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kinhin 經行 (jap.: "kinhin" or "kyōgyō", chin.: jingxing) walking meditation is practiced between long periods of zazen.


Practitioners walk clockwise around a room while holding their hands in shashu (left fist closed, while the right hand grasps the left fist). During walking meditation each step is taken after each full breath. The word kinhin means 'to go straight'. The beginning of kinhin is announced by ringing the bell twice (kinhinsho). The end of kinhin is announced by ringing the bell once (chukaisho).


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Burning House Zendo Instruction Manual: Kinhin -- Walking Practice (598 words)
After the kinhin line has left, stretch your legs until they come back to life, then join the kinhin line in your place.
The jikijitsu will strike the clappers once to signal that kinhin is ending and the kinhin line is entering the zendo for the next sit.
Kinhin gives you a chance to stretch your legs between sits, but it is not "break time".
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kinhin (284 words)
Kinhin or walking meditation is an opportunity to continue zazen while walking, a transition from the cushion to the everyday world.
Kinhin comes at the end of every period of zazen (with a few exceptions), and is signalled by the Jikijitsu with two bells.
In the zendo is a central open area for kinhin (walking meditation) and along each wall is a tan, a platform on which one sits to meditate.
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