Should Zazen Be Taut?

Duration: 26:45Date: July 23, 2011.Duration: 26:45.A discussion of the multiple sitting practices in Zen Buddhism. Themes include: Shikataza as a core practice; attention to stillness and the breath; counting the breathing; the individual, the practice, and the move towards clarity; the struggle between the conscious condition and egoic condition; tautness dependent on the nature of one’s spiritual practice