Ch'an, sprouts from Buddist seed planted in Taoist soil. It's fruit was
eaten by a Shinto bird spirit, who's shit bore the the seeds to Japan
that spouted the sects of Zen. ;)
KG
On 7/22/2012 9:32 PM, Bill! wrote:
ED,
My response below assumes by 'chan' and 'zen' you mean 'Chinese Chan
Buddhism' and 'Japanese Zen Buddhism'. Anyway, my response below is
limited to my knowledge of those...
I only know of Chan from what I've read and the excellent information
JMJM has given us through his posts. From these I do think there is a
little difference between Chinese Chan Buddhism and Japanese Zen
Buddhism, but most of that I see are due to the different cultural
wrappings of each. There are many more parallels and similarities than
differences. They are both from the school of Mahayana Buddhism. If I
were to grab any one difference to emphasize I would say Chan Buddhism
is a little more mystical than Japanese Zen Buddhism but that's about all.
...Bill!
--- In [email protected] <mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com>,
"ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote:
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> Bill and JM,
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> Do either of you perceive any substantive difference between chan and
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