Pymander Aquarian

ध्यान This word "dhyana" ("jhāna" in Pāli) is the original Sanskrit form of the Chinese ch’an and the Japanese zen, and thus its meaning is of central importance for an understanding of Zen Buddhism. “Meditation” in the common sense of “thinking things over” or “musing” is a most misleading translation. But such alternatives as “trance” or “absorption” are even worse, since they suggest states of hypnotic fascination. The best solution seems to be to leave dhyana untranslated and add it to the English language as we have added Nirvana and Tao." - Alan Watts, "The Way of Zen" (1957)

Zen, basically , means "meditation". Zazen means "sitting meditation". Hotozen means "walking meditation". Tatsuzen means "standing meditation". Taberuzen means "eating meditation". Fusetsuzen means "laying down meditation". (Alright, well, I might have made up those last few, but I wanted to illustrate a point...) 1. "Sit.. don't sit.. what's the difference?" "Awareness or mindfulness can be kept on any bodily movement or even non-movement by the meditator. Any posture or non-posture could be effective in meditation. The scriptural support for this claim comes from the often cited Satipatthana Sutta itself. ...abhikkante patikkante sampajanakari hoti. Alokite vilokite sampajanakari hoti. Samminjite pasarite sampajanakari hoti. Samghatipattacivaradharane sampajanakari hoti. Asite pite khayite sayite sampajanakari hoti. Uccarapassavakamme sampajanakari hoti. Gate thite nisinne sutte jaga