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	Kyosaku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Many persons have asked that the Zen custom of the Kyosaku be explained, The Kyosaku is a blow on the shoulder with the light stick carried by a Zen priest during meditation.
		The Kyosaku is given only to those who request it, is not painful, and is very beneficial in clearing the mind and in making meditation more meaningful.
		It is important that everyone understands that this Kyosaku is not a punishment, but should be considered a means to help you improve your meditation.
	www.pvtnetworks.net /~kmcguire/kyosaku.html (272 words)

	Kyosaku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A kyosaku, traditionally, is an attempt by one's sensei to alert one to his/her mindlessness in zazen (sitting meditation), usually administered by a stick.
		And kyosaku is always administered at the humble request of the student, by way of bowing one's head and putting the palms together, and then exposing each shoulder to be struck in turn.
		Kyosaku means "the stick of compassion," in Japanese, although I'm not certain that's a direct translation.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/k/ky/kyosaku.html (171 words)

	The Kyosaku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The kyosaku is a blow given to both shoulders with the light wooden stick (the stick of compassion) carried by a Zen priest or disciple during zazen (seated meditation).
		The kyosaku is given during the zazen sessions when one feels oneself becoming drowsy or is having difficulty concentrating.
		After the kyosaku has been administered to the right shoulder, lean your head to the right and the kyosaku will be given to the left shoulder.
	www.zbtc.org /docs/general/kyosaku.html (342 words)

	Kyosaku Photos Area
		The center stick, owned by Zen Desert Sangha (Tucson) is the first Lacewood kyosaku I made, in about 1998: it is made of wood that is exactly "plain-sawn", i.e., having a grain direction running in the width-dimension of the stick.
		Here are five Lacewood kyosaku; lying down are the same three sticks as in the above photo; and, standing, two others, the one at left plain-sawn and with carved octagonal handle, and at right, with grain at 45-degrees and with smooth carved handle.
		All the sticks taper along their length from handle to tip like a sword, and are planed incrementally and interactively while hitting an overstuffed, hard, Kapok-fiber filled meditation cushion, until the stick has the right "feel" and sound.
	www.zendesertsangha.org /kyosakus.htm (386 words)

	welcome to the Zen Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The kyosaku is a long wooden stick, which is flat at one end.
		The shock of the kyosaku acts as a massage and helps to dissipate the tensions in the shoulders, which arise during Zen practice.
		Finally and most importantly the kyosaku can stimulate a deep and latent energy, which is then available for practice and contributes to deepening the practice.
	www.zenmontreal.ca /en/textonly/TOmonitors.htm (544 words)

	FightingArts.com Forums: beat me hurt me
		The kyosaku is given during the zazen sessions when one feels oneself becoming drowsy or is having difficulty concentrating.
		To signal the attendant carrying the kyosaku that you want to receive it, you make the gassho: place the plams of your hands together at the level of your chin and bow your head slightly in a respectful manner.
		After the kyosaku has been administered to the right shoulder, lean your head to the right and the kyosaku will be given to the left shoulder.
	www.fightingarts.com /ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=15887341&Main=15887279 (803 words)

	beliefnet:
		The kyosaku, or keisaku, is a long heavy stick that is used to strike people on the soft muscle of the shoulders to encourage them toward awakening.
		A strike with the kyosaku can relax and revive the muscles that are fundamental to holding the mudra--the posture of the hands during zazen--and the posture of awareness.
		I told him immediately that the sound of kyosaku terrified me. I said that I thought the only way to overcome the fear was to experience kyosaku directly.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/55/story_5546.html (580 words)

	[No title]
		Kyosaku and Massage I(no speaks, other leaders demosnstrate.) The kyosaku is an effective way to relieve tiredness and tension, in the shoulders or on either side of the lower back.
		The kyosaku and brief massage will be offered during this sesshin but only at your request.
		To request the kyosaku on the shoulders, when you hear one of the leaders walking behind you, raise your hands in gassho.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bud/zen/sesshina.txt (2768 words)

	Inktraces: Zen Painting by Nantembo, Deiryu, Bunsho Gitei - Bachmann Eckenstein Art & Antiques - Masterpieces from ...
		Despite the rigorous and harsh nature of Zen training, with its long hours of sitting meditation, the implements associated with his training are occasionally transformed into works of art.
		The Kyosaku (or Keisaku) a long stick used by a presiding monk who walks silently around the meditation hall striking dozing monks (often at their own invitation) during meditation sessions.
		In this sense the inscription on the forging tool of monks is appropriate.
	www.art-antiques.ch /exhibitions/2001/nantembo/various/index.html (405 words)

	Questions to Master Deshimaru: Nowadays people seem to be so weak, can a Zen master find strong, true disciples? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		So the kyosaku is not necessary; I don't like to use it.
		Master Umon's school was called the "kyosaku school" because he never opened his mouth and used nothing but the stick to teach with his whole life long (he himself was nicknamed "Master Stick").
		Questions were very profound and carefully chosen, and when you asked the master a question you would receive the kyosaku.
	www.zen-deshimaru.com /EN/sangha/deshimaru/q-r/1624.htm (177 words)

