One of these is zazen meditation, which is very focused on the posture used by the practitioner-indeed, this posture could be said to be itself the heart of Zen practice. Its distinctive factors are meditative techniques used by its practitioners. Zen Buddhism is a form of Buddhism originally from Japan, descended from Chan Buddhism, a Chinese school and part of the Mahayana tradition. As it stands, I don't, so I'm going to be very practical about this. Okay, so there is all kinds of mysticism possible here and I'm sure that if I were to dedicate myself to Zen practice I would have all kinds of deep, mysterious things to say. Meditation Pics - for meditation-related images. INOS Meditation research- Search for any researched topic on meditation. Meditation research in Reddit - Scientific papers on Meditation If you see a post that is doing/not doing any of the above, and is breaking the subreddit rules, please report it! PLEASE READ THE FAQ HERE Please don't use URL shorteners when submitting links! They will be caught by the spam filter, and users like to see where they're going.Īny recruiting, spam or uncivil behaviour is forbidden, and may be banned. Short inspirational quotes or texts should be posted as self-posts. Audio tracks consisting of teachings are OK to post here.

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