108 Bows for Happiness

[Seiryu]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

If Zen is truely everything(and nothing), as I've heard, why not make it sit ups For happiness :wink:
108 crunches would surely do the trick for that six pack of abs!

Gassho,
John

Vey True! 108 crunches for Happiness is the next practice! Follwed by 108 push-ups!
Were all gonna be Body-builder Buddhas :P

Gassho+ 108 jumping-Jacks headed your way

Seiryu

[Hoyu]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

Hahaha I love it Seiryu! :lol:

Gassho,
John

[Kyonin]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

The 108 bows seem like a very nice practice not only because of what's said, but because bowing is one of the humblest of activities.

I think I will do them. Although the crunches and sit ups don't sound bad at all.

Thanks for sharing!

[Jinyu]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

Hi!
I had the chance to practice this kind of "practice of renunciation" in a Korean Sangha (Kwam Um in Belgium). It is a very nice way to practice "letting go" before getting on the cushion.
In fact, after some bows, you just don't think about anything, ... the bowing naturally, automatically takes places... very nice experience.
On the other hand, in the Kwam Um tradition I've experienced, the "bowing procedure" was very precise and even a bit rigid (put your fingers like that, put your feets like that...).

Thanks to everyone for this thread, some very nice posts indeed!

gassho,
Jinyu

[ctpowers8]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

Hi!
I had the chance to practice this kind of "practice of renunciation" in a Korean Sangha (Kwam Um in Belgium). It is a very nice way to practice "letting go" before getting on the cushion.
In fact, after some bows, you just don't think about anything, ... the bowing naturally, automatically takes places... very nice experience.
On the other hand, in the Kwam Um tradition I've experienced, the "bowing procedure" was very precise and even a bit rigid (put your fingers like that, put your feets like that...).

Thanks to everyone for this thread, some very nice posts indeed!

gassho,
Jinyu

Jinyu the temple I stayed at in Korea was associated with the Kwan Um school but we had to do 300 to 1000 bows a day in the morning. My knees and back hurt just thinking about it and like you said it was a very rigid practice with pomp and protocol, but if you bore through the practice you got a kind of runners high.
Cheers
Chris

[thirst_for_knowledge]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

Hi!
I had the chance to practice this kind of "practice of renunciation" in a Korean Sangha (Kwam Um in Belgium). It is a very nice way to practice "letting go" before getting on the cushion.
In fact, after some bows, you just don't think about anything, ... the bowing naturally, automatically takes places... very nice experience.
On the other hand, in the Kwam Um tradition I've experienced, the "bowing procedure" was very precise and even a bit rigid (put your fingers like that, put your feets like that...).

Thanks to everyone for this thread, some very nice posts indeed!

gassho,
Jinyu

Jinyu the temple I stayed at in Korea was associated with the Kwan Um school but we had to do 300 to 1000 bows a day in the morning. My knees and back hurt just thinking about it and like you said it was a very rigid practice with pomp and protocol, but if you bore through the practice you got a kind of runners high.
Cheers
Chris

WHat would you say that you learned from this practice?

[anista]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

Jinyu the temple I stayed at in Korea was associated with the Kwan Um school but we had to do 300 to 1000 bows a day in the morning. My knees and back hurt just thinking about it and like you said it was a very rigid practice with pomp and protocol, but if you bore through the practice you got a kind of runners high.
Cheers
Chris

A thousand bows in the morning? So, if a correctly performed bow takes approximately 5 seconds, that means that it will take you over one hour and a half to do all thousand. An hour and a half. Of bowing.

That's gotta hurt.

/Philip

[ctpowers8]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

The thousand was once every week for world peace the 300 was regular practice. I got nothing from the practice other than sore knees and back. I didn't even get a six pack, but since it was a very old custom culture won out to practicality in my case.

[Seiryu]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

I got nothing from the practice other than sore knees and back. I didn't even get a six pack,.

:shock: No Six Pack!!

Gotta change my practice to the 108 crunches for happiness then....

Thanks for sharing, don't think I can even do 300 hundred let alone 1000!!!

Gassho

Seiryu

[thirst_for_knowledge]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

I got nothing from the practice other than sore knees and back. I didn't even get a six pack,.

:shock: No Six Pack!!

Gotta change my practice to the 108 crunches for happiness then....

Thanks for sharing, don't think I can even do 300 hundred let alone 1000!!!

Gassho

Seiryu[/quote

Now I have to try this.
1,000 gasshos,
Jess.

[Seiryu]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

Now I have to try this.
1,000 gasshos,
Jess.

Ya' know I actually did the 108 bows practice and I couldn't walk the next day! :shock:

I guess I have the work out more. Six Pack aside, it is a good practice for both mind and body, but after having to recover from the practice...I might just stick to good 'ol Zazen.... :wink:
....But every now and then I still might..... it is always nice when we bow.....

Give it a shot

Gassho

108 bows to you!!

Seiryu

[Jinyu]

Re: 108 Bows for Happiness

Hi!
I heard of the 1000 bows but it is a widely practiced "preliminary" in China and Korea and Tibet. And I've been said that some people, especially people with an "humble condition", practiced bowing and the taking of refuge their all life. I mean it can be the One practice of a lifetime, like we "just" practice Zazen... it is quite inspiring!

gassho,
Jinyu