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Zen (Japanese pronunciation: [dzeꜜɴ, dzeɴ];[1][note 1] from Chinese: Chán; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the Tang dynasty by blending Indian Mahayana Buddhism, particularly Yogacara and Madhyamaka philosophies, with Chinese Taoist thought, especially Neo-Daoist.[2] Zen originated as the Chan School (禪宗, chánzōng, 'meditation school') or the Buddha-mind school (佛心宗, fóxīnzōng),[3] and later developed into various sub-schools and branches.
Chan is traditionally believed to have been brought to China by the semi-legendary figure Bodhidharma, an Indian (or Central Asian) monk who is said to have introduced dhyana teachings to China. From China, Chán spread south to Vietnam and became Vietnamese Thiền, northeast to Korea to become Seon Buddhism, and east to Japan, becoming Japanese Zen.[4]
Zen emphasizes meditation practice, direct insight into one's own Buddha nature (見性, Ch. jiànxìng, Jp. kenshō), and the personal expression of this insight in daily life for the benefit of others.[5][6] Some Zen sources de-emphasize doctrinal study and traditional practices, favoring direct understanding through zazen and interaction with a master (Jp: rōshi, Ch: shīfu) who may be depicted as an iconoclastic and unconventional figure.[7][8][9][10][11][12] In spite of this, most Zen schools also promote traditional Buddhist practices like chanting, precepts, walking meditation, rituals, monasticism and scriptural study.[10][13]
With an emphasis on Buddha-nature thought, intrinsic enlightenment and sudden awakening, Zen teaching draws from numerous Buddhist sources, including Sarvāstivāda meditation, the Mahayana teachings on the bodhisattva, Yogachara and Tathāgatagarbha texts (like the Laṅkāvatāra), and the Huayan school.[14][15] The Prajñāpāramitā literature,[16] as well as Madhyamaka thought, have also been influential in the shaping of the apophatic and sometimes iconoclastic nature of Zen rhetoric.[17]
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (24 May 2016). NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese). NHK Publishing.
- ^ Wang 2017, p. 79.
- ^ Buswell & Lopez (2014), p. "foxin zong".
- ^ Harvey 1995, p. 159–169.
- ^ Yoshizawa 2009, p. 41.
- ^ Sekida 1989.
- ^ Yampolski 2003a, p. 3.
- ^ Poceski n.d.
- ^ Borup 2008, p. 8.
- ^ a b Hori 2000, p. 280-312.
- ^ McRae 2003, pp. 119–120.
- ^ Gimello 1994.
- ^ McRae 2003, pp. 60, 119–120.
- ^ Dumoulin 2005a, p. 48.
- ^ Lievens 1981, p. 52–53.
- ^ Dumoulin 2005a, pp. 41–45.
- ^ van der Braak, Andre (2011). Nietzsche and Zen: Self-Overcoming Without a Self. p. 117.
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