from [/villagepump/walking zen](https://scrapbox.io/villagepump/walking zen).
The very act of walking itself is the practice of walking Zen. He says that walking is the practice of Zen itself, not between zazen sessions or to relax the body, but just to walk. https://www.engakuji.or.jp/blog/33633/
- Zen (Buddhism) とか meditation って「座ってやるもの」( zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position) )という assumption があるが、歩くのもアリという話
- Rather, I personally imagine that it will be easier to do it by integrating it into our lives in the form of “walk”.
When you are conscious of your delicate senses, you cannot think this or that in your head first. You will feel that only the senses are being manifested. Ego-consciousness fades. It is a state in which only the sensation of the feet appears, rather than the fact that you are walking. You can be in a state where there is no self, no person, just the sensation of walking.
- cf. selflessness 、 ecstasy 、 selflessness
It takes a long time to get into this state of mind with zazen alone, but with walking zazen, it is easier to concentrate on the faintest movement. It is possible to achieve deep mental concentration in a very short period of time. - keep one’s head busy の一種
Doing it between zazen sessions is a kind of [walk and then sit down
- The concept of exercising and then calming down is common with Kundalini Meditation.
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