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Shikantaza

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"Shikantaza" means "just sitting." As a form of zazen, shikantaza is sitting silently and alertly, observing thoughts without attaching to them. A person doing shikantaza does not use a mantra or any other kind of focus object. It is, literally, "just sitting."

Shikantaza is associated with the Soto school of Zen Buddhism.

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