Sit on a cushion in a manner as comfortable as possible, wearing loose clothing. Hold your body straight without leaning to the left or the right, forward or backward. Your ears should be in a line with your shoulders, and nose in a straight line with your navel. Keep the tongue at the roof of the mouth and close your lips. Eyes are slightly open, and breathing is quiet through the nostrils.
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Dogen Zenji
from the book Buddhism and Zen
translated by Nyogen Senzaki & Ruth Strout McCandless
source: https://www.dailyzen.com/journal/practice-of-meditation
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Further quotes from the book Buddhism and Zen:
- Do not desire realization
- Allow the practice itself to be liberation
- Think non-thinking
- Truth is ever present
- Open your mind
- The truth is the reality of mind
- Meditation is enlightenment itself
- Zen is simply the expression of truth