Meditation (Subscribe)
Links
Zen and Recovery
http://www.viacorp.com/addiction.html/
Description of the benefits of Zen meditation, and instruction in meditation for the beginner. Focuses on the benefits of Zen meditation in recovery from addictions, but is useful to any meditation beginner.
Sesshin For Newcomers
http://www.zenproject.faithweb.com/zen_teachings/sesshin_newcomers.html
Some words about sesshin for newcomers to Zen, by Aitkin Roshi.
How to Meditate (Zazen)
http://www.mro.org/zmm/meditation/index.html
Detailed instructions from Zen Mountain Monastery on how to practice Zen meditation.
From a Zazen Journal
http://www.bricoworks.com/zazen/zazen.html
A two-year daily meditative record of morning meditations, and attendance at extended sesshins, by an American Soto Zen practitioner.