The effect of meditation and recitation
The regular practice of meditations and recitations helps me to relieve and empty my senses. Then, in the moment of deep contemplation, the "nameless" in me can unite with the nameless, the spirit & the devotion of creation.
An attempt to translate the word "mantra" is the term "magic word". I have learned not to try to translate them, since their power and effect comes solely from the composition of their syllables and words, and from the vibrations of their recitation. Certainly we Europeans tend to want to understand everything, but it is still worth trying and the exercise of "shutting down" the senses, curiosity and intelligence and just doing it TO LET STAND...
I. ZAZEN (SITTING MEDITATION)
Sitting meditation is the practice through which Buddha awakened 2,600 years ago. She is at the center of Zen. One devotes one's full attention to posture, breathing, and the arising and disappearing of thoughts. They are also called shikantaza, just sitting.
Regular zazen practice enables us, first of all, to calm and clear the mind and to find true stability amidst the surges of our existence. The secret of Zen is to simply sit down, without aim or thought of gain, in an attitude of great concentration.
The lotus position, which is not only practiced in yoga but also in zen, to remain in meditative concentration during zazen.
On the one hand, the practice consists of zazen (from Japanese: za- [to sit]; zen- [to contemplate]), sitting in contemplation on a cushion. In the outer posture, the legs are crossed like in the lotus position in yoga. The back is straight but completely relaxed and the hands are relaxed clasped together with the tips of the thumbs touching lightly.The eyes stay half open, the gaze remains relaxed and without wandering down to the ground. For beginners, simpler sitting styles are also recommended, such as the half lotus seat (Hanka-Fuza), the so-called Burmese seat or the heel seat (Seiza).
The primary task of the Zen student is the continued, complete, and conscious awareness of the present moment, acomplete mindfulnesswithout own judging participation (Samadhi). The Zen student should maintain this state not only during zazen, but if possible at every moment of his life.
"Zen is not something exciting, but concentration on your everyday activities."
Zen cannot be taught in the true sense. Only the conditions for spontaneous, intuitive insights can be improved.
II. KINHIN (walking meditation)
Kinhin gets between two zazen practiced. While walking to the rhythm of breathing, the focus is on every aspect of the posture.
In kinhin, the left thumb lies inside the left fist, the base of the thumb presses against the solar plexus. The right hand grasps the left fist. Forearms are parallel to the floor, shoulders are relaxed. As in zazen, the upper body is straight: the lower abdomen is relaxed, the neck is stretched, the chin is pulled back, the gaze is lowered.
During the calm, deep exhalation, the root of the big toe of the front foot presses against the floor, the back leg remains straight. At the end of the exhalation, the inhalation happens naturally, the body relaxes and you take a half step forward.
III. RECITATION ((text readings)
everyday version:
Whether it's loud or quiet, it just depends on the situation or the place, but you can recite anywhere and anytime.... And although a mindful life means living in concentration on the moment and the action just carried out, certain demands are made on me Situations and activities because they bore me or I don't like them some much (vacuum cleaning, shopping, hanging laundry, etc.). Then I prefer to recite and thereby avoid negative thoughts and feelings and do something good for myself and my subtle environment.
Mala version:
The mala is the Buddhist prayer chain. The chain has 108 beads. Each bead is a mantra recitation (For example: Om mani patme hum (push a bead) Om mani padme hum (push a bead etc).
108: Is in Buddhism the number of numbers. There are more than 108 interpretations and explanations.
The most common is: EINS - stands for unity; NUll - stands for emptiness; EIGHT - stands for infinity
monastery version:
The recitation is performed in the zazen posture. It is recited aloud for half an hour. This is followed by a 10-minute walking meditation followed by a half-hour silent recitation.
The Prajnaparamita - Heart - Sutra
It is the shortest of 40 texts within the expansive Prajnaparamita Sutra, literally: "(Great) Sutra of Crossing [Transcendent or Redemptive, Paramita] Wisdom (Prajna)"
It is considered the quintessence of many sutras, especially since it formulates the teaching of Shunyata - the emptiness, particularly clearly and concisely".
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illuminated the five skandhas and found them equally empty.Teaching der Skandhas (collection) 5 sense perceptions
Penetrating this, he overcame all suffering. (Bell jar)
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form is emptiness, emptiness is form
form is nothing but emptiness,
Emptiness is nothing butshape.
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Perceptions, mental form forces
andconsciousness. (Bell jar)
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all things are marked by emptiness.
They neither arise nor perish,
they are neither pure nor impure,
neither do they get bigger, nor do they get smaller.
Therefore, in emptiness there is neither form nor sensation,
nor perception, nor spiritual formative power,
nor consciousness;
no eye, no ear, no nose, no tongue,
no body, no mind;
no form, no sound,
no smell, no taste,
no tangible, no object of mind;
no range of elements
(from the eyes to the mind-consciousness);
no dependent arising
and no cessation of dependent arising
(from ignorance to death and decay);
no suffering, no origin of suffering,
no end of suffering and no way;
no understanding, no attainment. (Bell jar)
Because there is no attainment
find the Bodhisattvas,
resting in perfect understanding,
no obstacles in their mind.
experiencing no obstacles,
overcome the fear
rid themselves of delusion forever
and realize perfect nirvana.
All the Buddhas of the past
Present and Future
attain thanks to this perfect understanding
full, true and universal enlightenment. (Bell jar)
Therefore one should know
that perfect understanding
the supreme mantra is
the mantra without equal,
that removes all suffering
the indestructible truth.
The Mantra of Prajnaparamita
should therefore be announced.
This is the mantra:
Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha. (3x) *
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Om mani padme hum
"Om Mani Padme Hum" is the universal mantra of love and compassion. It is associated with the Buddhist Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara. It stands for the summary of the 84,000 discourses of the Buddha. It is the essence of all Tathagata (the qualities of Enlightened Beings), all Mantras (prayers or hymns) and all Tantras (Buddhist mysticism and rituals). It is the source of all knowledge and achievement. This mantra has a purifying ability, ie it is able to free us from the veils that cover our mind. It opens the mind to love and compassion and leads to enlightenment.
Medicine Buddha Mantra
Tayatha Om
Bekandze Bekandze
Maha Bekandze
Randza Samungate Swaha
Because the flood of thoughts calms down during practice, the experience of stillness and emptiness, shunyata, becomes possible.
Especially in Rinzai-Zen, the mystical experience of enlightenment (Satori, Kenshō), an often sudden experience of universal unity, ie the elimination of the opposition between subject and object, becomes the central theme. In this context, there is often talk of "awakening" and "enlightenment" (pali/sanskrit: Bodhi), of "becoming a Buddha", or the realization of one's own "Buddha nature". This experience of non-duality is hardly accessible to verbal communication and cannot even be conveyed to a person without comparable experience.
Zen is the pathless path, the gateless gate.
The great wisdom (Prajna) underlying Zen does not need to be sought according to the teaching, it is always there.
Can the seeker simply give up their constant efforts to maintain the illusion of the existence of an "I"?
Prajna would arise immediately.