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Shikantaza

“Just sitting”: the Sōtō Zen practice of objectless, wholehearted sitting.

Also: just sitting

Mahāyāna, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism

Shikantaza is the practice of sitting without an object of concentration or a kōan, simply present, letting thoughts come and go. Dōgen taught that it is the practice of the buddhas, in which practice and realization are one.