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Zen is a type of traditional Buddhism that originated in China in the 7th century and later spread to other East Asian countries like Korea and Japan. It places emphasis on meditation practices like Zazen, which involves sitting in a particular position. Zen is also associated with the use of Koans, which are paradoxical questions used in teaching to help students transcend logical thinking. Some cultural practices associated with Zen in Japan include tea ceremonies, flower arranging, rock gardens, origami, and Noh theater.

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Buddhism What is Buddhism? Buddhism is the religion of over 520 million people, primarily concentrated in East and Southeast Asia. The religion began in the fifth century BCE in India and Nepal, growing out of the teachings of Gautama Buddha. Buddhism does not center on a supreme deity. Many of its varieties do not imagine anything supernatural at all. Is Buddhism a “religion”? “Everything that arises also passes away, so strive for what has not arisen.” At the heart of Buddhism are three “jewels”: 1. The Buddha 2. The Dharma (teachings) 3. the Sangha (community) The First Gem: The Buddha Around 500 BCE, a loosely defined kind of ascetic spirituality was flourishing in northern India. Landowning castes – Brahmins and Kshatriyas Ascetics (Sramana) rejected Brahmin practices of wealth accumulation and animal sacrifice. The birth of Shakyamuni Shakyamuni / Siddhartha was born between 488 and 624 BCE – the traditions differ. Tradition says that his enlightenment was nearly perfected across hundreds of previous lives. In our world, he was born to a ruling family in southern Nepal. His birth is accompanied by signs and omens. It takes place in a park – he is immaculately conceived. The Four Sights Siddhartha sees: 1. A sick man 2. A suffering old man 3. A dead man … … 4. An ascetic who is serene and detached from the world. Siddhartha admires this man and gives away his princely possessions. He travels and masters yoga. Siddhartha embarks on a path of extreme asceticism, starving and thirsty. This does not give him the enlightenment he seeks. Disillusioned with asceticism, Siddhartha moves to Bodh Gaya and re-enters the comforts of the world. He begins to comfortably meditate under a large fig tree. Just before dusk, Siddhartha resists the assaults of greed, boredom, and desire, and then fear and anger. He meditates to move deeper into consciousness, rather than unconsciousness. Enlightenment Just before dawn, Siddartha achieves enlightenment. “I had direct knowledge. Birth is exhausted, the Holy Life has been lived, what was to be done is done, there is no more of this to come.” He has achieved nirvana. Nirvana means Being beyond desires Feeling transcendent happiness He sets out to spread his message across India. The wheel of Dharma turns again He explains his doctrine to his former companions. This explanation is called the first discourse or sutra, called “Instruction on the Middle Path”. Buddha explains that enlightenment only came when he 1. renounced the luxury of his princely origins 2. renounced the extreme asceticism of his early spiritual seeking. Progress only comes through moderation, the “Middle Path”. Parinirvana After 45 years of preaching, Buddha falls ill after eating a bad meal his host had served him. As he weakens, he instructs his disciples not to follow a human successor, but only the dharma. He reaches parinirvana – the final end of the cycle of deat ...

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