Zen Practice and Self-Control

By Nakamura, Shoji

Book Id: WPLBN0000705674
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Zen Practice and Self-Control
Author:	Nakamura, Shoji
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	Buddhist Literature Collection, BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Publisher:	Buddhanet: Buddhist Information and Education Network


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Excerpt: Zen consists of two main structures. Sanshi-Monbo (attending to the Law personally under a Zen master) and Kufu-Zazen (single-minded Zen meditation) in which a person uses self-effort to establish their personal ideal situation and then through trial and error tries to reach it step-by-step. Kufu-Zazen is considered to be one kind of self-control technique. Although different in character, both Sanshi-Monbo and Kufu-ZazeN are both necessary for Zen to be holistically complete. The original purpose for practicing Zen was to reach a spiritual enlightenment called Satori. Thus, because the original purpose of Zen was a religious one. Zen practices do not always relate directly to psychological healing or psychotherapy as European self - control techniques tend to do. However. through the practice of Zen psychotherapeutic phenomena are brought about. The process of Zen practice results in an altered state of consciousness (ASC) or the discovery of one's real self (reorganization of self ) in which the discovery of one's real self takes the place of the accomplished boundary of self. Simply stated practitioners of Zen find that their personalities change in positive ways and the process of these changes brings Zen related closer to psychological healing or psychotherapy than it's original exclusive purpose of religiousness.