	How to Practice Zazen
		The jikido, or monk on daily duty, walks around the zazen hall carrying a flat paddle called a kyosaku, with which he taps the shoulders of zazen practitioners who are dozing or slumping out of proper posture.
		People who realize they are sleeping or out of posture may request to be tapped with the kyosaku by bringing their palms together; that is, by signaling with gassho.
		Standing behind you and holding the kyosaku in both hands, the jikido returns your bow.
	www.sotozen-net.or.jp /kokusai/friends/zf12_2/zen12_2_01_how.htm (523 words)

	Generation Sit » Blog Archive » Sit Quietly and Carry a Big Stick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		So I shifted position and opened my eyes while meditating, for two reasons: one to keep me awake, two to watch how kyosaku is administered.
		The kyosaku was followed by another sitting, walking, another sitting, bodhisattva vow chants, and lots of bowing.
		I liked kyosaku the few times a had it administered to me. Rigidity, superstition, dogma - these things have no place in authentic 21c spirituality.
	www.generationsit.org /archives/25 (1655 words)

	Anime Jump :: We put the 'dumb' in anime fandom!
		Ryonosuke’s parents (Akiko and Kyosaku) are in another first floor room fighting rather loudly (which seems to be a common thing, to judge by Ryo’s chagrin), and this allows the mysterious girl to introduce herself as Atsuko Higuchi and ask that she be informally called Nuku Nuku.
		Kyosaku happens to be her legal guardian, so he gets custody of her in her current diminished state; in exchange for becoming part of the family, Nuku Nuku will now be keeping house for the Natsumes.
		Ryonosuke, of course, is pleased to have his object of infatuation living under the same roof — so pleased that later that later on he rolls around on his bed hugging his pillow and muttering her name.
	www.animejump.com /index.php?module=prodreviews&func=showcontent&id=617 (1124 words)

	[No title]
		We all imitated Jeff’s actions and once we were seated on the zafus, he explained the kyosaku to us.
		The kyosaku is a stick that is used to strike those meditating on the shoulders.
		A person is struck once on each shoulder and then bows again to the person with the kyosaku; then one returns to their meditation position.
	www.loyno.edu /~lmmartin/Zen_visit.html (1934 words)

	Nonduality Salon Magazine
		Here is their definition: "The kyosaku (long flat stick carried by zendo monitors during periods of zazen) is used only when a sitter explicitly requests it for relief of shoulder, back or neck tension.
		To request the kyosaku, put your hands in gassho as the monitor approaches your seat.
		The use of the kyosaku serves to keep the atmosphere in the zendo crisp and awake."
	www.nonduality.com /900oh.htm (1108 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> The Kyosaku
		I was very nervous about the kyosaku before experiencing it and skeptical about any claims that it could have any positive effect on zazen.
		It instantly removes a lot of the tension in the back muscles and can be a good antidote to the grogginess that can come about from long hours of zazen and lack of sleep.
		If kyosaku hits-- just the hit, if attention returns-- just attentiveness, if tired muscles relax-- relaxation, if sneeze-- just sneeze.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?act=findpost&pid=174715 (727 words)

	Kyosaku ; le bâton d'éveil
		Il est alors possible de demander le kyosaku en joignant les mains en gassho.
		Le kyosaku se donne sur l'épaule droite, puis sur l'épaule gauche.
		Le kyosaku aide à couper les illusions et élève l'esprit à une plus haute dimension.
	zen-nice.org /lexique/kyosaku.htm (134 words)

	Whole Life Times: A Little Wake-Up Call
		This practice is not a punishment but, rather, an effort to bring meditators back to the present moment.
		I felt alone and sad, deluged with the terror of exploding bombs, the harshness of random violence, the cruelty of isolation.
		The world is one big kyosaku, constantly smacking us on the shoulders.
	www.wholelifetimes.com /2007/03/lue0703.html (762 words)

	HCS Glossary
		Used during long periods of zazen (mainly during sesshin) to strike practitioners on the back or on the part of the shoulders close to the neck.
		The kyosaku is not used for punishment: this is made clear by the fact that receiving the kyosaku is voluntary; it is never given to those who do not request it.
		Ceremonial walking of the kyosaku (without any striking) is done early in the morning to signify opening the dojo and late in the evening to begin the closing.
	www.heartcirclesangha.org /sections/practice/glossary.htm (1952 words)

	buddhists: A better question for what I'm trying to understand. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		They might be n00bs who don't even know the difference between a kyosaku and an oryoki bowl, but at least they aren't Tibetan Buddhists, etc etc. It's so stupid, that you should just laugh at it, really.
		A kyosaku is the "wake-up stick," the stick that the monitor uses to whack the shoulders of those who request it during periods of zazen.
		Oryoki bowls are a set of three (sometimes four) bowls used for the formal, ritualized way of eating called "oryoki," usually translated as "just the right amount." Oryoki style eating involves a very long and complicated ritual, that takes 45 minutes to an hour.
	community.livejournal.com /buddhists/1990172.html (3434 words)

