Steve/ED, IMO, zen meditation is incompatible with concentration on anything such as vipassana or visualization (e.g. in Tantra), though I don't deny they have their merits. What do you think? So you cannot do everything down the list because some of them contradict with others. Anthony
--- On Sat, 9/4/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: From: SteveW <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: Buddhist meditation practices To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 9 April, 2011, 5:47 AM --- 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
