Zen Buddhism

Zen Buddhism knowledge entities: 7 entries, 4 source-reviewed internal relationships.

Zen Buddhism 7 entities · 4 relationships

Koan 公案

Zen Buddhism · practice
→ Sudden Enlightenment Pedagogically related: Koans are a tool for triggering sudden enlightenment
→ Memento Mori Interpretively related: Both use provocative questions/thoughts to confront fundamental truths about existence

Sudden Enlightenment 顿悟

Zen Buddhism · concept
→ Koan Pedagogically related: Koans are a tool for triggering sudden enlightenment
→ Zazen Comparatively related: Sudden enlightenment contrasts with gradual cultivation through zazen
→ Bodhidharma Pedagogically related: Bodhidharma's Chan emphasized direct, sudden awakening
→ Nirvana Interpretively related: Nirvana is realized through the wisdom of enlightenment

Zazen 坐禅

Zen Buddhism · practice
→ Stillness Pedagogically related: Zazen is the Zen practice of stillness
→ Sudden Enlightenment Comparatively related: Sudden enlightenment contrasts with gradual cultivation through zazen
→ Eightfold Path Comparatively related: Zazen is a practice of Right Concentration — the eighth factor of the Eightfold Path
→ Bodhidharma Historically related: Bodhidharma brought seated meditation (zazen) as the core Chan practice

Bodhidharma 菩提达摩

Zen Buddhism · person
→ Zazen Historically related: Bodhidharma brought seated meditation (zazen) as the core Chan practice
→ Sudden Enlightenment Pedagogically related: Bodhidharma's Chan emphasized direct, sudden awakening
→ Mindfulness Pedagogically related: Bodhidharma taught wall-gazing meditation as mindfulness practice
→ Stillness Pedagogically related: Bodhidharma's wall-gazing is a radical practice of inner stillness

Huineng 慧能

Zen Buddhism · person

Dogen 道元

Zen Buddhism · person

Zen (Chan Buddhism) 禅

Zen Buddhism · tradition
→ Tao Interpretively related: Both value spontaneity and direct experience — Zen sudden enlightenment vs Taoist ziran (naturalness) — but from different philosophical foundations.