Zen & Theravada
Words are often the very things that hinders us from the immediate contact with the honest nature of things. Having the quietness with a mix of experiences of the tangible universe can take us on a journey that surpasses the verbal language and thoughts to the pulse of reality itself (Molloy 168). Zen Buddhism, a school of Mahayana Buddhism has begun and then had made its way to Japan (Molloy 166). Chan Buddhism roots can be found way back to a Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The Chinese leaned on Siddhartha’s teachings, through Siddhartha’s practices of meditation, he became the Buddha; “The Enlightened One”. This was so because of his simplicity. The Chan movement has adapted the sitting position technique for meditation from Siddhartha. In China Chan refers to the sec and for Japanese it is Zen, it refers to the sec because it was …show more content…
Zen which (Molloy 166). Chan Buddhism didn’t fall out of the sky and land on someone’s head. Chan Buddhism has come from the seed of Daoism (Molloy167). Through some closely similar shared practices, techniques, and the belief of union with the universe. There are some emphasizes as to how quick reaching enlightenment will occur. One is it is important to meditate regularly as it will bring you one step closer to enlightenment. While another is that enlightenment will just occur out of thin air. It is compared to lightening because you will not know when it will strike. Satori is the experience of enlightenment, meaning is the knowledge of awareness and the unity of one’s self and everything around him. Sitting for hours on in meditating it called zazen which is a Zen technique. Koan is a technique that requires you to ponder. It’s a question that is not easily to answer and you must use to
Words are often the very things that hinders us from the immediate contact with the honest nature of things. Having the quietness with a mix of experiences of the tangible universe can take us on a journey that surpasses the verbal language and thoughts to the pulse of reality itself (Molloy 168). Zen Buddhism, a school of Mahayana Buddhism has begun and then had made its way to Japan (Molloy 166). Chan Buddhism roots can be found way back to a Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The Chinese leaned on Siddhartha’s teachings, through Siddhartha’s practices of meditation, he became the Buddha; “The Enlightened One”. This was so because of his simplicity. The Chan movement has adapted the sitting position technique for meditation from Siddhartha. In China Chan refers to the sec and for Japanese it is Zen, it refers to the sec because it was …show more content…
Zen which (Molloy 166). Chan Buddhism didn’t fall out of the sky and land on someone’s head. Chan Buddhism has come from the seed of Daoism (Molloy167). Through some closely similar shared practices, techniques, and the belief of union with the universe. There are some emphasizes as to how quick reaching enlightenment will occur. One is it is important to meditate regularly as it will bring you one step closer to enlightenment. While another is that enlightenment will just occur out of thin air. It is compared to lightening because you will not know when it will strike. Satori is the experience of enlightenment, meaning is the knowledge of awareness and the unity of one’s self and everything around him. Sitting for hours on in meditating it called zazen which is a Zen technique. Koan is a technique that requires you to ponder. It’s a question that is not easily to answer and you must use to