#HadakaShizenyoku is a #ZenBuddhist practice where members of #Mukyōhō enter #nature without clothing as part of disciplined #awareness training. The absence of clothing removes visible status & reinforces #equality among practitioners. Participants move quietly through forests, beaches, or open landscapes while consciously engaging the six consciousnesses taught in #Buddhism: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, & mind. (1/2)
By allowing the #body to meet the elements directly, attention becomes grounded in immediate #experience. Walking, breathing, physical exercises & stillness are used as forms of #meditation so perception, #body, & #environment are experienced as one uninterrupted process of #awareness. (2/2)