Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation by Carl Bielefeldt

Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation Carl Bielefeldt ebook
ISBN: 0520068351, 9780520068353
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: pdf
Page: 267

The selections in this program are from Moon in a Mindfulness With Breathing : A Manual for Serious Beginners. It's said that Chih-i (538–597 CE), the de facto founder of the T'ien-t'ai school, was the first Chinese Buddhist to produce a meditation manual. His teachings are the very embodiment of the paradoxical blend of mystery and clarity that characterizes Zen. In the Fukanzazengi, Dogen's manual of Zen meditation, he succinctly describes the form for practicing zazen: At the site of your regular sitting, spread out thick matting and place a cushion above it. Dogen (1200-1253 C.E.) founded the Soto school of Zen Buddhism in Japan. Soto is the school introduced to Japan by Dogen (a former Tendai priest) in the 13th century, and emphasizes shikantaza (see below). Dogen's approach to meditation has become perhaps the most influential Eastern spiritual practice in the Western world. -How To Raise An Ox: Zen Practice as Taught in Master Dogen's Shobogenzo, by Francis H. This was probably the Rinzai practice consists of seated meditation, koan training, and samu (work practice) or the art of doing activities mindfully. They are all directly connected to zazen, or sitting meditation, which Dōgen considered to be identical to studying Zen. Cook -Sounds of Valley Streams: Enlightenment in Dogen's Zen, by Francis H.