Simple Introduction to Zen | In Essence Zen is Simple!

A Simple Introduction to Zen with SuZen: Practices in Zen and Ancient Teachings make our life simpler and more heart-based.

Susan's very simple introduction to zen and a daily zen practice: because in essence zen is simple!

"When our life is simpler and more heart-based, we can live as a Total Person – from your intuition as much as your intellect, from your instinct as much as emotion: balanced and happy."

Practices in zen and ancient teachings make our life simpler and more heart-based . . .

You'll be accessing video teachings from the SuZen archives - and you have unlimited access | 7 days of video teachings . . . small steps which will take you a long way on your path: the daily steps are self-guided so do please progress at your own pace.

Here's the daily content:

DAY 1

Simple Introduction to Zen | A short introduction to Zen, in my Suzen teaching style “Zenity”: living simply in daily life, with Buddha-Body-Wisdom nature.

I'm including my short guidance to practice today, in case you haven't practised with me before. I recommend you watch it as often as you need to. It's old video as I've been teaching a long time, I still like it so I re-recorded my voiceover!

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DAY 2

Today before we start on our Zazen, zen meditation practice, I'd like you to practice with waking up the spine in preparation for meditation . . . I'd really encourage you to practice this before each of our Zazen sessions, in just a short couple of minutes it helps so much with the posture and being comfortable in sitting.

Sitting Zazen and the settling into the posture | This is session 1 in my teaching for sitting Zazen, in Zen meditation. It’s an old video and I’ve re-recorded the voiceover of my teaching – I like the way we show so many ways of how to make a meditation space because zazen is not about wearing black robes and living in a monastery [although we do keep distractions to a minimum].

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DAY 3

The Meditation Hand Mudra in sitting Zazen: this is an old video with newly recorded voice teaching, but it’s so useful for showing different ways of sitting, and arranging your space for meditation.

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DAY 4

Sitting Zazen: the art and the mind.  Zazen is the silent sitting Zen meditation:

“but what do I do with my mind?”  is the usual question.

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DAY 5

The art of Zazen and our attitude to practice.

“There is no goal.”

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DAY 6

A satsang or teaching : “Not Two” is what the Zen Patriarch T’seng Sang used to shout at his students: Not two! Not two!

“Not Two”

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DAY 7

A longer practice in sitting Zazen | 15 minutes.

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Namaste, SuZen