A zafu (Japanese: 座蒲, pronounced [d͡zaɸɯ]) or putuan (Chinese: 蒲团, pronounced [pʰǔ.tʰwǎn]) is a round cushion. Although also a utilitarian accessory, it...
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sometimes used in Western culture to describe the zaniku, a flat mat that a zafu is placed on. The zabuton is generally used while sitting in a seiza or agura...
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comfortable and soft. Bean bag chair Buffer Cushioning Pillow Sachet Sofa Zabuton Zafu "Cushion". Merriam Webster. Retrieved 2012-05-20. "Cushion". Thesaurus.com...
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hall usually referred to as a zendo, each sitting on a cushion called a zafu which itself may be placed on a low, flat mat called a zabuton. Practitioners...
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feet on the ground. The traditional support for sitting meditation is a zafu cushion; this elevates the hips above the knees, allowing practitioners with...
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Zhejiang A&F University (ZAFU; 浙江农林大学), formerly Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, is a provincial public university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang...
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279647 NCBI: 42329 Open Tree of Life: 285361 Plant List: kew-2470012 PLANTS: ZAFU POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:270522-2 Species+: 25376 Tropicos: 9600022...
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the opposite side. The spine is held erect. A small meditation cushion or zafu is sometimes used to help align the back vertically. The same pose for women...
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come to see him. But he has already passed on sitting cross-legged on a zafu before Song arrives. Song reads the ode: Confessing in the ode that he has...
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Suzuki had the class do zazen for 20 minutes, sitting on the floor without a zafu and staring forward at the white wall. In closing, Suzuki invited everyone...
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to Me Sarah 2015 Kiss Me, Kill Me Susan Lynnwood 2017 It Happened in L.A. Zafu Girl 2018 The Open House Allison 2018 30 Nights Megan TBA The Energy Specialist...
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as an alternative to down as filling in mattresses, pillows, upholstery, zafus, and stuffed toys such as teddy bears, and for insulation. It was previously...
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sitting: cross-legged (full lotus, half lotus, Burmese) or seiza Cushions: zafu, zabuton Traditional Buddhist texts on meditation Anapanasati Sutta (in the...
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"杭州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24. "浙江农林大学". www.zafu.edu.cn. Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2017-09-10. Official...
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Jiayou Village Anxiang Village (案相村) Yangli Village (央里村) Weiba Village (伟八村) Zafu Village (杂福村) Longhuai Village (陇槐村) Moxian Village (磨贤村) Shangsan Village...
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Kingdom 181 days Minoru Saito Shuten Dohji Japan 197 days William Gilmore Zafu United States Retired Leg 1 Robert Hooke Niihau 4 United States Retired...
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also lust. Weiyangsheng says that the monk's purpose in life is to sit on a zafu (or prayer mat) and meditate, while his desire is to marry a beautiful woman...
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Management (1977-2022) General Manager Term Edward Mensah 1977-1984 Eyessus Work Zafu 1984-1993 Bakary Kamara 1993-2011 Dr. Corneille Karekezi 2011 to date...
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Young Men's Buddhist Association Zabuton — rectangular meditation cushion Zafu — round meditation cushion Glossary of Buddhism Index of Buddhism-related...
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Harvard University 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgOk0qCbkSc&t=48s Stephen Bates “Dwelling” Bozar, Brussels 2015 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAFuLMxcYxY...
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Association (Burma) Yuanfen Yungang Grottoes Yunmen Wenyan Yuquan Shenxiu Zafu Zambala Zayat Zazen Zen Zen center Zen Centre Zendo Zen master Zenkei Shibayama...
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training center, designed by Itō Chūta On a raised platform some of the monks' zafu, used for zazen Sunrise 2007 A painting of Bodhidharma in the reception hall...
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businesses run by SFZC were the Alaya Stitchery storefront, which made zafus, zabutons and clothing, and Green Gulch Grocery, which sold produce from...
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businesswoman and founder of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Eyesuswork Zafu, President of the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce Genet Zewdie, Ethiopian ambassador...
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titled Time is Memory, which appeared in SITE Santa Fe, included sixteen zafus in front of which were placed famous Buddhist death poems. He has also cited...
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Asfawossen Asrat; Barfod, D. N.; Mark, D. F.; Tomlinson, E. L.; Amdemichael Zafu Tadesse; Gezahegn Yirgu; Deino, A.; Hutchison, W.; Mounier, A.; Oppenheimer...
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