Shikantaza or Silent Illumination Explained - Zen Meditation

This is an excerpt from Stephen's "Demystifying Awakening" mentoring group - January 13, 2024.
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Stephen Mugen Snyder, Sensei began practicing daily meditation in 1976. Since then, he has studied Buddhism extensively-investigating and engaging in Zen, Tibetan, Theravada, and Western non-dual traditions. He was authorized to teach in the Theravada Buddhist tradition in 2007 and the Zen Buddhist schools of Soto and Rinzai in 2022. Stephen is a senior student of Roshi Mark Sando Mininberg.
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[@patrickflood]

Thank you for this teaching on Shikantaza and also for publishing the guided Shikantaza videos which I found to be very helpful. I heard a very similar explanation of the stages of Silent Illumination while studying Chan in the past. I wonder whether these stages correspond directly to different jhanas or would they be now considered different teachings?

[@stephensnyderdharma]

@patrickflood I felt they were stages of breath awareness meditation and applied these to the shikintaza