shikantaza
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also just sitting
Summary
Shikantaza means just sitting, simply sitting in the present moment: nothing else, not worrying about whether zazen is improving us, not sitting with something happening inside or feeling some powerful force. In giving up our ideas about it, we find ourselves just sitting.
Part of ↑ zazen
Includes ↓ shikantaza as pure zazen
Developed
in giving up the ideas, we find ourself just sitting
1Genjo-koan 5: Freedom Within Limits Summer 2002 — Genjo-koan
Nothing else, only just sitting. This was his description. Not worrying about whether zazen is improving us
2Dropping Off Heart, Mind and Body June 2007 — Padmafarma
I don't mean sitting with something happening inside, or feeling some powerful force, but just sitting
3Civilisation as a Shared Trance July 2021 — Skalní fara
So shikantaza means “simply sitting in the present moment”
translated from Czech
Also in the narrower keywords
shikantaza as pure zazen +1 text
introduced pure Zazen, shikantaza – just sitting, not sitting with chanting
Bussho 3: Beyond the Process View Summer 2004 — Bussho