Buddhist Sitting Practice Hats

Buddhist sitting practice has room for a mind that wanders. Soto Zen's instructions tell practitioners to allow thoughts to arise and pass without pursuing or fighting them. Its seating guide places a zafu cushion on a zabuton mat and also includes chairs and seiza benches. That practical range is the setting for these Buddhist meditation hats: the body takes a seat while the mind supplies its own itinerary. ZAZEN and BUDDHIST MEDITATOR give the collection its plain identity badges. HEAVILY MEDITATED brings a phrase observed on an embroidered beanie into a dad hat, while MEDITATE OR DISINTEGRATE gives the decision to sit a deliberately extravagant urgency. BODY: MEDITATING / MIND: ON WORLD TOUR and the monkey-mind parkour line let the wearer own the distraction with a laugh. CHOP WOOD / CARRY WATER and the one-hand-clapping question bring a different cadence to the grid. San Francisco Zen Center's City Center schedule alternates zazen, identified as sitting meditation, with kinhin, walking meditation. Its Entering Practice guidance treats beginner's mind as an attitude for ongoing practice. The collection carries that open-ended spirit in bold badges and dry sentence designs. HEAVILY MEDITATED and the zazen parkour line each come in two colorways, for a home sitter, a sangha friend or a retreat gift.