On Zen Buddhism
On Zen Buddhism
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论禅宗
DOI：
10.1515/9783110328165.233
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发表时间：
2009
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通讯作者：
C. Sherlock
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作者：
C. Sherlock
Zen is a form of Buddhism that developed first in China around the sixth century CE and then spread from China to Korea, Vietnam and Japan. The term Zen is just the Japanese way of saying the Chinese word Chan (禪), which is the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit word Dhyāna (Jhāna in Pali), which means "meditation." In the image above one sees on the left the character 禪 in Japanese calligraphy and on the right an ensō, or Zen circle. In Japan the drawing of such a circle is considered a high art, the expression of a moment of enlightenment by the Zen master calligrapher. After Buddhism first came to China from India around the first century CE, it eventually developed into several unique Chinese schools of Buddhism, influenced by the introduction of Mahāyāna Buddhism from India as well as by certain aspects of Chinese culture and philosophy. The tradition known as Chan Buddhism in China, and Zen Buddhism in Japan, brings together Mahāyāna Buddhism and Daoism. This confluence of Buddhism and Daoism in Zen is most obvious in the Chinese script on the left which reads: "The heart-mind (xin 心) is the buddha (佛), the buddha (佛) is the path (dao 道), the