Buddhist meditation

When studying the process needed to create her Infinity Dots it is clear that Kusama’s work seems to have Buddhist influences as well, although they appear to be of a different manner. In Kusama’s case the almost obsessive process of painting a signular line which curves over and around itself in order to form a dot pattern in the negative space literally becomes…

The soft and pliable brush quickly consumes the ink within its fibers, and I begin my personal journey with the meditation of Sumi-e painting. Sumi-e is a form of traditional Eastern Asian painting. Originating in China. The goal of this form of painting is not capturing photographic likeness of an object, but rather its spirit. A successful Sumi-e painter combines…

Although the teachings of Zen Buddhism may seem contrary when paired with warfare, the historical influences of Zen in Samurai tradition makes it difficult to imagine a time without the Buddhist injection. No matter the contrarian arguments against the adaptation of Zen Buddhism, its implementation into Japanese warring culture lead to a cultivation of an ancient military skill set, that puts the samurai in a place weighing amongst the most honored yet often misunderstood combatant forms in…

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…

implies that “art is synonymous with living, functional purpose, and spiritual simplicity” (Walkup). Zen Art is by its nature spiritual as it was “done not by professional artists, but by Zen monks and nuns who spent extremely disciplined lives of meditation, in a search for enlightenment and awakening to the true nature of reality”(Sweet). The core foundation of the art-form is the belief that the true character as well as the level of spiritual realization of the monk or nun were transposed…

through meditation. It was believed that through meditation of this nature, an individual could reach an enlightened state of being in one lifetime. There were two main schools of Zen Buddhism. The first was Rinzai, which was founded by Eisai, who claimed that it “outwardly favored discipline over doctrine, inwardly it brought the highest inner wisdom” (Wangu 64). The second school of Zen Buddhism was the Soto, founded by Dogen. In this school of Zen, a practice known as zazen meditation was…

first thing they think of is usually the statue of the Buddha. Although the Buddha is a huge aspect of the Buddhist religion, there are many other things that make Buddhism unique and different from many other religions. First of, Buddhism began in India about 2,500 years ago and since then it still remains as the prominent religion of the eastern countries. There are about 360 million Buddhists worldwide and that number is still growing (Buddhism, Paragraph 1). With a number of followers like…

in Zen and Vajrayana Buddhism, is the belief that liberation from samsara and the attainment of liberation occurs in a specific instance of time, and that such an event is typically followed by a lifetime of practice. This differs from classical Buddhist sects such as Theravada, which believe in gradual enlightenment; the process of practicing Buddhism in order to attain enlightenment after death. Sudden enlightenment was introduced by Shen-Hui, who was a Chinese monk that believed himself to be…

Much like learning a new language or how to write with your non dominant hand, the brain forms new neural connections and remembers these connections. The trait of neuroplasticity the brain has makes meditations effects so long lasting, we can teach ourselves and even others to be happier, less stressed, to care about each other more. Ricard in his talk goes over the wants and needs of people to be happy. How we could be outside in the cold and want warmth…

militias composed of common citizens who wished to defend their homes. Traditional athletic activities such as Taekkyon, Ssireum, and many techniques in the Olympic sport of TaeKwonDo originated from SahDoh MuSool. Buddhist martial arts (BoolKyo MuSool), which was developed mainly by both Buddhist monks, but with contributions from other martial artists as well. BoolKyo MuSool…