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Zen
JAPAN · 2009

Zen

Banmei Takahashi
Zen Buddhism Meditation Spiritual Enlightenment Japanese History Philosophy
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Synopsis

In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).

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