Bill,
I meant Chan as JM expounds it and zen as you understand it. --ED --- In [email protected], "Bill!" <BillSmart@...> 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! > > Bill and JM, > > > > Do either of you perceive any substantive difference between chan and > > zen? > > > > --ED ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
