--- In [email protected], "pipaclub_sanluis" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- In [email protected], David Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Academically speaking, Zen is a school of Buddhism dating back to the > > 12th > > Century, when Japanese masters adapted Indian and Chinese meditation > > techniques > > and moral discipline in the search for transcendental illumination. > > Hi. I'm a little confused. As far as I know, but I may be wrong of > course, zen was the result of the budhist teachings confronted with > taoist thinking in China. I have read that the first time zen apear in > Japan was through some korean monks sent by a king. I would appreciate > some comments. > Guillermo. Hi Guillermo, It's my understanding, that the two main schools of Zen were established in Japan during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) through the efforts of two (former) Tendai monks who visited China --> Eisai (Rinzai Zen) and Dogen (Soto Zen). However, Zen texts and practices were known well before then. For example, Saicho (762-835) or Dengyo Daishi, the founder of the Japanese Tendai sect, studied Ch'an (Zen) in China and incorporated "zazen" mediation into Japanese Tendai practices. On the Korean monks you mentioned, I'm wonderng if you are thinking about the introduction of Buddhism into Japan? According to tradition, this took place in either 552 or 538 A.D. when the Korean monks sent by the King of Paekche brought Buddhist scriptures and art to the Imperial Court. Gassho, Rodney ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Click here to rescue a little child from a life of poverty. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rAWabB/gYnLAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> 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/
