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The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan: T5T: The Revolutionary Exercise Program That Restores Your Body and Mind. Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0307347176. Kilham, Christopher S. (2011-08-16). The Five Tibetans: Five Dynamic Exercises for Health, Energy, and Personal Power (2nd ed.). Inner Traditions. ISBN 9781594774447
The concept of japa is also found in early Buddhist texts, and is very common in Tibetan Buddhism literature. [12] According to the sage Patanjali (400 CE), Japa is not the repetition of word or phase but rather contemplation on the meaning of the mantra, [13] this definition sometimes persists across different sources. [14] [15]
The Chinese Buddhist monk An Shigao translated a version of the Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra into Chinese (148-170 CE) known as the Anban shouyi jing (安般守意經, Scripture on the ānāpānasmŗti) as well as other works dealing with Anapanasati. The practice was a central feature of his teaching and that of his students who wrote various ...
In the throat singing prevalent amongst the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Mongolia, [14] the long and slow outbreath during chanting is the core of the practice. The sound of the chant also serves to focus the mind in one-pointed concentration ( samadhi ), while the sense of self dissolves as awareness becomes absorbed into a realm of pure sound.
The initial stages of training in zazen may resemble traditional Buddhist samatha meditation. According to some appraoches, the student begins by focusing on the breath at the hara/tanden [ 13 ] with mindfulness of breath ( ānāpānasmṛti ) exercises such as counting breath ( sūsokukan 数息観) or just watching it ( zuisokukan 随息観).
Breath control is exerted during the exercise, maintaining abdominal breathing while focusing on the outbreath, which should last for eight to fifteen seconds. [8] In the Sōtō school of Zen, susoku was considered by Dogen to be a holdover from hinayana , [5] [10] although Keizan recommended it, and today it is still cultivated within the school.
Groundbreaking research on early Buddhist meditation has been conducted by Bronkhorst, [37] Vetter, [38] Gethin, [39] [40] Gombrich, [note 5] and Wynne [42] arguing that jhana may have been the core practice of early Buddhism, and noting that this practice was not a form of concentration-meditation, but a cumulative practice resulting in ...