Zen training
by Kazuki Sekida · first published 1975
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First published in 1975, Zen Training has become a classic of Zen literature. It was one of the first books to demystify religion without debunking it, to explain hitherto esoteric practices in lucid, everyday terms. It offers concrete guidelines for practicing zazen, seated meditation. Posture, breathing, the function of the abdominal muscles, muscle tone, and the mechanisms of wakefulness and attention are clearly and scientifically explained, so that one learns what actually happens in doing zazen, why it leads to certain psychological experiences, and what their significance is. There is a
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The best prescriptive book that I have found has been: http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Training-Philosophy-Shambhala-Clas... Additionally I find that reading a good translation of the Tao helps, my personal favorite so far is: http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Perennial-Classics/dp/006...
on “Buddhism and Happiness: Sitting Quietly, Doing Something” ↗…aka zazen)? There is some nice, simple and to the point books about it, and for me it is something that really helps with concentration, sadness and focus. list of good books http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Training-Philosophy-Shambhala-Clas... http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Brain-Understanding-Meditation-Con... http://www.amazon.com/Mindfulness-Plain-English-Updated-Expa...
on “Ask HN: Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?” ↗…decade later and found some texts really helpful that I'd recommend to anyone working at a meditation practice: - "The Other Shore" by Thich Nhat Hanh - "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" by Shunryū Suzuki - "Zen Training" by Katsuki Sekida There are of course tons of others, but better to start with fewer than an overwhelming collection of things when getting situated. Also, yeah, the sinuses thing is weird and was…
on “Wim Hof breathing technique can modulate immune response to pathogens (2014)” ↗What book was this? I learned this same technique from Sekida's book called "Zen Training".
on “Tell HN: my hack to beat insomnia” ↗