Zen Naikan

practice manual from the Rinzai Zen tradition. Naikan is the method Hakuin Ekaku used in 18th-century Japan to teach monks to work with the breath, the heat of the belly and the dantien, both in seated meditation and in daily life.

The book sets out the method as 21 exercises in a practical order, from first zazen to Hakuin's own techniques, with commentary by a Rinzai teacher in Hakuin's line who has practised them for decades. A full translation of Hakuin's Yasenkanna is included, annotated from a practitioner's point of view.

WHERE TO START A chapter of practice notes tells you which exercises to begin with (zazen, breath counting, abdominal breathing, standing meditation), which to leave for later, and how to tell when you are ready.

THE 21 EXERCISES 1–5 foundations: zazen, susokkan, the three Chan exercises for the hara. 6–9 embryonic breathing, up to the microcosmic orbit. 10–18 Hakuin's exercises from the Yasenkanna and Orategama: holding the heart in the lap, heat in the abdomen, breathing from the soles, the So elixir. 19–21 the three keys: breathing through the pores, inner heat, the Mu koan.

If you know Waddell's or Leggett's translations of Hakuin, this book adds the practice: the exercises taken out of the texts, put in order and explained.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Leonardo Anfolsi Reiyo Ekai is a monk and teacher of the Rinzai school, in Hakuin's lineage through Yamada Mumon and Engaku Taino. He entered sanzen in 1977 at the Zenshinji temple, was ordained in 1981, and leads zen naikan retreats in Italy.

Pagine	263
Formato	[EU] Stampa bianco e nero - standard - 170x240 mm - Carta bianca - Copertina opaca
Peso	452 gr.