Editing Zazen (section)

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Zazen is considered the heart of Japanese Sōtō [[Zen]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] practice.<ref name="hcz1"/><ref>Deshimaru, Taisen (1981) The Way of True Zen, American Zen Association, {{ISBN|978-0972804943}}</ref> The aim of zazen is just [[sitting]], that is, suspending all judgemental thinking and letting words, ideas, images and thoughts pass by without getting involved in them.<ref name="hcz2"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Suzuki|first=Shunryū|author-link=Shunryū Suzuki|title=Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind|title-link=Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind|pages=15–16|publisher=[[Shambhala Publications]]|year=2011|isbn=978-159030849-3}}</ref> Practitioners do not use any specific object of meditation,<ref name="hcz2"/> instead remaining as much as possible in the present moment, aware of and observing what is occurring around them and what is passing through their minds. In his ''[[Shobogenzo]]'', [[Dogen]] says, "Sitting fixedly, think of not thinking. How do you think of not thinking? Nonthinking. This is the art of zazen."<ref>{{cite web |title=Sotan Tatsugami Roshi Dogen |url=https://web.stanford.edu/~funn/Sotan.Tatsugami.html |website=web.stanford.edu |access-date=29 August 2023 |archive-date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829160749/https://web.stanford.edu/~funn/Sotan.Tatsugami.html |url-status=live }}</ref>