Realization of nature becoming a buddha.” “ special transmission outside the teaching” The essential nature of Zen can be summarized in four short statements: Zen teaches the practice of zazen, sitting in meditative absorption as the shortest, but also the steepest, way to awakening. More than any other school, Zen stresses the prime importance of the enlightenment experience and the uselessness of ritual religious practices and intellectual analysis of doctrine for the attainment of liberation.
In this sense Zen is a religion, the teachings and practices of which are directed toward self-realization and lead finally to complete awakening as experienced by Shākyamuni Buddha after intensive meditative self-discipline under the Bodhi-tree. Zen can be defined both exoterically and esoterically.Įxoterically regarded, Zen, or Ch’an as it is called when referring to its history in China, is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism that developed in China in the 6th and 7th centuries from the meeting of Dhyāna Buddhism, which was brought to China by Bodhidharma, and Taoism. This in turn is the Chinese version of the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which refers to collectedness of mind or meditative absorption in which all dualistic distinctions like I/you, subject/object, and true/ false are eliminated. Zen Jap., an abbreviation of the word zenna (also zenno), the Japanese way of reading Chinese ch’an-na (short form, ch’an).
Within Zen, there are various legends and mythologies, largely a part of Chinese and Japanese folklore, which must be carefully distinguished from Zen history. As such, it de emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and the study of religious texts in favor of direct, experiential realization through meditation and dharma practice. Zen emphasizes experiential wisdom and mdash particularly as realized in the form of meditation known as zazen and mdash in the attainment of awakening, often simply called the path of enlightenment. Chan is itself derived from the Sanskrit Dhyana, which means "meditation". Zen is a school of Mahayana Buddhism, referred to in Chinese as Chan. Zen in Buddhism glossary Source: Buddhist Door: Glossaryalso called Chan see Contemplation and Meditation. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences. Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. P.IV.3.102 and (4) to the word शलातुर ( śalātura) in the sense of 'being a national of' or 'having as a domicile.' e. affix ईय ( īya) causing the vrddhi substitute for the first vowel of the word to which it is added. Zen in Vyakarana glossary Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarĬhaṇ (छण्).- tad.
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