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... basic forms . .
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Fall 2002, University Center (Directions),
Cayo Room (#210)
- W, 6:45-8:15 p.m -- zazen and kinhin (sitting and walking
meditation)
- Th, 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm -- zazen and kinhin
- Th, 7 - 8:30 p.m -- zazen and kinhin
What is
Zen
How to Practice
zazen (Zen meditation)
Dai
Bosatsu Zendo Kongo-ji (the American
Rinzai-Zen monastery)
Buddhist Sutras and
Chanting
Zen
Practice on Campus of TAMU-CC
(Directions)
Zen
Practice in Corpus Christi and in
Texas
Recommended
additional readings and documents
Zen
Links
What is Zen?
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A special transmission outside the
scriptures;
Not depending on words or letters;
Directly pointing at one's mind;
Seeing into one's true nature and the attainment of
Buddhahood.
Bodhidharma (470?-543?)
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Sitting Daruma (Bodhidharma) by
Zen Master Seisetsu (1986 - 1945)
The calligraphy reads:
"No one travels in the wilderness under the autumn sky
The horsehair [whisk] from the east arrives, who is
it?"
According to the legend, when the Indian sage Bodhidharma (the
28th Buddhist Patriarch and the 1st Zen patriarch in
China) arrived from India, the Emperor asked him what merit was
gained from endowing Buddhist temples and monasteries. Bodhidharma
answered, "No merit." The Emperor then inquired about the basic
principle of Zen. Bodhidharma replied, "Vast emptiness, nothing
sacred." Who, then, now stands before me?" asked the
Emperor. Bodhidharma replied, "Fushiki" ("Not knowing,"
"I don't know" ).
The Emperor did not understand. Thus, Bodhidharma left and settled
in the mountain monastery of Shao-lin where he practiced unmovable
zazen (sitting Zen). Hui-k'o found his way to the master and,
after an impressive proof of his "will for truth," was accepted
as a disciple. Eventually he become the second Patriarch of Zen in
China.
The Japanese word Zen(na) (Chinese Ch'an(na);
Sanskrit Dhyana) refers to the unity of mind which can be
obtained through spiritual practice. One form of this practice
involves motionless sitting -- zazen (sometimes referred to,
in the West, as meditation). Other forms of Zen practice involve
walking, chanting, or eating. In each case practitioners aim at
achieving the state of wisdom and inner peace.
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zazen
(meditation)
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Zazen
instructions available on the web:
Buddhist Sutras and
Chanting
Links
