Editing Zazen (section)

=== Sitting ===
[[File:Hsuan Hua Hong Kong 1.jpeg|thumb|A young master [[Hsuan Hua]] sitting in full [[Lotus position|lotus]]]]

In Zen temples and monasteries, practitioners traditionally sit zazen together in a meditation hall usually referred to as a ''[[zendo]]'', each sitting on a cushion called a ''[[zafu]]''<ref name="zmm"/> which itself may be placed on a low, flat mat called a ''[[zabuton]]''.<ref name="zmm"/> Practitioners of the Rinzai school sit facing each other with their backs to the wall, while those of the Sōtō school sit facing the wall or a curtain.<ref>{{cite book  | last1 = Kapleau | first1 = Philip | author-link=Philip Kapleau| title = The Three pillars of Zen: teaching, practice, and enlightenment | year = 1989 | publisher = Anchor Books | location = New York |page=10(8)| isbn = 0-385-26093-8}}</ref> Before taking one's seat, and after rising at the end of a period of zazen, a Zen practitioner performs a ''gassho'' bow to their seat, and a second bow to fellow practitioners.<ref>{{cite web|last=Warner|first=Brad|author-link=Brad Warner|title=How To Sit Zazen|url=http://www.dogensanghalosangeles.org/dsla/zazen.html|publisher=Dogen Sangha Los Angeles|access-date=April 1, 2015|archive-date=March 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316031504/http://www.dogensanghalosangeles.org/dsla/zazen.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The beginning of a period of zazen is traditionally announced by ringing a bell three times (''shijosho''), and the end of the period by ringing the bell either once or twice (''hozensho''). Long periods of zazen may alternate with periods of [[kinhin]] (walking meditation).<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last= Heine |editor1-first=Steven|editor2-last=Wright |editor2-first=Dale S.|editor-link1=Steven Heine|title=Zen Ritual : Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2007|page=223|isbn=9780198041467}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Maezumi|first1=Hakuyu Taizan|last2=Glassman|first2=Bernie|author-link1=Taizan Maezumi|author-link2=Bernie Glassman|title=On Zen Practice: Body, Breath, Mind|publisher=[[Wisdom Publications]]|pages=48–49|year=2002|isbn= 086171315X}}</ref>