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Chapter 17 Zen Buddhism
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- 1Zena school of Buddhism that claims to represent the purest essence of Buddhist teachings
- origins track back to Siddhartha Gautama
pg. 424 - 2Siddhartha Gautamaalso know as the Buddah, who was a prince whose future was told that he would either become king like his father or a spiritual leader. His father wanted him to become asking so he kept him in a castle & spoiled him, when Siddhartha convince his father to let him out he witnessed a sick man, a dead man, and an old man which led him to become a spiritual leader
pg. 425 - 3BuddhaSiddhartha became know as Buddha when he became the awakened while laying in the bodhi tree, then he spent most of his years traveling and teaching others
pg. 425 - 4Tripitakathree collections of baskets of Buddha's teachings that were first orally passed down and then eventually were written down
pg. 425 - 5HinayanaSanskrit for small vehicle , a designation for the southern schools of Buddhism concerned with personal liberation, one of the major two divisions of Buddhism
pg. 425 - 6TheravadaPali for the teaching of the elders, the form of Buddhism dominant in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. Sometimes referred to as the Hinayana
pg. 425 - 7MahayanaSanskrit for great vehicle, one of the two major divisions of Buddhism, concerned with the liberation of all sentient beings
pg. 425 - 8BodhisattvaA person who vows to dedicate life to the salvation of all sentient beings, not accepting full liberation until all others are free from suffering
pg. 425 - 9Dependent originationThe Buddhist concept of interconnected causality
pg. 426 - 10Eternalist position vs. annihilationist positionEternalist: one extreme, where a person's soul or atman continues eternally
Annihilationist: postulation that a human being is completely destroyed at death
pg. 426 - 11DharmaSanskirt for truth or law of the universe discovered by the Buddha; the Buddha's teaching
pg. 426 - 12Three Characteristics of existenceAnicca: ( impermanence), means that everything is always changing, nothing is immutable or permanent
Dukkha: (suffering), refers to the dissatisfaction and distress that results from both attachment and aversion
Anatta:( nonself), sets Buddhism apart from practically all other religious, philosophical, and psychological theories and positions
pg. 427 - 13Four Noble TruthsThe essence of the practical teaching of the Buddha, specifying the nature of suffering, its cause, its cessation, and the path to accomplish liberation from suffering
pg. 427 - 14Eightfold PathThe Buddha's prescription for living constituting the fourth Noble truth, the middle way. leading to nirvana
pg. 428 - 15Karmavolitional action, whether of word, deed, or thought. Every action has effects or consequences that rebound. One could hardly expect to free oneself from suffering while inflicting it on others
pg. 428 - 16Skandhasfive group of elements: form, feeling, perceptions, impulses, and cnsciousness
pg. 428 - 17Nirvanathe ultimate state of mind in Buddhism, mental state, in which all cravings, desires, and dualistic ideas have been completely extinguished, through the complete realization of anicca and anatta
pg. 429 - 18Vijnanaconsciousness, the last of the five skandhas, is multilayered concept, including both conscious and unconscious aspects
pg. 430 - 19manovijnanathought consciousness, the integrating basis of the five sense consciousness, functions as a sixth sense that allows for the awareness of thoughts concerning what we see, hear, smell, taste, or touch
pg. 430 - 20Manasmind, where the information is given further cognitive processing through memory, evaluation, conception, and imagination, the level where we become aware of being aware
pg, 431 - 21alayavijnanastorehouse consciousness, which is the passive or potential ground out of which emerge the other seven consciousness
pg. 431 - 22TaosimA Chinese Philosophy and way of life based on teachings of Lao-tse stressing harmony with the tao
pg. 432 - 23TaoThe way of nature, which is inexpressible in words, and stressed the desirability of harmonizing with nature
pg. 432 - 24Yin & YangYin: Chinese Taoist term for the negative, feminine, passive, internal, aspect of the complementary yin & yang polarity
Yang: Chinese Taoist term for positive, masculine, active, external aspect of the complementary yin & yang polarity
pg. 432 - 25Zazensitting meditation indispensable for of zen practice, traditionally practiced sitting cross-legged on a firm, round cushion,maintaining a precise physical posture for a period of time
pg. 432 - 26Rinzaione of the two major schools of Zen Buddhism in Japan, stressing the use of koans and zazen to reach enlightenment
pg. 433 - 27Koansoften used as themes for Zen meditation. means public document, consists of an apparently paradoxical anecdote, statement , or questions that has no logical, rational, intellectual solution as long as the student continues functioning at the level of the relative (realm of duality)
pg. 433 - 28SotoOne of the two major schools of Zen Buddhism in japan, stressing the practice of zazen as shikantaza and the identity of practice and enlightenment
pg. 433 - 29ShikantazaJapanese for "just Sitting", the form of zazen practice stressed particularly in the Soto Zen tradition
pg. 433 - 30Kinhina slow walk performed between consecutive periods of zazen, while maintaining concentration and mindfulness
pg. 434 - 31minfdulnessa discipline of noting thoughts and feelings without becoming enmeshed in them
pg. 434 - 32Gathasshort verses to help focus attention on the task at hand by mentally dedicating the activity to the benefit of all sentient beings
pg. 434 - 33Gasshoform ff Zen practice, the putting together of the hands, palm, to palm, is a symbol of nonduality
pg. 434 - 34autotelicall zen activities are activities that contain their own goal
pg. 436 - 35bowingnot an act of worship but an action expressing respect and gratitude
pg. 436 - 36eatingcan also be a form of Zen practice, whether done with traditional oryoki bowls often used in Zen centers and monasteries, or in the everyday setting of the western dining room
pg. 436 - 37Bompu ZenZen practiced for a profit, such as mental health, stress management, improved sports performance, inner peace, or effective salesmanship
pg. 437 - 38Gedo Zenis practiced unconnected with Buddha's teachings, people of diverse religious backgrounds may use zen to deepen their religious experiences
pg. 437 - 39Shojo Zen"small vehicle", is zazen practiced for the sake of one's own liberation form suffering or for one's personal enlightenment
pg. 437 - 40daijo Zen (great vehicle)is practiced for the sake of liberating all sentient beings, seeking enlightenment to help others
pg. 437 - 41Saijojo Zengreat & perfect practice, zazen practiced for the sake of practicing zazen, with no idea of gain and no expectations
pg. 437 - 42Satorimean enlightenment, cannot be communicated with words, any more than words could communicate the experience of color to someone who is blind
pg. 437 - 43Morita TherapyA system of psychotherapy developed in Japan early in the twentieth century by Shoma Morita, combining elements of Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
pg. 441 - 44shinkeishitsuneuroses grouped under this name, overlap primarily with anxiety disorders in the DSM-IV classification
pg. 441 - 45Naikanintrospective therapy emphasizes the development of a sense of responsibility and obligation in the patient, consonant with the principle of interconnectedness or dependent origination stressed in all Buddhist schools
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