Zazen
<p>In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Buddhism" title="Zen Buddhism" class="mw-redirect" >Zen Buddhism</a>, <b >zazen</b> (literally "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9D%90" class="extiw" title="wikt:坐" >seated</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A6%85" class="extiw" title="wikt:禅" >meditation</a>"; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language" >Japanese</a>: 座禅; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters" >simplified Chinese</a>: 坐禅; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters" >traditional Chinese</a>: 坐禪; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin" >pinyin</a>: <i >zuò chán</i>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles" >Wade–Giles</a>: <i >tso<sup >4</sup>-ch'an<sup >2</sup></i>) is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary religious practice.<sup id="cite_ref-hcz1_1-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazen#cite_note-hcz1-1" >[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-zmm_2-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazen#cite_note-zmm-2" >[2]</a></sup> The precise meaning and method of zazen varies from school to school, but in general it can be regarded as a means of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipassana" title="Vipassana" class="mw-redirect" >insight</a> into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunyata" title="Shunyata" class="mw-redirect" >the nature of existence</a>. In the Japanese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinzai_school" title="Rinzai school" >Rinzai school</a>, zazen is usually associated with the study of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan" title="Koan" class="mw-redirect" >koans</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dt%C5%8D" title="Sōtō" >Sōtō</a> School of Japan, on the other hand, only rarely incorporates <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koan" title="Koan" class="mw-redirect" >koans</a> into zazen, preferring an approach where the mind has no object at all, known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikantaza" title="Shikantaza" >shikantaza</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hcz2_3-0" class="reference" ><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zazen#cite_note-hcz2-3" >[3]</a></sup></p>