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A zafu is a meditation cushion sometimes used when sitting zazen in the tradition of Zen Buddhism.
The zafu is both a utilitarian accessory and a symbol of zazen practice. Before and after sitting on the zafu, zen practitioners perform a gassho bow to the cushion, to fellow practitioners, and to the teacher. In The Barn at the End of the World, Mary Rose O'Reilley writes of a nun practicing zazen, that "in those days she was almost alone on the zafu. And I learned to sit there, too."
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