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Zazen

Zazen is a Buddhist Connection Practice. It is a Zen meditation technique designed to still the mind and open Connection.

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"Zazen is the form of meditation at the very heart of Zen practice. In fact, Zen is known as the “meditation school” of Buddhism. Basically, zazen is the study of the self. The great Master Dogen said, “To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.” To be enlightened by the ten thousand things is to recognize the unity of the self and the ten thousand things. "[1]

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  1. “How To Meditate: Zazen Instructions.” Zen Mountain Monastery (blog), March 19, 2018. https://zmm.org/teachings-and-training/meditation-instructions/.