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Zazen Instructions
Posted on December 30, 2012
To receive beginning instruction in zazen at the
Monastery, come to the Sunday Morning Program or
Wednesday Evening Zazen. All of our weekend retreats, including the Introduction to Zen Training Weekend, also include beginning instruction for newcomers.
Zazen is the form of meditation at the very heart of Zen
practice. In fact, Zen is known as the meditation
school of Buddhism. Basically, zazen is the study of the
self. The great Master Dogen said, To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget
the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by
the ten thousand things. To be enlightened by the
ten thousand things is to recognize the unity of the self
and the ten thousand things. Upon his own enlightenment, Buddha was in seated meditation; Zen practice
returns to the same seated meditation again and again.
For 2,500 years that meditation has continued, from
generation to generation; its the most important thing
that has been passed on. It spread from India to China,
to Japan, to other parts of Asia, and then nally to the
West. Its a very simple practice. Its very easy to de-

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follow. But like all other
practices, we have to engage it on a consistent basis if we want to discover
its power and depth.
We tend to see body,
breath, and mind separately, but in zazen they
come together as one reality. The rst thing to pay
attention to is the position
of the body in zazen. The
body has a way of communicating outwardly to
the world and inwardly to
oneself. How you position
your body has a lot to do
with what happens
with your mind and your
breath. The most effective
positioning of the body for
the practice of zazen is
the stable, symmetrical
position of the seated
Buddha. Sitting on the
oor is recommended because it is grounded. We
use a zafua small pillowto raise the behind
just a little, so that the
knees can touch the
ground. With your bottom
on the pillow and two
knees touching the
ground, you form a tripod
base that is natural,
grounded and stable.

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Burmese
Position

There are
several difffferent leg
positions
that are
possible
while
seated
crosslegged.
The rst
and simplest is
the Burmes
e position,
in which
the legs
are crossed
and both
feet rest
at on the
oor. The
knees
should also
rest on the
oor,
though
sometimes
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