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Zen Buddhism & Satori

Conversation between Buddha and a renowned Philospher.

"I have heard that Buddhism is a doctrine of enlightenment. What is your method? What do you practice every day?'

'We walk, we eat, we wash ourselves, we sit down.'

What is so special about that? Everyone walks, eats, washes, sits down....'

'Sir, when we walk, we are aware that we are walking: when we eat, we are aware that we are eating... When others walk, eat, wash or sit down, they are generally not aware of what they are doing.'

In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power of concentration, bringing forth deep insight and awakening. Mindfulness is at the base all Buddhist practice.

First- Dukkha- "suffering" the existence of dissatisfaction

Second- Desire for things to be different

Third- End to a the cycle of wanting something, (affirms existence of nirvana)

Fourth- Eightfold path leading to nirvana

Began in China, then spread to Korea and Japan.

Zen Buddhism was brought to China by the Indian monk Bodhidharma in the 6th century CE. It was called Ch'an in China.

Zen spread to Korea in the 7th century CE and to Japan in the 12th century CE. It was popularised in the West by the Japanese scholar Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870 - 1966); although it was found in the West before that. Zen's golden age began with the Sixth Patriarch, Hui-neng (638-713), and ended with the persecution of Buddhism in China in the middle of the 9th century CE. Most of those we think of today as the great Zen masters came from this period. Zen Buddhism survived the persecution though it was never the same again in China.

Zen Buddhism is a combination of Indian

Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism

  • Satori is a Japanese term for "awakening".
  • Zen masters balance the practice of focus by cutting out unnecessary segments of life.

Complex Morals and Dangers of Satori

  • It is immoral to consider the "Zen mind" to have no limit.

"Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi" is the level of enlightenment that has been reached by Buddha.

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The Foundation of Satori

  • Satori is based on the differentiated methods of Buddhism practice.

What is Zen?

  • Many Zen Buddhists believe in the act of living a life of constant meditation without having to purposefully act or think about it.

Bibliography

Suzuki, D.T. An Introduction to Zen Buddhism. New York: Grove Press Inc., 1964.

Print.

Smith, Jean. The Beginner’s Guide to Zen Buddhism. New York: Bell Tower, 2000.

Print.

Noble Truths

Wright, Dale. Satori and the Moral Dimension of Enlightment. Los Angeles: Department of Religious Studies, Occidental College. Print.

"The diagnosis of the central problem of our existence, what caused the problem, that there is a solution for it, and what the 'cure' is" (Smith 105).

Satori

Basic Zen Teachings

  • Abstract thinking in an arrogant manner can be dangerous to Zen Buddhists
  • The morals of Satori in Zen Buddhism are revealed in individual practices of the religion.

Meditation

Background

& History

Origination

History

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