--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> Bill! claims logic is NOT Zen...
> Edgar
====================
Maybe Bill means: "Zen stresses the importance of the enlightenment
experience and the futility of rational thought, ... (See last
definition below.)
--ED
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What is Zen?
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Zen
nounâ/zen/â
1. A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of
meditation and intuition
Web definitions
* school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come
through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan
* a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through
direct intuitive insight
* wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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n%3Fs%3Dzen&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CDQQngkwAQ&q=Zen&u\
sg=AFQjCNGns9WmNv1JBccDgJrCpgEcHfcWrg>
* Zen is a school of Mah¨¡y¨¡na Buddhism. The Japanese word Zen
is derived from the Chinese word Ch¨¢n, which in turn is derived from
the Sanskrit word dhy¨¡na, which means "meditation" or "meditative
state."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen
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=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CDgQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=AFQjCNE2RpzqieRxR\
a7ESL8woYjuWRSZ1A>
*
* A denomination of Buddhism; Pertaining to this denomination of
Buddhism; extremely relaxed and collected
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zen
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a=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CEIQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=AFQjCNGMoksZDbG4\
-0ESjSA71BA9sT-0CQ>
* Japanese teaching with origins in ancient China whose belief is
that the only path to enlightenment is through direct, intuitive
insight-by focusing solely on your essential nature.
www.hotelthailand.com/thailand-activities/spa/spa-glossary.html
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ivities/spa/spa-glossary.html&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0\
CEQQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=AFQjCNGPGc_qht-DIHapjpVwLSFbpVUgyw>
* A Buddhist tradition founded in China as a result of the teaching
of Bodhidharma, circa 475 C.E. Found today mostly in Vietnam, Japan and
Korea (and of course various centers in the West).
dharma.ncf.ca/faqs/glossary.html
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ct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CEYQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=AFQjCNHG_v\
yfS5Kuu7F_3CQcIY6L4YVt_Q>
* Buddhist form of meditation perpetuated by Tamo (Daruma).
bakerfamily4.net/kenpo/terms.htm
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ct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CEgQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=AFQjCNGCJL\
X0AwR-lYq1ibOpugPtr23-5Q>
* A school or division of Buddhism characterized by techniques
designed to produce enlightenment. In particular, Zen emphasizes various
sorts of meditative practices, which are supposed to lead the
practitioner to a direct insight into the fundamental character of
reality (see KU and MOKUSO).
cardiffaikikai.co.uk/aikido_dictionary.htm
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nary.htm&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CEoQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=\
AFQjCNFhHkgY7mTZfuu1gaQ_nfaP4KFSTQ>
* The discipline of enlightenment related to the Buddhist doctrine
that emphasizes meditation, discipline, and the direct transmission of
teachings from master to student. ...
www.steveconway.net/humour/dictionary.htm
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ary.htm&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CEwQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=A\
FQjCNFm_IByvawm0IzWXa2Et3RrSGmzDQ>
* the Japanese word for a school of Mahayana Buddhism originating in
China around the 7th century CE and now found throughout East Asia. Zen
emphasizes meditation practice and is often characterized by simplicity
and rigor.
www.pbs.org/thebuddha/glossary/
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t=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CE4QngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=AFQjCNFr4ao\
uOZ2oAlVrhJbGHdGCdTE08Q>
* (Japanese) Buddhist school or sect favouring meditation and
intuition rather than scripture as a means to enlightenment, which
passed from China to Japan in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/glossary_tz.htm
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ry/glossary_tz.htm&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CFAQngkwAQ&\
q=Zen&usg=AFQjCNF5AI2VoP7CtRibNEMDwcHfJKY7LA>
* Meditative absorption in which all dualistic distinctions are
eliminated.
www.zentexts.org/zen-term.html
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=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CFIQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=AFQjCNG0G8hS\
uTNf7BO423q_1VYxFUAplw>
* A meditative form of Buddhist practice that developed in China in
the 5-7th Century and then spread to Japan and Korea. WIkipedia article.
www.gaiahouse.co.uk/page.php
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3D150&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CFQQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=AFQ\
jCNFaHBr6hSw_a72SmHTBwTC-AkWAjw>
* The Japanese word for a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on highly
disciplined meditation. It is known in Sanskrit as dhyana, in Chinese as
chan, and in Korean as son. (p. 289)
college.cengage.com/history/world/bulliet/earth_peoples/2e/stud¡
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bulliet/earth_peoples/2e/students/glossary/index.html&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlG\
UJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CFYQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=AFQjCNEW-rDySNhU9h1IOro-jWy\
WAQA2hQ>
* A school of Mahayana Buddhism, found mainly in China, Japan, Korea
and Vietnam, which emphasises the path of meditation and
self-realization.
www.transpersonalscience.org/tranglos.aspx
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los.aspx&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CFgQngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=\
AFQjCNHmyzUucaianWxxt2zEipUhv2ko5g>
*
* (Japanese; Korean: Son; Chinese: Ch¡¯an; Sanskrit: Dhyana):
meditation practice.
www.kwanumzen.org/teachers-and-teaching/glossary-of-terms/
<http://www.google.com/url?url=http://www.kwanumzen.org/teachers-and-tea\
ching/glossary-of-terms/&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CFwQn\
gkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=AFQjCNGwCOz8VPSbw5Twf4igmjeEnmi79w>
* An abbreviation of the Japanese word zenna,which is a
transliteration of the Sanskrit dhyana (ch¡¯an or ch¡¯anna in
Chinese), that is, the process of concentration and absorption by which
the mind is first stabilized and brought to a penetrating
one-pointedness, and then awakened. ...
www.windhorsezen.org/blog/
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id%3D252&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CF4QngkwAQ&q=Zen&usg=\
AFQjCNFAHZMBvkZvNzqhn6H0omwSsjXF7w>
* Japanese; Ch'an (Chinese); a branch of Mahayana Buddhism which
developed in China during the sixth and seventh centuries after
Bodhidharma arrived; it later divided into the Soto and Rinzai schools;
Zen stresses the importance of the enlightenment experience and the
futility of rational thought, ...
mokurai.destinyslobster.com/buddhist_glossary.html
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st_glossary.html&rct=j&sa=X&ei=oAlGUJ_lIIzYigLHj4C4Bg&ved=0CGAQngkwAQ&q=\
Zen&usg=AFQjCNFSHw65w335jrEKO_Ml2P71oE1GOA>
