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Zen Practitioners Striking Claves to Announce Bedtime

Zen Practitioners Striking Claves to Announce Bedtime

Two practitioners walk around the Yujo Nyusanji zen temple striking wooden claves to announce bedtime.

Two practitioners walk around the Yujo Nyusanji zen temple striking wooden claves to announce bedtime.
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Rosis, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR

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Aug, 2019

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The sussho, or head of the community for the duration of a summer camp session, teaches a beginer how to give Kyosaku strikes when a practitioner want

In zazen, contrary to statues of Buddha, the left hand lies in the right hand. Hokkai-join is a simple, yet very precise mudra. Thumbs touch lightly.

The shusso, or head of the assembly of practitioners for a sesshin, period of intensive zen meditation practice, explains how to give and receive the

The kyosaku strike administered on the muscular area between the shoulder and the spine helps fight sleepiness or nervousness.

A zen practitioner rings a bell a 7 am to call for the first zazen session of the day.

The Yujo Nyusanji Zen Temple is located in France in the Haut-Languedoc.
The park provides a very diverse range of climate, scenery and wildlife such

A young man stays perfectly still meditating in zazen posture. Shaving one's head is traditional for monks and nuns but in no way mandatory.

During the zen meditation session, Kyosaku men or women stand up for 10 minutes or so and administer strikes on the fleshy parts of the shoulders of p

After their zazen meditation, practitioners escort the Zen Master back to her lodging and fold their traditional robe.

A white kimono and a black kolomo hang in a dormitory in zen temple Yujo Nyusanji, while zen practitioners are resting.

Sitting in zazen for half an hour or more can be painful, no doubt. If they cannot stand it, people can practice sitting on a chair just outside of th

Every morning, two practitioners run across the temple ringing bells to call for the first zazen session of the day.

Any loose and comfortable dark clothing is appropriate to practice Zen Meditation, or zazen. Practitioners can also wear black kimonos.

Walking before the Master and ringing a small bell is a traditional role taken in turns.

A monk comes to the zen dojo, the hall for immersive meditation, for the first zazen session of the day during the summer spiritual retreat.

A zen nun leading a sesshin, period of intensive meditation, near Paris, walks in a procession.

A few miniature buddhist robes are lying on the altar in the zen temple kitchen.

Zen practitioners sit in the zazen posture on a zafu. This cushion helps them push the ground with their knees and tip their pelvises forward.

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