M,<br/><br/>I began practicing Zen 10 years, or so, ago. I discovered Vipassana
meditation about 5 years ago. I have found that Vipassana explains things that
Zen leaves empty (pun noted). My (Zen) practice has deepened considerably since
discovering Vipassana and one of the factors is focusing on bodily sensations
as the doorway into reality. The sutras talk about this a lot and Buddha
himself said that within this "fathom long" body will you discover the truth.
No where in the sutras does it say to observe thoughts or count the breath.
Since dropping both my meditation has changed considerably. For me, when my
mind wanders I just come back to the sensation of air on the entrance of my
nostrils. Very grounding.<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for
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