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Noble Silence, the Buddha, and Meditation Practices
Noble Silence is thought to originate as a phrase and directive from Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), the founder of Buddhism. It refers to the idea t [ ... ]

Dzogchen – Recognizing the Ultimate Ground of Existence
Dzogchen, also known as Dzogpachenpo, Atiyoga, Great Perfection or Great Completion, is a wisdom tradition and practice within Indo-Tibetan Buddhism a [ ... ]

Reflections on Zen Master Jinen | Zazen Sitting Meditation
In 2014, I stumbled upon a short video titled A Teaching From Zen Master Jinen posted on YouTube by El-Branden Brazil. It’s a little questions a [ ... ]

Anapanasati Meditation | Mindfulness of Breath
Anapanasati Breathing is an ancient Buddhist meditation technique attributed to the Buddha himself, and popularly called “Mindfulness of Breathi [ ... ]

Tummo Breathing | Tibetan Inner Heat Meditation Practice
Tummo Breathing is a Tibetan Buddhist-Tantric breathing technique, a type of Pranayama, or perhaps better — a breathing meditation. The actual g [ ... ]

Zen Taiso | Zazen Preparation Exercises
The Japanese term Zen Taiso is usually translated as “Zen body exercises.” It typically refers to regular and scheduled exercises performe [ ... ]

Shinto | Japan’s Indigenous Religion
Shinto is considered the indigenous religion of Japan. It’s a polytheistic, nature and animistic religion, it has no founder, nor is it led by a [ ... ]

Zen Buddhism | Origins and Concepts
Zen Buddhism is the Japanese version of Chinese Chan Buddhism, the latter being a lineage of Mahayana Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism is one of the two ma [ ... ]

Huang Po and the Transmission of Mind | Obaku
Huang Po — also known as Huangbo or Ōbaku — was a Buddhist teacher, an exponent of Chan or Zen Buddhism, living in the 9th century in Chi [ ... ]

Rinzai Zen Buddhism | Japanese Zazen School
Myoan Eisai (Yosai), a Japanese Buddhist priest (1141 – 1215), founded Zen Buddhism in Japan, through what today is called the Rinzai School (the Ja [ ... ]