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Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan.

This is one school of the Mahayana branch of Buddhism It developed in China , and spread into Japan and Korea It has incorporated several ideas from Taoism.

Meditation Derived from the Sanskrit 'dhyana' A school of Mahayana Buddhism that developed in China and Japan.

Japanese; Ch'an ; a branch of Mahayana Buddhism which developed in China during the sixth and seventh centuries after Bodhidharma arrived; it later divided into the Soto and Rinzai schools; Zen stresses the importance of the enlightenment experience and the futility of rational thought, intellectual study and religious ritual in attaining this; a central element of Zen is zazen, a meditative practice which seeks to free the mind of all thought and conceptualization.

The discipline of enlightenment related to the Buddhist doctrine that emphasizes meditation, discipline, and the direct transmision of teachings from master to student.

School or division of Buddhism characterized by techniques designed to produce enlightenment In particular, Zen emphasizes various sorts of meditative practices which are supposed to lead the practitioner to a direct insight into the fundamental character of reality See Ku and Mokuso.

Meditative absorption in which all dualistic distinctions are eliminated.

Major school of Mahayana Buddhism, with several branches One of its most popular techniques is meditation on koans, which leads to the generation of the Great Doubt According to this method:.

School or division of Buddhism characterized by techniques designed to produce enlightenment In particular, Zen emphasizes various sorts of meditative practices, which are supposed to lead the practitioner to a direct insight into the fundamental character of reality.

The Japanese meditative sect of Mahayana Buddhism.

Japanese term for the meditation practiced by Buddhists.

Form of meditation.

Japanese school of Buddhism which has become popular in North America It is similar to the Chinese school of Buddhism known as Chan.

Coalition of related ways for attaining realization, even beyond enlightenment, of the true nature underlying all appearances, including one's own-and above all, that there is no duality within appearances, but only the one buddha-nature Ch'an/Zen is summarized in the four lines attributed to Boddhidharma, the key figure who, according to tradition, transmitted the dharma from India to China.

Also called Chan; see Contemplation and Meditation.

It is possible for a person to attain enlightenment in this life through the practice of meditation and development of mental and spiritual discipline Zen means 'meditation' and is the Japanese equivalent of the original Sanskrit term dhyana Japanese art of acupressure to ease tension and balance the body.

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School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan.

Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight.

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