| (Published: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:52:04 -0500) |
| What Is Zen |
Zen is the mystical branch of Mahayana Buddhism. Zen is a highly individualistic religious discipline. Zen done in a group is not Zen at all. True Zen is done alone. Zen is a sanskrit word which means meditation. The sanskrit D-H-Y-A-N pronounced as duh yen first becomes dh-yen,Jen and then |
| Author: yayati madan g gandhi |
| Directory: Buddhism - Zen |
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| (Published: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Life Writing, One Facet of Living an Enchanted Life |
| I started life writing in the fifth grade. My mother bought me my own Girl Shout diary! Are you wondering what a Girl Shout diary is? It was a Girl Scout diary kept by me. I had a minor learning disability, undiagnosed in those days, resulting in funny spellings. Undaunted, I wrote to Dear Diary, |
| Author: Barbara Holstein |
| Directory: Buddhism - Zen |
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| (Published: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:00:00 -0500) |
| The Tao of Breathing |
| One of the impressions I have gained recently in speaking to Zen friends about practice is a certain attitude towards breathing in zazen. For the sake of brevity, and just for fun, I wish to refer to it as "samurai breathing". I think it has its origins in the martial arts.
The "samurai breath' |
| Author: m m |
| Directory: Buddhism - Zen |
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