108 Meditation Instructions: A Foundational Guide to Zen Buddhist Meditation

Shikantaza, the meditation form that translates out of the Japanese as just precisely this, is not about training your mind to be more mindful—though that may occur. If you are looking for peace, this kind of meditation is not going to help you. Shikantaza is much more rough, rugged, and realistic than that and will take you right into the labyrinth of your karma.For that ambitious undertaking, it seems necessary to have a solid discipline that summons you to sit down, hold still, and watch what happens in the mind stream without agreeing or objecting. You don’t have to fix anything. You don’t have to get better. That’s pretty good news—you get to be exactly who you are. Read more