How to do Zen Meditation.

I am working on making meditation apart of my daily life. I usually meditate without any true formal training, but today I got up and looked up the below website and followed the guidelines. I meditated this time by breathing in and out, but this time I counted as is recommended. It enabled me to focus on the breath without having my third eye wander off to space...;) It is recommended to breath in and out with counting for about a week and then change it up. If anyone has any meditation techniques or have tips I am all EARS!!

http://www.meditationiseasy.com/mCorner/techniques/zen_meditation.htm

When somebody ask a Zen monk what do you do in meditation, he replies,

" I do nothing. I just sit empty and that's all I do."

Now I will describe a very interesting and simple meditation.

It is the 'Zen' Meditation. The 'Zen' is the word used in Eastern World (of Tibbet, Japan and China) for 'Dhyan' or Meditation.

Many great mediators have said about meditation -

"Just be still and know"

This Zen meditation is the methods of Zen monks who just be still and know. If you just sit still & empty, you will be doing Zen meditation. I will tell you how a lay man can do it.

The main thing is how to be still and empty from inside ?

Zen meditation is the technique which gradually takes us to the state of absolute stillness and emptiness. However it takes some time to master it. Nevertheless, it is one of the most easiest and effective meditation technique. Before starting Zen meditation it is essential to understand some important things about our mind. Our mind (whose physiological counterpart is Brain ) is consist of two parts- left and right mind (brain). Both these two left and right parts give rise to different creative urges in us. The left Brain takes care of logic, theology, philosophy, math and science etc. All the thought process happens in this left Brain. Where as the right mind give rise to music, art, painting, love & other emotions. The right mind immensely facilitates the process of meditation. Right mind do not think. It is deeply related to the source of infinite creativity. Here thoughts does not arise as a thinking process, rather anything happens as an instant flash of creativity. This part does not think. This part feels. In Zen meditation we'll use our right brain to make our mind free of thoughts.

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Pet Rock May 3, 2012 at 1:58pm

It might help to have an 'established' mantra or any well known prayers at least when you begin your session so as to prevent negative energy/entities from invading.

http://zenmirror.blogspot.com/2009/03/mantra-practice.html

gaté, gaté, paragaté, parasamgaté, bodhi svaha
Literally this mantra means: “gone, gone, gone beyond; opposites disappear, absolute appears”

Zen Mirror: Mantra Practice
- turtles > Pet Rock June 29, 2012 at 4:47pm
  
  that is gread advice i have found that when i do something prior to my meditation it makes going into meditation easier......like a meditation warm up....