Mokugyo: Zen Meditation

Mokugyo is a meditation app rooted in Zen practice and open to any style. It has two parts: a timer for silent sitting, and the Heart Sutra, chanted in time with a mokugyo, the wooden fish that keeps the beat in Zen temples. SIT IN SILENCE Tap Begin and a singing bowl opens your sitting. A short countdown helps you settle, then your chosen time passes in silence: 5 to 60 minutes on iPhone, 5 to 45 on Apple Watch. When it ends, the bowl sounds again and rings out fully before the screen returns. Your last length is remembered. The bowl was measured from a recording of a real singing bowl and is created as it sounds, with no audio files. Each sounding is three strikes, as in practice. The screen stays quiet and dark: slow rings that breathe, the time left, and a thin progress ring. Tap anywhere to reveal End. A gentle vibration accompanies each strike, so your phone can lie face down.…