> I'm a simple person - there is a
> zendo: I go there and sit.
> - as noted by myself in ##buddhism on
> libera.chat[1]

More verbose explanation about my
practice:

I'm a practicing layperson, not having
received a formal ceremony, 受戒
(jukai), but still maintaining the
minimal ethical standards of Buddhism,
namely the "Five Precepts" (AN 8:39)[2].

I follow the Zen sect, but as for
following traditions, I point to the "10
Basic Points"[3] and was pointed to
Kālāma Sutta (AN 3:66)[4]. I practice
zazen, because it is simple and minimal:
you sit and "[verify] that the eyes are
horizontal and the nose is vertical"[5]
- that's it; not much cluttering your
view.

What follows after the sitting (e.g.:
reading suttas) is your concern as long
as it's not obstructing the clear view
of the "Three marks of existence",
त्रिलक्षण (trilakṣaṇ). I practice zazen
at home as often as I'm able to. If I'm
sitting, I usually start with 吉祥座
(kichijoza) in the morning and end the
day with 護魔座 (gomaza) posture in the
evening, both sessions in 半跏趺坐
(hankafuza). But it also depends on what
happened during the day..

After stumbling upon 真向法 (makko-ho) in
a translated copy of Robert Aitken's
"Taking the Path of Zen" I start my day
with these four excersises, after Wataru
Nagai.

To achieve and maintain a strong core
and posture for meditation I plank[7]
every day for at least a minute -
in the end I want to maintain the plank
for five minutes. During the excersise I
concentrate on diphragmatic breathing.

As an addition I'm observing Uposatha
(AN 3:71)[6] 六斎日 (roku sainichi) once
a week, albeit not abiding the eight
precepts very strict. In essence I try
to do without music, TV and sit down for
meditation more often on these days.

Since I incoporate intermittent fasting
(16:8) in my daily routine, I don't have
to observe my food intake (no food after
noon) on Uposatha.

The first Tuesday of the month I
meditate with a local sangha. I'd go
more often, but morning zazen is
unfortunately only offered once a month.

In the near future I want to take part
in a 接心 (sesshin) and someday receive
Jukai. For this I've chosen Monastère
Ryumon Ji[8] since it's near Mannheim,
Baden-Württmeberg.

References:

=> ircs://libera.chat/##buddhism rel=nofollow [1]
=> https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN8_39.html rel=nofollow [2]
=> ftp://asdfghasdfgh.de/pub/10-basic-points.txt rel=nofollow [3]
=> https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN3_66.html rel=nofollow [4]
=> https://antaiji.org/en/services/いま自殺しようと思いつめている人へ-内山興正著/ rel=nofollow [5]
=> https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN3_71.html rel=nofollow [6]
=> https://www.realsimple.com/health/fitness-exercise/how-to-do-a-plank rel=nofollow [7]
=> https://meditation-zen.org/ rel=nofollow [8]