Bill, Your 'zen' also developed from mahayana Buddhism. Otherwise, where did it come from? If you say from Christianity, the devil and angel will both be after you. anthony
________________________________ From: Bill! <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 23 July 2012, 9:32 Subject: [Zen] Re: Chan and zen 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 mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com, "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > > Bill and JM, > > Do either of you perceive any substantive difference between chan and > zen? > > --ED >
