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Chan is the originating tradition of Zen Buddhism (the Japanese pronunciation of the same character, which is the most commonly used English name for the school). Chan Buddhism spread from China south to Vietnam as Thiền and north to Korea as Seon, and, in the 13th century, east to Japan as Japanese Zen.
Apr 1, 2015 · Chan Buddhism developed in China as a radical reaffirmation of the primacy of embodied practice, the signal achievement of which came to be envisioned as unwavering attentiveness and responsive virtuosity. In the words of the founder of the Hongzhou lineage of Chan, Mazu Daoyi (709–788), the fruition of Chan practice is a fluid.
Chan (J. Zen; K. Sŏn; V. Thiền 禪), or "Chan zong" (禪宗), is one of the major schools of East Asian Buddhism, which orginated in China around the fifth or sixth century, and was then transmitted from China into Korea (as Korean Seon), Japan (as Japanese Zen) and Vietnam (as Vietnamese Thiền).
Around 520 A.D. an Indian monk named Bodhi Dharma arrived in Canton by sea. He eventually settled in the north of China where he founded the Shaolin monastery. Bodhi Dharma was the first patriarch of the Cha’an or meditation sect of Chinese Buddhism. It is suggested that Bodhidharma was born to the Pallava King Simhavarman between 440 and 470 ...
Chan Buddhism. Chan Buddhism, known as Zen in Japan, is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that emphasizes meditation (dhyana) and direct experience of enlightenment. It originated in China during the Tang Dynasty, synthesizing Indian Buddhist teachings with Chinese Daoist concepts. Chan Buddhism played a significant role in the cultural and ...
The meaning of Chan Buddhism —and the meaning of Buddhism generally—is beyond words and phrases. It cannot be described. Chan is a practice tradition that puts spiritual authority and knowledge not in written scripture, but in immediate, embodied experience, which is available to anyone, anywhere.
Chan Buddhism can be viewed as pushing the implicit logic of Buddhism to reject the original goal of Buddhism--the quest for Nirvana. Chan is Buddhist atheism.
Chan (禅, 禪; Chán; 禪那; chánnà), from Sanskrit dhyāna (meaning "meditation" or "meditative state"), is a Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
Chan Buddhism is a major Chinese Buddhist sect attributed to Bodhidharma that emphasizes attaining Buddhahood, the supreme Buddhist religious goal, through enlightenment of one’s own mind, which subsequently spreaded to Japan and named as Zen.
Sep 30, 2004 · Chan Buddhism has become paradigmatic of Buddhist spirituality. Known in Japan as Zen and in Korea as Son, it is one of the most strikingly iconoclastic spiritual traditions in the world.
