school the walking is done fast, while in the soto school it is done in slow motion. Also the way that the start and end are announced seems to me to vary among the different groups. -- Pweemeeuw, Sept. 19, 2003
:I am aware of a Rinzai group in Missouri that practices kinhin slowly, and different Soto traditions walk with varing degrees of slowness (but not as briskly as is traditionally associated with Rinzai kinhin, based on my experience).  I have witnessed different ways of announcing the end of kinhin among different groups within the Soto school.U.b.i.k. 03:45, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
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message: In Chinese, 経行 (or in Japanese Kinhin) does not mean "to go straight". 経 (Japanese: Kin) means classic works or sutra or Buddhism teachings, and 行 (Japanese: Jin) means walk. Therefore Kinhin does not mean "to go straight". It literally means Buddhist teachings walk, or together it would basically translate as meditative walking. It refers nothing to "walking straight". 71.146.33.151 (talk)
No, 経 (經) does not only mean scriptures, it also --and I would contend primarily-- means 'to pass through' thus Chinese words such as 經受, 經常, and even the economic meanings are related to this sense flowing, e.g. 經濟, 經營. So, though I wouldn't translate 経行 as 'to go straight,' those translators have good reason; and it is misinformation to to say so definitely that it means "religious teachings walk." I'd say it might literally mean 'experiencing walking.' Or, perhaps the name was invented with both meanings in mind. --That would be quite Zen, after all. Useragain (talk) 06:19, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  kinhin--meaning 

message: feel free to use this quote, taken from the more broad Mediation page. i am sure there is some truth to this, but it does not seem to be simple enough, or historically based enough (i.e. is some dude's theory), for most readers to understand. nevertheless i have trouble just deleting it...
Walking meditation helps break down habitual automatic mental categories, "thus regaining the primary nature of perceptions and events, focusing attention on the process while disregarding its purpose or final outcome."Perez-De-Albeniz, Alberto; Jeremy Holmes (March 2000). "Meditation: concepts, effects and uses in therapy". International Journal of Psychotherapy 5 (1): 49–59. doi:10.1080/13569080050020263. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
makeswell (talk) 17:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
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message: In the description of the name of the article the hanji 経 is given for the Chinese character.  経 isn't Chinese. Is there a correct way to handle this Japanese vs Chinese issue?  Leekohlbradley (talk) 04:46, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chinese 經 vs hanji 経 

message: I have done a tiny bit of research on the health benefits of walking meditation. Please respond with feedback if I have made mistakes 22:41, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
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message: I am in an undergraduate class at the University of Washington, which is studying successful online communities such as Wikipedia. You could go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chriscarroll58/Walking_meditation to find the final draft of my revisions and additions. I will move the article over tomorrow, 17 February 2020. Please excuse any beginner mistakes, but don't hesitate to let me know what I did wrong! Chriscarroll58 (talk) 15:16, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
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message: I'm not really seeing the relevance of Peripatetic school as a see also item for this article. As that article says, while the name "Peripatetic" does have a connection to walking, the idea that Peripatetics were particularly inclined to philosophise while walking is probably apocryphal. What do you think? – Arms & Hearts (talk) 18:49, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
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