ZEN – The essence of Zen Buddhism is achieving enlightenment by seeing one’s original mind directly, without the intervention of the intellect. It is a mixture of Indian Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism. It began in China, spread to Korea and Japan, and became very popular in the West from the mid 20th century. The essence of Zen is attempting to understand the meaning of life directly, without being misled by logical thought or language.
Zen techniques are compatible with other faiths and are often used, for example, by Christians seeking a mystical understanding of their faith.
Zen is a practice transmitted from Master to Disciple and this goes back 2500 years ago in India, The Buddha zen in Japanese means meditation, this is the core of Zen Buddhism, without it, there is no Zen.
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Well done !!! At Soul Gifts the Circle of Friends month with weekly themes will start tomorrow. Everyone is invited to contribute. Also my newsletter to be posted on Monday is about Mandalas. 🙂 Have a restful, Zen kinda weekend!
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You too, I will pop over later and take a look at your weekly theme, would love to contribute, and look forward to Monday
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I’ll be posting it tomorrow 🙂 – my time
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ok, I will watch out for it, thank you
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Nice
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Congrats and well done. A great post to end on.
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Thank you, It seemed a really long month !!
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Onwards to May 🙂
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Happy May, here is to another great month
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Absolutely 🙂
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YAY! Zen at last. You can breathe again. I didn’t know the bit about how christians use zen. Very interesting. I’m still stuck on y and z – anyway have a zen weekend Brooke xxxx
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You too and thanks
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We all need a little zen in our lives! Great way to start the weekend.
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Thank you, have a great weekend
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Congratulations. I have enjoyed reading and posting your posts to twitter. All the best for your future posts.
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Thank you, you too
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