ZEN BUDDHISM

ORGINS OF ZEN BUDDIHISM

• Formed in 650 C.E
• Has 10,000,000 followers
• Arrived in Japan in the tenth century
• Origin: meditation
• Zen forms practice for many arts eg painting calligraphy and so on
• Zen was popular amount samurai for discipline and self control

GODS

• The Zen Buddhists don't believe in god
• The Buddha was for teaching purposes
• Buddha was a teacher that taught people the four nobel truths
• Buddha isn't a god

BELIEFS

• Zen Buddhists believe that all life and existence is based on a kind of dynamic emptiness of a void.
• The word "zen" is the Japanese way of pronouncing the Chinese word "chan" which means emptiness or void.
• Zen Buddhists attempt to understand the meaning of life, without being misled by logical thought or language.
• Some people often explain Zen Buddhism as being paradoxical because it requires intense discipline and if that is practised properly

PLACES OF WORSHIP

• The Buddhist worship in groups that can vary 10-100 people in a temple
• But the daily practice would be at their home
• The room would contain a shrine, incense, candles and a statue or image of Buddha
• The buddhist would chant one of teh many buddhist chants

RULES

• There are five rules in Zen Buddhism
• They were not allowed to be violent nor kill
• They had to respect the property of other the could not steal
• They had to vow to exercise and take care Of Their mind And body
• They had to be conscious in relationships

TRADITIONS

• Meditation

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO BUDDHISMS

• Buddhism was found in India while Zen was found in China
• Buddhism was found by Gautama Buddha and zen was found by those who broke away from buddhism

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.gardendigest.com/zen/ten.htm
• http://people.opposingviews.com/buddhist-worship-6542.html
• http://www.diffen.com/difference/Buddhism_vs_Zen