The Zen Buddhism Lifestyle
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What does "Zen"
mean?
With our
thoughts, we
make the
world
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The word "Zen" is the
Japanese pronunciation of
the Chinese "Ch'an," which
means "meditation." Ch'an
came to Japan and became
"Zen" around the eight
century. Today, the word
"Zen" is in more general use
in the West.
At the heart of the Japanese
culture lies Zen, a school of
Mahayana Buddhism. Zen is,
first and foremost, a practice
that was uninterruptedly
transmitted from master to
disciple, and that goes back to
the spiritual Enlightenment of a
man named Siddharth Gautam
(Shakyamuni Gotama in
Japanese) - The Buddha - 2500
years ago in India.
What is Zen
Buddhism?
Defining Zen is like trying to
describe the taste of honey to
someone who has never tasted
it before. You can try to explain
the texture and scent of honey,
or you can try to compare and
correlate it with similar foods.
However, honey is honey! As
long as you have not tasted it,
you are in the illusion of what
honey is.