ED, I must confess I normally don't read all the lists you post, but I did read portions of this one.
Under the ZEN BUDDHIST MEDITATION PRACTICES what do you think whomever made up this list (you?) thinks is the difference between 'zazen' and 'shikantaza'? Thanks...Bill! --- 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> > ------------------------------------ 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/
