The Zuòchán Yí or Principles of Zazen (Chinese: 坐禅仪), is a short Chan Buddhist meditation manual attributed to a monk named Changlu Zongze (c. 11th century) during the Northern Song dynasty (CE 960 - 1126) which exemplifies the practice of seated meditation which aims at "sudden" enlightenment. According to Peter Gregory it is the "earliest known work of its kind in the Zen tradition."[1] The Zuòchán Yí was later revised and expanded in 1202 by You Xiang and this version was published together with Changlu Zongze's monastic code Chanyuan Qinggui "Pure Regulations of the Chan Preserve", the earliest extant Chan monastic code, which was widely circulated.[1]
^ abGregory, Peter N; Ch'ang-lu Tsung-tse and Zen Meditation in 'Traditions of Meditation in Chinese Buddhism'.
The ZuòchánYí or Principles of Zazen (Chinese: 坐禅仪), is a short Chan Buddhist meditation manual attributed to a monk named Changlu Zongze (c. 11th century)...
contemplation. The earliest of these is the widely imitated and influential ZuòchánYí (c. 11th century), which recommends a simple contemplative practice which...
the section describing the actual practice of zazen is copied from the Zuochanyi, a meditation manual written by Changlu Zongze in the early 12th century...
ceremonies to the correct way to visit the toilet. It also includes the ZuochanYi, the earliest known Chan Buddhist guide to sitting meditation. The text...
book of monastic rules for Chan Buddhist monasteries. The short essay Zuochanyi, also attributed to Zongze, is the earliest guide to seated meditation...
the modern Chinese word for "sit-in"). The Chinese Buddhist practice of zuochan 坐禪 "sitting meditation" (namely, Japanese zazen) uses the word chan "meditation;...
a variety of seated meditation akin to the zazen (Chinese: 坐禪; pinyin: zuòchán) that later became a defining characteristic of Chan. The latter interpretation...
stillness" referring to energetic visualization of qi circulation in qigong and zuochan ("seated meditation"), versus "stillness in movement" referring to a state...
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