Zazen

Zazen is seated meditation central to Zen Buddhism. Its practice attends to posture, breathing, and the activity of the mind.

Shikantaza: A Soto Zen practice of seated meditation in which one sits without pursuing a particular object or goal. This Soto approach makes sitting itself the complete practice.
Zen: A school of Mahayana Buddhism that emphasizes meditation, direct realization, and teacher-student practice. Zazen is a central practice across Zen traditions.
Bodhidharma: A semi-legendary monk traditionally regarded as the founder of Chan Buddhism in China. Zen traditions associate him with the transmission of meditation from India to China.
Rinzai Zen: A Japanese Zen school known for kōan training and intensive meditation practice. Its use of kōan inquiry contrasts with Sōtō emphases on just sitting.
Kōan introspection: A Zen practice that concentrates on a kōan under the guidance of a teacher. It contrasts with forms of zazen that do not focus on a specific inquiry.
Dhyāna: A Sanskrit term for meditative absorption, associated with the origins of the word Zen. The name Zen derives through Chinese from this term for meditation.
Dōgen: A thirteenth-century Japanese Zen teacher who founded the Sōtō school and wrote extensively on practice and awakening. His teachings made zazen central to Sōtō practice.
Vipassanā: A Buddhist meditation practice that develops insight into experience, often through systematic observation. It offers a distinct Buddhist framework and method for meditation.
Zafu: A round cushion used to support seated meditation. It helps raise the hips and establish a stable seated posture.
Mindfulness: A mode of attention that notices present experience without immediately reacting to it. Mindfulness describes one quality cultivated through sustained sitting.

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