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Japan - Hikone - A Zen monk of the Soto School
A Zen monk of the Soto School performs 'gassho' (salutation) 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: 17.5 Mpixels (50 MB uncompressed) - 5120x3413 pixels (17.1x11.4 in / 43.3x28.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Asia, buddhism, Buddhist, faith, hands, harmonious, holy, Japan, Japanese, Kyoto, meditate, meditation, meditative, monestry, monk, peaceful, pray, priest, religion, shaved, simplicity, soto, spirituality, tranquil, zazen, zen
Published in: Japan - Kyoto - Kyudo