Introducing Buddha: A Graphic Guide by Jane Hope & Borin van Loon

Author:Jane Hope & Borin van Loon [Hope, Jane & Loon, Borin van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion, Buddhism, General, Study Aids, Tibetan, Zen, Philosophy, History, Biography & Autobiography, Philosophers, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural & Social, Religious, Rituals & Practice, Buddhist, Sociology of Religion, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Theravada
ISBN: 9781848317680
Google: OfOmAwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00KFEJNY0
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Published: 2014-06-04T16:00:00+00:00

Hui-Neng established the two pillars of Zen practice - Zazen meditation and koan study.

Zazen meditation was essentially similar to techniques taught elsewhere. It was in Zazen that the intellectual understanding of Buddha-nature could transform into direct personal affirmation of the truth.

Koan study was an entirely new development unique to Zen. A koan is a phrase of the Buddha, a teaching on Zen realization or an episode from the life of a teacher. Each koan points to the nature of ultimate reality. Paradox is essential, as it transcends conceptual or logical thought.

The first koan was a phrase of Hui-Neng. A monk asked him:

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