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Human positions refer to the different physical configurations that the human body can take. There are several synonyms that refer to human positioning, often used interchangeably, but having specific nuances of meaning.

Position is a general term for a configuration of the human body. Posture means an intentionally or habitually assumed position. Pose implies an artistic, aesthetic, athletic, or spiritual intention of the position. Attitude refers to postures assumed for purpose of imitation, intentional or not, as well as in some standard collocations in reference to some distinguished types of posture: "Freud never assumed a fencer's attitude, yet almost all took him for a swordsman." Bearing refers to the manner of the posture, as well as of gestures and other aspects of the conduct taking place.

From List of human positions on Wikipedia

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Sitting Sesshin as a Beginner

Serial: BZ-00425B

Sesshin Day 1

Sesshin, Zazen, Peace, Intuition, Hate, Posture, Anger, Silence, Concentration, Bell...
Mar 16 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Doing Zazen All Day Long Without Crossing Your Legs

Serial: BZ-00423B

Saturday Lecture

Buddha Mind, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Posture...
Mar 02 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Introductory Sesshin: Zazen Questions: Carrying the Stick

Serial: BZ-00409B

Beginners' Sitting

Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Kyosaku, Anger, Birth-and-Death, Building, Continuous...
Feb 09 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record Case #3: Sun Face Buddha, Moon Face Buddha

Serial: BZ-00409A

Saturday Lecture

Buddha, Koan, BCR-3, Buddha Nature, Commitment, Cultivation, First Principle, Greed,...
Feb 02 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness Practice in Sesshin: Vipassana and Samadhi

Serial: BZ-01523A

Saturday Lecture

Mindfulness, Vipassana, Samadhi, Concentration, Mindfulness, Attachment,...
Jan 19 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Sesshin and Daily Life; Questions and Discussion

Serial: BZ-00406A

Rohatsu

Sesshin, Daily Life, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Harmonizing, Don't Know Mind,...
Dec 05 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Makyo

Serial: BZ-00393A

Saturday Lecture

Makyo, Anger, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-Student, Concentration,...
Sep 15 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Tsembupa Avalokitesvara, Serial 00081

Meditation, Practice, Posture
Jul 17 1984

Mumonkan, Case 19: Ordinary Mind is the Way

Serial: BZ-00435

Lecture

Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Culture, Discrimination, Impermanence, Ordinary Mind,...
May 22 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Wanting to Sit/Should Sit

Serial: BZ-00434A

Sesshin Day 1

Zazen, Daily Life, Posture, Concentration, Separation, Lay
May 19 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #41: Bodhidharma and Eka: Peace of Mind and Having a Sincere Practice

Serial: BZ-00432B

One-Day Sitting

Bodhidharma, MM-41, Bodhidharma, Peace, Composure, Eka, Conversation, Vow, Posture,...
Apr 14 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Inescapable Reality of Zen Practice

Bowing, Delusion, Posture
Apr 06 1984

Zen Realization Through Balanced Sitting

Posture, Realization, Building, Vow, Letting Go
Feb 20 1984

Clement of Alexandria

Serial: NC-00530

Monastic Theology Set 3 of 3

OSB Cam, Instruction, Harmonizing, War, Posture, Politics
Oct 12 1983
3 of 4
New Camaldoli Hermitage

Mumonkan: Case #12 Pt. II: Calling and Answering

Serial: BZ-00403B

Saturday Lecture

MM-12, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Sixth Patriarch, Don...
Oct 01 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Breathing and Posture in Zazen

Serial: BZ-00402B

One-Day Sitting

Zazen, Posture, Repentance, Patience, Oneness, Concentration, Bell, Karma
Sep 17 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Practice Life

Serial: SF-00102

Talk given at Berkeley per introduction.

Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Posture, Priest, Anger, Daily Life, Teacher-and-Student...
Aug 07 1983

Practice Life

Serial: BZ-00401

Lecture

Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Dharma Transmission, Don't Know Mind, New Year,...
Aug 07 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Posture and Breathing in Zazen

Serial: BZ-00400A

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Posture, Harmonizing, Concentration, Instruction
Jul 16 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Gakudo Yojin-Shu Section 8: Understanding Zazen Mind

Serial: BZ-00048A

Lecture

Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Birth-and-Death, Sixth Patriarch, Buddha Nature, Posture,...
Nov 27 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen: Posture, Attention, Resistance, Naming

Serial: BZ-00034B

One day sitting

Zazen, Posture, Pain
Jul 16 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Eternal Depths of Bodhisattva Practice

Silence, Lotus Sutra, Hindrances, Instruction, Posture, Lay, Ceremony, Evil
May 03 1982

