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Zen was introduced in the United States at the end of the 19th century by Japanese teachers who went to America to serve groups of Japanese immigrants and become acquainted with the American culture. After World War II, interest from non-Asian Americans grew rapidly. This resulted in the commencement of an indigenous American Zen tradition which also influences the larger western (Zen) world.
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regarding Zen Buddhism intheUnitedStates. Dates with "?" are approximate. 1893: Soyen Shaku comes to theUnitedStates to lecture at the World Parliament...
Buddhist scriptures focusing on those used in Chinese and Japanese Zen. Zen was introduced to theUnitedStates by Japanese priests who were sent to serve...
at the Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, Rhode Island, which was founded in 1972 shortly after Seung Sahn first came to theUnitedStates. The Kwan...
TheZen Peacemakers is a diverse network of socially engaged Buddhists, currently including the formal structures of theZen Peacemakers International...
Zen at War is a book written by Brian Daizen Victoria, first published in 1997. The second edition appeared in 2006. The book meticulously documents Zen...
is a lay Zen school derived from both the Soto (Caodong) and the Rinzai (Linji) traditions. It was renamed Sanbo-Zen International in 2014. The term Sanbo...
Zen for an overview of Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zenin Japan Japanese Zen...
Zen (Japanese; from Chinese "Chán"; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty...
Zen master is a somewhat vague English term that arose inthe first half of the 20th century, sometimes used to refer to an individual who teaches Zen...
Zazen is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of theZen Buddhist tradition. The generalized Japanese term for meditation is 瞑想...
from the Chinese Chan-lore, supplemented with commentaries, that is used inZen practice to provoke the "great doubt" and initial insight of Zen-students...
awakening, "comprehension; understanding". It is derived from the Japanese verb satoru. IntheZen Buddhist tradition, satori refers to a deep experience of...
is one of the oldest Zen centers intheUnitedStates.[citation needed] Since its founding, the Rochester Zen Center has become one of the largest Buddhist...
San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC), is a network of affiliated Sōtō Zen practice and retreat centers inthe San Francisco Bay area, comprising City Center...
not. Inthe Kwan Um School of Zen, according to Zen master Seungsahn, the Korean title ji do poep sa nim is much like the Japanese title "sensei". In Nichiren...
lineage. As one of the early Korean Zen masters to settle intheUnitedStates, he opened many temples and practice groups across the globe. He was known...
World Zen Fellowship (1994) which includes various Zen centers intheUnitedStates, such as the Potomac Zen Sangha, the Patriarchal Zen Society and the Baltimore...
Rinzai, died 866 CE) is one of three sects of Zenin Japanese Buddhism, along with Sōtō and Ōbaku. The Chinese Linji school of Chan Buddhism was first...
Zen institutions have an elaborate system of ranks and hierarchy, which determine one's position inthe institution. Within this system, novices train...
Though Zen is said to be based on a "special transmission outside scriptures" which "did not stand upon words", theZen-tradition has a rich doctrinal...
The Tassajara Zen Mountain Center is the oldest Japanese Buddhist Sōtō Zen monastery intheUnitedStates. It is on the border of the Ventana Wilderness...