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Frequently Asked Questions from alt.zen
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"Frequently Asked Questions from alt.zen
What's in this FAQ?
What is Zen? (the simple question)
What is Zen? (the real question)
Why do people post such nonsense to this group?
Instructions for the practice of zazen (sitting meditation)
Glossary, some terms related to Zen Buddhism briefly defined
On the use of words
Introductory reading list
About this FAQ (editors note)
What is Zen? (the simple question)
Zen is short for Zen Buddhism. It is sometimes called a religion
and sometimes called a philosophy. Choose whichever term you prefer;
it simply doesn't matter.
Historically, Zen Buddhism originates in the teachings of Siddhartha
Gautama. Around 500 B.C. he was a prince in what is now India. At
the age of 29, deeply troubled by the suffering he saw around him, he
renounced his privileged life to seek understanding. After 6 years of
struggling as an ascetic he finally achieved Enlightenment at age 35.
After this he was known as the Buddha (meaning roughly "one who is
awake"). In a nutshell, he realized that everything is subject
to change and that suffering and discontentment are the result of
attachment to circumstances and things which, by their nature, are
impermanent. By ridding oneself of these attachments, including
attachment to the false notion of self or "I", one can be free of
suffering.
The teachings of the Buddha have, to this day, been passed down from
teacher to student. Around 475 A.D. one of these teachers, Bodhidharma,
traveled from India to China and introduced the teachings of the Buddha
there. In China Buddhism mingled with Taoism. The result of this
mingling was the Ch'an School of Buddhism. Around 1200 A.D. Ch'an
Buddhism spread from China to Japan where it is called (at least in
translation) Zen Buddhism.
What is Zen? (the real question)
This question basically asks "What is the essence of Zen?". It
appears in various guises throughout Zen literature, from "What is the
meanin"
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