wow i have been doing walking meditation ( in Theravadin tradition ) its great to see it explained in detail ... i realised i was doing it wrongly a lot of the time .... just trying to escape the pain of sitting instead of looking at it as the more difficult practice it actually is .... the idea of the body/mind interaction is ( of course ) where it is at .... there is more action in the thoughts when .... your body is moving so you have to work harder to focus !!! ... yes this is good practice ....
Kinhin seems to be the polar opposite of how you describe Shikantaza. highly structured and focused with the breath taking a more central role in movement. Shikantaza is unstructured with no focus, no method, no anything, nothing really to hold onto at all, you 'just sit'. It is hard to think that these two meditative approaches complement each other in any way.
The end made me smile =)
Thanks, and you have a great life too mr. tetsuten!
wow i have been doing walking meditation ( in Theravadin tradition ) its great to see it explained in detail ... i realised i was doing it wrongly a lot of the time .... just trying to escape the pain of sitting instead of looking at it as the more difficult practice it actually is .... the idea of the body/mind interaction is ( of course ) where it is at .... there is more action in the thoughts when .... your body is moving so you have to work harder to focus !!! ... yes this is good practice ....
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Nice tutorial. Very helpful.
Thanks.
What is the importance of forcefully pressing the large toe into the ground?
The zen center I go here in Puerto Rico is Rinzai, and Kinhin is really fast.
Very helpful, thank you.
Kinhin seems to be the polar opposite of how you describe Shikantaza. highly structured and focused with the breath taking a more central role in movement. Shikantaza is unstructured with no focus, no method, no anything, nothing really to hold onto at all, you 'just sit'. It is hard to think that these two meditative approaches complement each other in any way.
I really like this guy, he has a wonderful presence