zazen for beginners

Key Takeaway: Zazen involves sitting in a stable posture, following the breath, and observing thoughts without grasping or rejecting.

Zazen involves sitting in a stable posture, following the breath, and observing thoughts without grasping or rejecting. In Soto Zen, it is not a technique for enlightenment but its direct expression. • Each thing returns to its root

In the tradition of Zen Buddhism, as transmitted through the teachings of masters from Bodhidharma to Dogen, Zazen involves sitting in a stable posture, following the breath, and observing thoughts without grasping or rejecting.

— Oriens

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