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Japan - Hikone - Zen monks of the Soto School meditate
Zen monks of the Soto School meditate at the Seiryu-ji Temple in Hikone City, Japan..Sitting Zen (or Zazen) is at the heart of Buddhist practice in Japan..In Zen Buddhism, zazen (literally "seated meditation") is a meditative discipline practitioners perform to calm the body and the mind and experience insight into the nature of existence and thereby gain enlightenment (satori)
Author: Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 17.9 Mpixels (51.2 MB uncompressed) - 3431x5212 pixels (11.4x17.4 in / 29x44.1 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Asia, Buddhism, Buddhist, faith, hands, harmonious, holy, Japan, Japanese, meditate, meditation, meditative, Monestary, monk, peaceful, pray, priest, religion, shaved, simplicity, soto, tranquil, zazen, zen
Published in: Japan - Kyoto - Kyudo