ED. I can only speak for myself, but the two zen teachers I had access to used EVERYTHING as meditative practice. Examples other than the ones you gave are chanting, bowing, kinhin, eating, household chores, gardening, bushing your teeth, CLEANING YOUR BOWLS, etc... - virtually anything can be used as a technique to practice meditation.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > > Bill, Mike, Joe and all, > > I know of koan practice and shikantaza in zen. Do Zen teachers ever > recommend other types of meditation, or the attainment of jhana states? > > --ED > ------------------------------------ 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/
