Zen

School·Founded 520 CE·several million worldwide

Vedic Religion → Buddhism → Mahāyāna → Zen → 3 branches

Branch

Rites & Ritual

what its people do — and when All 1 →
Ongoing
Sesshin. Dawn-to-night sitting for days — the schedule does the arguing. When periodic — days of intensive sittingWho the sangha Go deeper — context →

The Interior

the states the practice aims at All 1 →
Kensho — seeing one's nature. The sudden opening the koan is engineered to produce: brief, unmistakable, and — every teacher warns — not the end of practice but its true beginning. Go deeper — context →
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