Meditation while seated, as in Zen Buddhism.

Meditation. Meditation and the study of kôan are two of the main practices that characterize Zen Buddhism and that prepare the way to enlightenment.

seated meditation from Zen Buddhism

form of Japanese meditation in which one could tap and power up his intrinsic energy, and focus his energies to centralize ki and build spiritual power.

(see Zen): Japanese term (ChineseT'so-ch'an) for seated meditation.

( 座禅 )(Zen) meditaion

Sitting meditation.

(Japanese) Seated meditation; dhyana; Zen meditation.

meditation posture where the legs are folded and tucked beneath the body.

as spelt Kneeling meditation

Meditative sitting

Meditation; sitting in which one cuts all connections with the external world and lets go of all concerns within. (Return)

In Zen Buddhism, the practice of extended periods of medition, usually in a group in a meeting hall. The monks sit quietly for long periods of time in the cross-legged Lotus position. While different individuals will be meditating with different goals, often meditation focuses on solving a koan. For more information than you ever wanted to know about zazen, click here.

Zazen (坐禅; Chinese zuochan [Pinyin] or tso-chan [Wade-Giles]) is at the heart of Zen Buddhist practice. The aim of zazen is just sitting, opening the hand of thought. This is done either through koans, Rinzai's primary method, or whole-hearted sitting (shikantaza), the Soto sect's method.