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1. Zazen

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   Attending to the Breath (Su-ryō)
   The regulation of respiration is integral to Zazen. Practitioners typically count the out-breaths, aiming for a total of 108 cycles per session. This specific number is not derived from traditional cosmological models, but rather from empirical studies conducted in the early Meiji era suggesting that 108 is the minimum required count to temporarily inhibit the secretion of Subtlety Hormone $\beta$-4 (SH-B4), a [neurochemical](…