Balancing Divine Encounter and Discipline

Serial: NC-01013

Monastic Spirituality, Set 6 of 12

OSB Cam, Letting Go, Obstacles, Delusion, Posture, Attachment
Mar 16 1982

Participating Completely: Posture, Breath, Body, Mind, Zazen, Kinhin, Eating

Serial: BZ-00019B

One-Day Sitting

Zazen, Kinhin, Oryoki, Schedule, Posture, Harmonizing, Fox, Concentration,...
Jan 16 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Pure Effort In Everyday Busy Life

Serial: BZ-00020

Saturday Lecture

Posture, New Year Celebration, Don't Know Mind, Practice Period, Concentration,...
Jan 02 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Kinds of Horses

Serial: BZ-00021A

Reading from a Suzuki-rôshi Lecture, Rohatsu Day 7

Agama Sutra, Beginners, Continuous Practice, Dharma Transmission, Ego, Lineage,...
Dec 1981
Part 3 of 3
Berkeley Zen Center

Flowing Life, Integrated Practice

Yoga, Posture, Practice
Oct 30 1981
3

Embracing Life's Dual Emotional Pathways

Time, Suffering, Posture
Oct 30 1981
1 and 2

Mutual Healing Through Zen Awakening

Posture, Work, Breath
Oct 23 1981

Zen Movement: Awareness in Action

Practice, Posture, Meditation
Oct 16 1981
1 and 2

Balancing Presence in Zen Practice

Breath, Posture, Meditation
Oct 16 1981
3 and 4

The Stages of Practice I

Serial: BZ-00024A

One-Day Sitting

Study Period, Heart Sutra, Obstacles, Chanting, Daily Life, Posture, Beginners, Doubt...
Mar 28 1981
Berkeley Zen Center

March 28th, 1981, Serial No. 01063

Beginners, Bowing, Buddha Nature, Chanting, Daily Life, Doubt, Heart Sutra, Posture,...
Mar 28 1981
Berkeley Zen Center

Living Dshin: Serenity in Change

Bell, Big Mind, Community, Consciousness, Continuous Practice, Impermanence,...
Feb 05 1981

Learning How To Sit

Serial: BZ-00025

Saturday Lecture

Technique, Posture, Instruction, Complete activity, Passions, Samadhi
Dec 20 1980
Berkeley Zen Center

Everyday Zazen: Mindful Living Art

Beginners, Breath, Causation, Compassion, confusion, Discrimination, Hate, Meditation...
Dec 21 1979

Zen Harmony: Body, Mind, Universe

Breath, confusion, Evil, Precepts, Beginners, Happiness, Emotions, Interview, Observe...
Dec 18 1979

Beginner's Mind, Boundless Possibility

Buddha Mind, Beginners, Emotions, Instruction, Consciousness, Posture, Ceremony,...
Dec 16 1979

Harmonious Being Through Zen Presence

Hindrances, Posture, Balance, Teacher-and-Student, Realization, Samadhi, Oneness,...
Feb 28 1979

Embodied Zen: Practice and Presence

Samadhi, Posture, Hindrances
Feb 28 1979

Awakening Through Zen Integration

Compassion, Eight Awarenesses, Posture, Consciousness, Balance, Evil, Mahayana,...
Feb 26 1979

Awakening Through Dharma Transmission

Eight Awarenesses, Compassion, Balance, Posture, Consciousness, Nirvana, Evil,...
Feb 26 1979

Freedom in the Flow of Being

Birth-and-Death, Consciousness, Posture, Realization, Suffering
Dec 02 1972

Shikantaza: The Path to Enlightenment

Attachment, Fasting, Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Funeral, Chanting, Posture, Breath,...
Nov 12 1972

Zen Living Through Everyday Practice

Nirvana, Three Treasures, Posture, Discrimination, Bowing, Causation, Greed, Patience...
Aug 12 1972

Harmony in Zen: Practice and Enlightenment

Attachment, Bell, Birth-and-Death, Evil, Hate, Pain, Posture
Apr 02 1972

Manifesting Buddha Nature Through Discipline

New Year, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Three Treasures, Delusion, Posture,...
Mar 17 1972

Mind's Maze: Unraveling Zen Reality

Anger, Attachment, Posture, Religion
Feb 04 1972

Zen Practice: Embracing the Present Moment

Beginners, Fox, Hate, Liberation, Meditation, Posture, Realization, Silence
Jan 30 1972

Peaceful Mind Through Zazen Practice

Beginners, Delusion, Evil, Hate, Instruction, Posture, Transmission, Vow
Dec 05 1971

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