Zen Buddhism ✔️ Flashcards

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Zen focuses on

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the experience of enlightenment

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Zen Buddhism developed within

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Mahayana Buddhism

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The word zen means

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“meditation”

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Zen is not

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theological

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Zen’s influence on literature can be recognized particularly in the form of the

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haiku

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This sect of Zen Buddhism focuses on gradual awakening.

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Soto

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Zen focuses on the

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here and now

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A Zen mind is a

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beginner’s mind

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Which is a form of Zen influence on East Asia?

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painting, landscaping, and swordplay and archery

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Buddha chose ______ as his successor

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Mahakasyapa

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The Chinese sect of BUddhism that emphasizes meditation as the primary means of enlightenment

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Ch’an

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The person under whose direction Chinese Zen began to flourish in the seventh century A.D.

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Hui-neng

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Zen masters who are considered competent to teach others

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roshis

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13
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Known as the school of sudden awakening

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Rinzai

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14
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Known as the school of gradual awakening

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Soto

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The basic method of Zen meditation, traditionally practiced while seated

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zazen

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The person most responsible for explaining Zen to the West

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D.T. Suzuki

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The Zen experience of enlightenment, in which true nature of one’s being is known directly

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satori

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A verbal puzzle designed to short-curcuit the workings of the rational, logical mind

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koan

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The periodic meeting with the master during which the discipline offers an answer to the koan

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dokusan