Word: zazen
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...Zazen, the act of meditation, is the most obvious characteristic of the Zen sect. It is not as initially calm and comfortable as monks make it look. Even the little pillows we squash under our squatting hinds can't alleviate the aches and numbness of 45 minutes of physical inactivity. Seigan, a monk from Brooklyn, NY, graced our buttbones with a special hint on how to fold the pillows just right, so that I could be content in my almost-Lotus position for a good 20 minutes before my sparkling clear concentration began to drift below...
...tens of miles from towns with dots on maps. I was lucky enough to enjoy the beauty and the serenity of Dai Bosatsu Zendo. I went for a walk around the lake in a post-storm mist that hung like cobwebs in the air. It was as still as zazen. I imagined it in winter, the surrounding mountains a crown of white, the water solid and still. The Zen of Ice-skating? Sounds like...
...spare the life of an enemy whose mother had helped him long ago. Playing the general, Kanzaburo is a figure of universal, tragic stature who is shattered by his act. An accomplished, versatile actor, Kanzaburo also displays a sly comedic sense as the errant husband in Migawari-zazen...
...tried zazen (meditation) during my visit," reports TIME Correspondent Eleanor Hoover. "At first the lotus position-the straight spine, the fingers pressed together, the lowered posture of the jaw-is not so bad. The cushions seem quaint instead of hard. After a little while, however, the sense of confinement sets in. Panic at the thought that there is no escape, that you simply must sit there just that way for 40 minutes, is well-nigh unbearable...
...acre valley surrounded by mountains of the Pacific Coastal Range, 40 long-robed youths were introduced last week to the mysteries of Zen. Under the direction of a roshi (teacher), they spent long hours in meditation on black zazen cushions, chanted incantations through meals of miso (soybean soup), carrots, onions, bokchoy salad and Tibetan barley bread, practiced Zen breathing exercises...