Zen Buddhism Concepts

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The 3 Goals of Zen : (by Hakuun Yasutani)

  1. Development of concentration
  2. Awakening
  3. Realization of Zen in daily life
The 5 Kinds of Zen : (by Hakuun Yasutani)

  1. Bompu-- aimed bodily & mental health
  2. Gedo--    spiritual contemplations
  3. Shojo--   the Hinayana
  4. Dayo--    the Mahayana
  5. Saijojo-- practice is enlightenment
The 5 Ranks :

  1. The relative within the Absolute
  2. The Absolute within the relative
  3. Coming from within the Absolute
  4. Arrival at mutual integration 
  5. Unity attained.
The 3 Mysterious Gates : (by Linji Yixuan)

1. The Mystery in the Essence :-- 
The use of Buddhist philosophy to explain the interpretation of all phenomena. 

2. The Mystery in the Word :--
Using the Hua Tou for the process of gradually disentangling practitioners from conceptual working of the mind. 

3. The Mystery in the Mystery :--
It involves completely non-conceptual expressions which are intended to remove all of the defects implicit in conceptual understanding. 

The 4 Ways of Knowing : (by Asanga)

  1. The perfection of action
  2. The observing knowing
  3. Universal knowing
  4. Great mirror knowing 
The 8 Consciousness :

  • 5 senses
  • Cognition/ Consciousness
  • Mind
  • Memory
The 4 Gates on the Buddhist Path :

  1. Inspiration
  2. Practice
  3. Awakening
  4. Nirvana 
The 3 Pillars of Zen : (by R.P. Kapleau)

  1. Teaching
  2. Practice
  3. Enlightenment


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