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ZEN BUDDHISM
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ZEN BUDDHISM
Origins of zen
- Began in China, when Bodhidarma brought Buddhism there.
- Influenced by Taoism
- The word Zen comes from the Sanskrit word for meditation
Is Zen just a psychotherapy?
- Alan Watts thought Buddhism was a type of psychological therapy and NOT a religion. It is the transformation of one's consciousness from the deluded western idea of what we are: a homunculus who operates our body from inside our skull.
- We have to move away from the idea of a profound division between me and not me - we should try to act in union with nature.
- We consider that we must act in a certain way but it is only valuable if we choose to do so freely - paradoxical
- WE CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM THE WORLD IN WHICH WE EXIST - THIS DIVISION IS A HALLUCINATION
- We consider that we must act in a certain way but it is only valuable if we choose to do so freely - paradoxical
- We have to move away from the idea of a profound division between me and not me - we should try to act in union with nature.
- Alan Watts thought Buddhism was a type of psychological therapy and NOT a religion. It is the transformation of one's consciousness from the deluded western idea of what we are: a homunculus who operates our body from inside our skull.
AVIDYA
- We don't see the world as it is but rather as we have been taught to see it
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