--- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Theravada <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Theravada> Buddhist meditation
> practices:
>
> * Anapanasati <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Anapanasati> - focusing
> on the breath
> * Metta <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Metta> - cultivation of
> compassion and loving-kindness
> * Kammaá¹á¹hâna
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Kamma%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81na>
> * Samatha <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Samatha> - calm abiding
> * Vipassana <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Vipassana> - insight
> * Mahasati Meditation
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Mahasati_Meditation>
>
> Zen <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Zen> Buddhist meditation practices:
>
> * Shikantaza <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Shikantaza> - just
> sitting
> * Zazen <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Zazen>
> * Koan <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Koan>
>
> Vajrayana <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Vajrayana> and Tibetan Buddhism
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism> meditation practices:
>
> * Tantra techniques
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Tantra_techniques_(Vajrayana)>
> * Ngondro <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Ngondro> - preliminary
> practices
> * Tonglen <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Tonglen> - giving and
> receiving
> * Phowa <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Phowa> - transference of
> consciousness at the time of death
> * Chöd <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Ch%C3%B6d> - cutting through
> fear by confronting it
> * Mahamudra <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Mahamudra> - the Kagyu
> version of 'entering the all-pervading Dharmadatu', the 'nondual state',
> or the 'absorption state'
> * Dzogchen <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Dzogchen> - the natural
> state, the Nyingma version of Mahamudra
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Mahamudra>
> * The Four Immeasurables
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/The_Four_Immeasurables> , Metta
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Metta>
> * Tantra <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Tantra>
>
> Related Buddhist practices:
>
> * Mindfulness <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Mindfulness> - awareness
> in the present moment
> * Mindfulness (psychology)
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Mindfulness_(psychology)> - Western
> applications of Buddhist ideas
> * Satipatthana <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Satipatthana>
> * chanting <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Buddhist_chant> and mantra
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Mantra>
>
> Proper floor-sitting postures and supports while meditating:
>
> * Floor sitting: cross-legged
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Sitting#Cross-legged> (full lotus
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Lotus_position> , half lotus, Burmese) or
> seiza <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Seiza>
> * Cushions: zafu <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Zafu> , zabuton
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Zabuton>
>
> Traditional Buddhist texts <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Buddhist_texts>
> on meditation:
>
> * Anapanasati Sutta <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Anapanasati_Sutta>
> * Satipatthana Sutta
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Satipatthana_Sutta>
> * Visuddhimagga <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Visuddhimagga>
>
> Traditional preliminary practices to Buddhist meditation:
>
> * prostrations <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Prostration_(Buddhism)>
> (also see Ngondro <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Ngondro> )
> * refuge <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Refuge_(Buddhism)> in the
> Triple Gem <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Triple_Gem>
> * Five Precepts <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Five_Precepts>
>
> Analog in Vedas:
>
> * Paramatma <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Paramatma>
> * Ksirodakasayi Vishnu
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/wiki/Ksirodakasayi_Vishnu>
>
>
> Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_meditation
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_meditation>
>
Hi ED. Thank you. Tell me, what do you do as your daily practice?
Steve
------------------------------------
Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are
reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[email protected]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
