Zazen ndiye mawonekedwe omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pakusinkhasinkha kwa Zen. Mchitidwe wa zazen sufuna zolinga kapena zolinga. Kaimidwe kameneka kamalola munthu kukhala ndi mkhalidwe womwe m'maganizo mwake mulibe kanthu ndipo malingaliro ndi malingaliro opumira sakhalanso. Munkhaniyi, mupeza komwe zazen imachokera, momwe mungachitire, komanso phindu lake.

Mawu akuti zazen amachokera ku Chijapani "za" kutanthauza "kukhala" ndi mawu akuti "zen", ochokera ku Chinese "chán", kutanthauza "kusinkhasinkha". Zazen amatanthauza kaimidwe komwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pochita kusinkhasinkha kwa Zen. Kusinkhasinkha kumeneku ndi chimodzi mwazomwe zimadziwika padziko lonse lapansi, zidabadwa zaka 2600 zapitazo, motsogozedwa ndi Shakyamuni Buddha yemwe adakhazikitsa mfundo zake. Cholinga chake ndi kugwirizanitsa thupi, malingaliro ndi mpweya kudzera muzoyang'ana zonse pamayendedwe a thupi mu zazen. Ndi chifukwa cha chikhalidwe ichi kuti Buddha adapeza Kudzutsidwa.

Kutambasula ndi toning thupi ndi khalidwe la zazen: mutu umapita kumwamba, ndipo thupi limapita ku dziko lapansi. Kulumikizana kwa kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi kuli pamimba, pomwe zala zazikulu zimakumana.

Ubwino wa zazen ndi wofanana ndi wa njira zina zosinkhasinkha. Zazen amalola makamaka:

• Kuchepetsa mtima ndi kuchepetsa kuthamanga kwa magazi kudzera mu zochita zake zopindulitsa pa dongosolo lamanjenje la autonomic.
• Kusintha kupuma diaphragmatique, zomwe zimathandiza kuti mpweya wabwino wa magazi ukhale wabwino.
• Kusintha kufalitsa magazi m'miyendo, chifukwa cha malo a loetus.
• Kulimbikitsa chitetezo cha mthupi.
• Kuchepetsa kupanikizika kupyolera mukuchita kwake kumasuka.
• Kusintha Luso lachidziwitso ndi kuchepetsa kuchepa kwa chidziwitso chokhudzana ndi ukalamba (kukhazikika, kukumbukira, chidwi).
• Kuchepetsa ululu, kutembenukira ku chinthu china.

Kuti muzichita zazen, ndibwino kuvala zovala zabwino osati zopapatiza kwambiri.

Choyamba, munthu ayenera kukhala mu lotus pa zafu, umene uli katsamiro kakang’ono kozungulira. Chifukwa cha zimenezi ayenera choyamba kuika phazi lake lamanja pa ntchafu yake ya kumanzere, ndiyeno aike phazi lake lamanzere pa ntchafu yake yakumanja. Ngati malowa sali omasuka, akhoza kukhala mu theka la lotus, koma izi ndizochepa.

Chachiwiri, munthuyo ayenera kutero perekani ziwalo zosiyanasiyana za thupi lake pamodzi, kuti akhale pamalo abwino kwambiri osinkhasinkha ndi kumasula maganizo ake. Zazen akhoza kuchitidwa payekha kapena pagulu. Magawo osinkhasinkha a Zen samachitika pang'onopang'ono, ndikuchita pompopompo komwe kumamveka bwino panthawiyi.

Maonekedwe a zazen

Msana uyenera kukhala wowongoka komanso wogwirizana ndi mutu. Mbali yapamwamba ya thupi komanso mapewa ayenera kukhala omasuka. Ndikofunika kusunga maso anu, pangozi yoti mugone. Dzanja lamanja liyenera kuyikidwa pamimba, manja mmwamba. Ndi momwemonso ndi dzanja lamanzere, lomwe liyenera kulumikizana ndi dzanja lamanja. Zala zazikulu za manja onse awiri zimalumikizana ndipo pakamwa pamakhala chotseka. Mawondo ndi mchira wa mchira umakhudza pansi.

Munthuyo akakhala mu zazen, chofunikira ndikuwonetsetsa kuti mpando ukhale wokhazikika.

Kupuma

Mu zazen, chidwi chachikulu chimaperekedwa ku mpweya womwe umayenera kuzama mwachilengedwe. Zimenezi zimathandiza kuti munthuyo apumule ndi kuchotsa maganizo ake. Ponena za kudzoza, ndizofupikitsa komanso zosafunikira kuposa kutha. Kupuma kuyenera kukhala kodziwikiratu, kwachilengedwe komanso kosalamulirika.

Mosiyana ndi kusinkhasinkha kwina, munthuyo sayenera kuganizira kwambiri mmene akumvera komanso mmene amaonera zinthu. Ayenera kungoyang'ana pa kusunga kaimidwe osati kulingalira kalikonse. Ndizofala kuti malingaliro osafunika kapena zithunzi ziwonekere. Izi zikachitika, munthuyo ayenera kuwaletsa ndipo osawalabadira. M'pofunikanso kukhala wokhazikika, ngakhale zitapweteka. Pang'ono ndi pang'ono, munthuyo adzapeza malire abwino omwe angamulole kuti achoke kwathunthu.