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Chapter 17: Zen Buddhism
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- 1introduction of zen to the west~ Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki = often credited w/ singlehandedly introducing Zen Buddhism to the West
~ follower of the Rinzai school of Zen
~ later Alan Watts popularized ideas of Suzuki in America - 2zenschool of Buddhism claiming to represent purest essence of Buddhist teachings
~ origins trace back to story of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) - 3Siddhartha Gautama~ Buddha
~ born a prince and when he was born it was prophesized that he would either be a great sage or a conquering monarch
~ father preferred that he be a conquering monarch so he surrounded Siddhartha w/ a wealthy lifestyle
~ finally got permission from father to go out and see the city that he was going to rule - 4Siddhartha Gautama - cont'd~ saw all the suffering in the city and was so moved that he decided to leave his wealthy life and family to find a solution for human suffering
~ left in the middle of the night when he was 29 YO
~ trained under greatest Yoga teachers for 6 years and reached the highest level of awareness that his teachers had accomplished - 5Siddhartha Gautama - cont'd~ desperate, left the ascetic practices that brought him near death and accepted food, regained his strength, and sat under a great peepul tree (became known as the bodhi tree or the tree of enlightenment)
~ determined not to rise again until found the answer to suffering and 7 days later he rose as Buddha (The Awakened One) - was then 35 YO - 6Tripitakathree collections/"baskets" containing the original written form of Buddha's teachings
~ believed to have been written in an ancient Indic language, Pali - 7branches of Buddhism1. Theravada canon - dominant in parts of Southeast Asia
2. Mahayana - primarily uses Sanskrit version of the Tripitaka and recognizes a large number of additional scriptures not in the Pali canon - 8Theravada Buddhismstresses renunciation of worldly life and a monastic lifestyle, wanting to develop practitioner into an arhat (sage who through practice and discipline is liberated from suffering)
- 9Mahayana Buddhismaccepts that enlightenment is also possible for lay practitioners (w/o giving up their worldly life)
- 10bodhisattvaa person who vows to dedicate life to the salvation of all sentient beings w/o accepting full liberation until all others are free of suffering
- 11dharmadoctrine, truth, or law
- 12anicca"impermanence"
~ everything is always changing; nothing is immutable or permanent - 13dukkha"suffering"
~ the dissatisfaction and distress that results from both attachment and aversion - 14the Four Noble Truths1. the truth of suffering
2. the truth of the cause of suffering
3. the truth of the end of suffering
4. the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering - 15the truth of sufferingsuffering = the universal dissatisfaction that characterizes human existence
~ our perception of pain, illness old age, and death - 16the truth of the cause of sufferingidentifying the causal conditions on which suffering depends
- 17the truth of the end of sufferingto bring our suffering to an end we must cease the self-defeating liking and disliking that causes it
- 18the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering - the eightfold pathright understanding, right thinking, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration
- 19right understandingunderstanding interconnectedness and impermanence of everything
- 20right thinkingcultivating thoughts of selfless detachment, compassion, non-harming, and extending these to all sentient beings
- 21right speechabstaining from lying, slander, gossip, and injurious speech
- 22right actionacting in ways that will benefit and not cause suffering to others or oneself
- 23right livelihoodavoiding ways of making a living that are based on the exploitation of the suffering of animals or people
- 24right effortcutting off unwholesome thoughts before they can be transformed into actions and nurturing wholesome ones
- 25right mindfulnessmaintaining full awareness of our actions and experiences in the present moment and their likely consequences
- 26right concentrationthe disciplining, concentration, and one-pointedness of mind resulting from the practice of meditation
- 27karmavolitional action whether of word, deed or thought
~ every action has effects or consequences that rebound - 28skandhaselements
~ form, feelings, perceptions, impulses, and consciousness - 29nirvanathe ultimate state of mind in Buddhism
~ a mental state in which all cravings, desires, and dualistic ideas have been completely extinguished through the complete realization of anicca and anatta - 30alayavijnanastorehouse consciousness
~ the passive or potential ground out of which emerge the other seven consciousnesses - 31Taoismvery compatible with the ways of Buddhism
~ Lao-tse referred to the absolute as the Tao or the "way" of Nature - 32yin and yangyin = the feminine, receptive, internal, negative aspect of nature
yang = the masculine, active, external, positive aspect - 33zazenan indispensable form of Zen practice
~ traditionally practiced sitting cross-legged on a firm, round cushion - 34kinhinslow walk performed between consecutive periods of zazen while maintaining concentration and mindfulness
- 35gathasshort verses to help focus attention on the task at hand by mentally dedicating the activity to the benefit of all sentient beings
- 36gasshothe putting together of the hands palm to palm
- 37five approaches to zen practicebompu zen, gedo zen, shojo zen, daijo zen, saijojo zen
- 38satorithe reflective illumination or awakening of zen
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