	Starting Zen Practice \| Great Plains Zen Center
		This group usually rejoins the sitting before the end of the first zazen period, or during kinhin at the latest.
		At some point during the zazen periods, a monitor may walk around with a stick called the kyosaku, the "stick of compassion." Used as an aid for the participants to ward off drowsiness and to help concentration, the kyosaku is not a form of punishment, and is used only by request.
		As the monitor approaches them, some participants will request the kyosaku by placing their hands together in gassho.
	www.greatplainszen.org /starting (887 words)

	Common Ground: A Little Wake-Up Call
		This practice is not a punishment but, rather, an effort to bring meditators back to the present moment.
		I felt alone and sad, deluged with the terror of exploding bombs, the harshness of random violence, the cruelty of isolation.
		The world is one big kyosaku, constantly smacking us on the shoulders.
	www.commongroundmag.com /2007/01/backwords0701.html (762 words)

	Zendo Procedures, The Zen Center of Los Angeles
		The kyosaku (waking stick) is a long stick, flattened at one end.
		During zazen periods, a monitor will walk around the zendo with the kyosaku.
		The stick is used to encourage sitters and to help them stay awake.
	www.zencenter.org /training/proced.htm (1172 words)

	Buddhism / buddhist terms and concepts / kyosaku
		In Zen Buddhism, keisaku (Japanese; kyosaku in the Soto school) is an attempt by a sensei to alert students to their mindlessness in zazen (sitting meditation), usually administered by a stick.
		In a more colloquial fashion, a keisaku is a "reality check", or something that alerts one to further contemplate their situation, in order to understand and work things out.
		A list of the wikipedia authors can be found here.
	www.buddhism-guide.com /buddhism/kyosaku.htm (206 words)

	Manners in the Zendo
		he kyosaku is a wooden stick with which the jikido (in a sense the human representative of Manjushri Bodhisattva), wakes people when they fall asleep or when their minds are busy.
		If you want to be struck by the kyosaku, signal with gassho and wait.
		When the jikido sets the stick on your right shoulder, lower your head to the left.
	www.sotozen-net.or.jp /kokusai/mannersinzendo02.htm (333 words)

	S Y D N E Y Z E N C E N T R E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Anne Aitken's ashes are held here in a small Chinese ceramic box.
		The kyosaku, or waking stick, is used only on request.
		For zazen, we dress in colours that will not be distracting.
	www.szc.org.au /szc_zen.html (1880 words)

	Kyosaku Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Kyosaku is an occasional publication dedicated to fostering a healthy zeal for poetry, humor, beauty and life in an age when many are all too prepared to shove Art's fat ass out the door and curl up with dopey New Age shinola or turn on Hard Copy.
		We at Kyosaku are convinced that, by funneling our piss and vinegar into a digest-sized compendium of the best poetry, prose and art we can gather, we can slowly chop away at the sturdy stump of Apathy and Convention until the putrid tree tumbles like a statue of a fallen figurehead.
		Artistic rebellion is the least blatant but most gratifying means of spitting on society's shoes.
	www.randomwalks.com /kyo (147 words)

	Kyosaku Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Kyosaku is an occasional publication dedicated to fostering a healthy zeal for poetry, humor, beauty and life in an age when many are all too prepared to shove Art's fat ass out the door and curl up with dopey New Age shinola or turn on Hard Copy.
		We at Kyosaku are convinced that, by funneling our piss and vinegar into a digest-sized compendium of the best poetry, prose and art we can gather, we can slowly chop away at the sturdy stump of Apathy and Convention until the putrid tree tumbles like a statue of a fallen figurehead.
		Artistic rebellion is the least blatant but most gratifying means of spitting on society's shoes.
	randomwalks.com /kyo (147 words)

	[No title]
		He wasn’t a builder of spiritual structures of any sort, either of thought or of material.
		It’s hard to imagine this old monk fussing, as I once did, over the proper handling of the kyosaku during the opening and closing ceremonies of sesshin.
		When is the kyosaku suspended downward and when upward?
	www.tricycle.com /blog/lin_jensen/3720-1.html (934 words)

	WoodMoor Village Zendo: Grow-A-Brain Blog of the Day!
		Re the Kyosaku stick, we could perhaps pass around a graphic of the stick -- but I am not sure how to pass around the sting electronically.
		Yeah, I don't think a Kyosaku virus would be received as well as a regular tap of the Zen stick.
		Truth is, I'm having fun doing it, and have avoided burn out and jadedness, but I often wonder if I should change a bit the nature of the posts (at least from time to time)...
	www.woodmoorvillage.org /2005/03/growabrain_blog.html (972 words)

	YouTube - Kyosaku man: Taisen Deshimaru Roshi
		Reminds me the story of Deshimaru in his young days beating a sleepy kyosaku man who had hit him on the head instead of the shoulder.
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		¿Qué es y para qué sirve el Kyosaku e...
	youtube.com /?v=DzvDy6--oCM (211 words)

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