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Title: Zen Buddhism Enlightenment Through Experience


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Zen BuddhismEnlightenment Through Experience
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Zen Stress on Meditation
  • Is one of the schools in Mahayana.
  • It takes its name from the seventh step of the
    Eight Fold Path--Meditation dhyana.
  • In Chinese this word is chan in Japanese, zen
  • The Chan movement preferred Siddharthas
    technique of attaining enlightenment through
    seated meditation.

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Schools Within the School
  • Within Chan (Chinese) Buddhism there were two
    schools Northern and Southern.
  • Northern School taught gradual enlightenment.
  • Southern School taught advocated sudden
    enlightenment.
  • The northern school died out.
  • Two main schools, Rinzai and Soto, in Zen
    (Japanese) today are descendents of the southern
    school.

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Enlightenment
  • The enlightenment experience call satori brings
    an awareness of the unity oneself with the rest
    of the universe.
  • Zazen or sitting meditation is the basic way in
    which enlightenment is achieved.

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The Technique
  • The meditation involves sitting in silence with
    ones back straight and centered, keeping the
    body still, and taking deep and regular breaths.
  • It is demonstrated by the following site.
  • The site

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Techniques continued
  • Another technique for attaining enlightenment is
    called a koan.
  • The name is from the Chinese gong-an (kung-an)
    and is translated as public discussion. It
    demands that a person think or ponder
  • Manual labor also helps one to focus and
    concentrate and so many of the Zen monastery do
    various tasks such as kitchen cleaning, minor
    repairs, etc.
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