Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Zen Buddhism
- Influences
- Chinese Culture
- Confucianism
- Developed by
Confucius
- Implemented in
Chinese culture
- The Six
Relationships
- One is inferior to the other
- Society based on
individuals as
part of a
community
- Community
- Similarities to
the Sangha
- Japanese Culture
- Shinto
- Nature
- Shrines
- Festivals
- Nature Gods
- Traditional Japanese
Beliefs
- Ancestor Worship
- Customs
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Tathagatagharba
- Yogacara
- Madhyamaka
- Origins of Zen
- The Turning of the Lotus Flower
- Only one Monk understood
- Satori
- Flashes of
Satori
- Occurs during mundane activities
- Housework
- Cleaning
- Similar to Nirvana
- Practices of the
Zen Buddhist
- Meditation
- Rinzai
- The Violent Way
- Meditation that lasts a long time
- Soto
- The Calm Way
- Peaceful meditation with
absolute focus
- Koans
- Riddles
- Given to the student from the master
- Can be practiced over the course of
much time
- Development of the mind
- Encourages flashes of Satori
- Zen Art
- Simple circles
- All Zen Art is incredible simplistic yet
time-consuming
- All practice encourage
the mind to focus
- Similarities between various Buddhist denominations
- Is based on Mahayana not Theravada
- Pure Land
- Chanting
- Off-shoot of
Mahayana
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Boddhisattva Doctrine
- For the benefit of all,
not just the self
- Rebirths continue after
enlightenment
- Until everyone has reached enlightenment
- The Three
Philosophical
Schools
- Inner Buddha
nature
- No independence
- All the same; no-one
is unique
- Is Zen Buddhism really Buddhist at all?
- Too extreme to
be Buddhist
- Rinzai
- An elimination
of the middle
way
- Therefore an elimination
of the centre point of
Buddhist belief
- No focus on key beliefs
- Forgets the doctrine of
no soul and
impermanence
- Barely
mentions
Boddhisattva
- Only mentions
Satori; no Nirvana
- Therefore no Four Noble Truths
- More in common with
Confucianism and Shinto