Questions tagged [shikantaza]
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Samatha, Vipassana, Shikantaza scientifically compared?
Is there any scientific studies that have observed through different bias the differences and similarities between those three type of meditation?
For exemple difference in EEG or brain plasticity in ...
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Shikantaza vs counting breath
As we know, in soto-shu we don't count nor observe the breath during zazen.
I would like people who have a long experience with zazen meditation to explain if they consider that counting and ...
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Losing my religion, and shikantaza
I was raised in a secular family, went to CofE church a little as a young child, but only to support my mum. Actually I'm way more drawn to Nietzsche now than Christianity, though I cannot see any ...
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Is shikantaza meant to spontaneously relax you, unlike ch'an meditation?
Is shikantaza meant to spontaneously relax you, unlike ch'an meditation? I've never taken classes in the former, but the latter seems to teach you to relax -- and then follow the breath spontaneously.
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The mind during Shikantaza
In Soto-Zen Buddhism there is a sitting meditation known as Shikantaza which is the art of just-sitting. My question, what techniques are given to Soto-Zen practitioners to prevent the mind from being ...
