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Zen-meditation aims at "non-thinking," in Japanese fu shiryō and hi shiryō. According to Zhu, the two terms negate two different cognitive functions both called manas in Yogacara, namely "intentionality" [28] or self-centered thinking, [29] and "discriminative thinking" (vikalpa). [28]
Zen Buddhism. Zazen is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition. [1][2] The generalized Japanese term for meditation is 瞑想 (meisō); however, zazen has been used informally to include all forms of seated Buddhist meditation. The term zuòchán can be found in early Chinese Buddhist sources ...
Zen (Japanese; [note 1] from Chinese: Chán; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan School (禪宗, chánzōng, "meditation school") or the Buddha-mind school (佛心宗, fóxīnzōng), [1] and later developed into various sub-schools and branches.
Shikantaza (只管打坐) is Dogen 's Japanese translation of the Chinese phrase zhǐguǎn dǎzuò (只管打坐 / 祇管打坐), [1][web 1] "focus on meditative practice alone", although many modern Western practitioners have interpreted this very differently. [2][3] The phrase was used by Dogen's teacher Rujing, a monk of the Caodong school ...
Zendō (禅堂) (Chinese: Chántáng) or senbutsu-jō (選仏場) is a Japanese meditation hall. In Zen Buddhism, the zen-dō is a spiritual dōjō where zazen (sitting meditation) is practiced. A full-sized Zen Buddhist temple will typically have at least one zen-dō as well as a hon-dō ("main hall", but sometimes translated as "Buddha hall ...
Zenshū Shiburoku. The Zenshū Shiburoku, The Four Texts of the Zen Sect, is a collection of four essential Zen texts which are being used in Japan as introductory texts in the education of novice Zen monks. The collection consists of the Jūgyūzu (Ten Oxherding Pictures), the Shinjinmei (Faith in mind), attributed to the third Chinese Chán ...
v. t. e. Sōtō Zen or the Sōtō school (曹洞宗, Sōtō-shū) is the largest of the three traditional sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism (the others being Rinzai and Ōbaku). It is the Japanese line of the Chinese Cáodòng school, [1] which was founded during the Tang dynasty by Dòngshān Liánjiè. It emphasizes Shikantaza, meditation ...
v. t. e. Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; 26 January 1200 – 22 September 1253), [1][2] was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. He is also known as Dōgen Kigen (道元希玄), Eihei Dōgen (永平道元), Kōso Jōyō Daishi (高祖承陽大師), and Busshō Dentō Kokushi ...