The Meditating Philosopher | The Golden Butter Meditation by Zen Master Hakuin @TheMeditatingPhilosopher | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
This is a guided contemplation exercise. If you haven't heard about this story and exercise, the first part of the video gives a lot of context.

Hakuin Ekaku was one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is regarded as the reviver of the Rinzai school from a moribund period of stagnation, refocusing it on its traditionally rigorous training methods integrating meditation and koan practice. (from Wikipedia)

He was also a great artist, and his self portrait is the scroll on the right side of the video.

You can read more about it here too: buddhismnow.com/2015/09/12/zen-sickness-by-zen-master-hakuin

00:00 Background
03:22 Beginning
14:13 Start of Contemplation
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Resources:

The original video with this guided practice, by Michael Harrington, can be found here:

youtu.be/qSXH9MUZP0o

The music is from this video:
youtu.be/XZm_lEswa1g

And the stunning videos of Japan used:
youtu.be/WLuDeYt555A

youtu.be/G5RpJwCJDqc

youtu.be/3dln7Beoq6c

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Thanks!