Zen Buddhism

Buddhism is not a religion it's more of a meditative practice. There is no place of worship, book, ritual, or preaching. You're mainly focusing on your inner self through meditation.

Objective is To...

• Clear the mind of conventional thoughts/practices
• Put an end to ones ego to achieve the understanding to one's nature
• Achieve a state of awakening

Philosophy Of Zen

Practices/its use in all aspects of life

• Meditation
• Concentration
• Self-discipline
• Tea Ceremony
• Landscape Designs
• Martial Arts

The 4 Noble Truths are...

• Life means suffering
• The origin of suffering is attachment
• The cessation of suffering is attainable
• The path to the cessation of suffering

The Eightfold Path

• Right View
• Right Intention
• Right Speech
• Right Action
• Right Livelihood
• Right Effort
• Right Mindfulness
• Right Concentration

Parables- Is a word-picture that uses an image or story to illustrate a truth or lesson.
The Zen parable is to help us understand that the meaning and answer to life are really very simple and quite often right in front of us.