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Zen master is a somewhat vague English term that arose in the first half of the 20th century, sometimes used to refer to an individual who teaches Zen Buddhist meditation and practices, usually implying longtime study and subsequent authorization to teach and transmit the tradition themselves.
Zenmaster is a somewhat vague English term that arose in the first half of the 20th century, sometimes used to refer to an individual who teaches Zen...
through spiritual practice and interaction with an accomplished teacher or Master. Zen teaching draws from numerous sources of Sarvāstivāda meditation practice...
Zen for an overview of Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zen in Japan Japanese Zen...
Master of Zen also known as Bodhidharma is a 1994 Hong Kong film based on the legends surrounding the life of Bodhidharma. The film was directed, produced...
Kokushi 1283–1337) and Musō Soseki (1275–1351), two influential Japanese Zenmasters who did not travel to China to study.[citation needed] In the beginning...
Zen institutions have an elaborate system of ranks and hierarchy, which determine one's position in the institution. Within this system, novices train...
(907–960/979)). In this phase developed the well-known Chan of the iconoclastic zen-masters. Prime figures are Mazu Daoyi (709–788), Shitou Xiqian (710–790), Linji...
(law) case; record; file; plan; proposal." According to the Yuan dynasty Zenmaster Zhongfeng Mingben (中峰明本 1263–1323), gōng'àn originated as an abbreviation...
The Kwan Um School of Zen (관음선종회,觀音禪宗會) (KUSZ) is an international school of zen centers and groups founded in 1983 by ZenMaster Seung Sahn. The school's...
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...
with no color or assumed setting. Japanese iconography, like that of Zenmaster Hakuin Ekaku, shows Budai in a multiplicity of representative actions...
born Duk-In Lee, was a Korean Seon master of the Jogye Order and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen. He was the seventy-eighth Patriarch...
century by Japanese Zenmaster Mujū (無住) (literally, "non-dweller"). The book was reprinted by Paul Reps as part of Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. Well-known koans...
sayings of Zen-masters, and the koan-literature. Contrary to the popular image, literature does play a role in the Zen-training. Unsui, Zen-monks, "are...
the Zenmaster, played by actor Peter Law, and voiced by actor Silas Hawkins who assigns them rituals they must accomplish to allegedly reach Zen enlightenment...
Fukushima Keidō, March 1, 1933 – March 1, 2011) was a Japanese Rinzai Zenmaster, head abbot of Tōfuku-ji (one of the main branches of the Rinzai sect)...
is a meditative discipline that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition. The generalized Japanese term for meditation is 瞑想 (meisō);...
whether they are ethnic Japanese or not. In the Kwan Um School of Zen, according to Zenmaster Seungsahn, the Korean title ji do poep sa nim is much like the...
influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism, who regarded bodhicitta, working for the benefit of others, as the ultimate concern of Zen-training. While never having...
lineage" of the masters (shike) of the training halls. There are only about fifty to eighty of such inka shōmei-bearers in Japan. In Sōtō-Zen, dharma transmission...
People with the surname Musō include: Musō Soseki (1275–1351), Japanese Zenmaster Musō Gonnosuke, early 17th-century samurai All pages with titles containing...
Eastern philosophy, garnering him the nickname "ZenMaster". Jackson cited Robert Pirsig's book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance as one of the...
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