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Zen

Zen (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Japanese pronunciation: ; from Chinese: Chan; in Korean: Seon, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the…

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Chữ Hán
Hangul
Hanja
Hanyu Pinyin
Chán
Hokkien POJ
Siân
IPA
[ʈʂʰǎn]

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Zen

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Edges505
Triples570
Avg. degree2
Density0.003953
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Zen

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related to Esoteric practices · 40
Zen → According, Another, Baotang, Chan, Chan Buddhists, Chaosong, Chinese Chan, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Depending, Dunhuang, Five Wisdom Buddhas, Guanyin, Henrik Sørensen, In, In Chinese Chan, Influential, Japanese Soto Zen, Jingxian, Kwan Um, Kwanseum Bosal
related to Further reading · 32
Zen → Alan Watts, Beginner's Mind, Blyth, Ch'an, Charles Luk, Essays, First Series, Katsuki Sekida, Lu K'uan Yu, Methods, Mind, Modern, Nyogen Senzaki, Outside, Paul Reps, Philip Kapleau, Philosophy, Second Series, Shunryu Suzuki, Suzuki
related to Important scriptures · 32
Zen → At, Avatamsaka Sutra, Awakening, Buddhism, Buddhist, China, Chinese, Daoxin, Diamond Sutra, East Mountain School, Faith, Fifth Patriarch Hongren, Hongren, Huike, Important, Lankavatara Sutra, Mahaparinirvana Sutra, Other, Perfect Enlightenment, Platform Sutra
related to Traditions · 32
Zen → Both, Caodong, CE, Ch, Chan, China, Dahui Zonggao, Dharma Drum Mountain, Dongshan Liangjie, During, Dōgen, Gentō Sokuchū, Hongzhi Zhengjue, Japan, Japanese, Korea, Linji, Linji Yixuan, Nam, Recently
related to Literature · 31
Zen → Anthology, AwakeningRecords, Blue Cliff Record, Book, Ch, Collections, Equanimity, Faith, Fukanzazengi, Gateless Barrier, Huangbo's Essential, Important Zen, Lamp, Lankavatara, Linji Yulu, Masters, Mazu, Meditation, Mind, Mind Transmission
related to Physical cultivation · 30
Zen → According, By, Chan, Chan Buddhist, Chinese, Chinese Buddhism, Eight, Henan, Illustrated Exposition, In China, Internal Techniques, Japanese, Korean Seon, Ming, Neigong, Shaolin, Shaolin Monastery, Shaolin's, Sheng Yen, Sun Wukong
related to Chanting and rituals · 25
Zen → An, Avalokiteśvara, Avalokiteśvara Sutra, Buddha, Buddhas, Cantongqi/Sandokai, Ch, Dhāraṇīs, Guanyin, Heart Sutra, Japanese, Jp, Kṣitigarbha, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Manjushri, Most Zen, Nīlakaṇṭha Dhāraṇī, Practitioners, Precious Mirror Samadhi
related to Doctrine · 22
Zen → Buddha-nature, Buddhist, Chinese Madhyamaka, East Asian Buddhism, East Asian Buddhist, Guifeng Zongmi, Jinul, Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, Linji, Mahayana, Mahayana Buddhist, Nevertheless, Nirvana, Prajñaparamita, Rinzai-focused, Some Zen, Sānlùn, Various Zen, Wéishí, Yogachara
related to Non-duality · 21
Zen → Awakening, Buddhist, Ch, Chinese Buddhist, Difference, Faith, Five Ranks, Harmony, In, It, Jp, Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, Mahayana, Mind, One, Sameness, Skt, The Platform Sutra, This, Tozan
related to Organization and institutions · 20
Zen → America, Buddhist, Ch, Chinese Dharma Drum Mountain, Fo Guang Shan, In Japan, Japanese Rinzai, Japanese Sōtō, Jp, Korean Jogye, Ningen Zen Kyodan, Sanbo Kyodan, Some, Soto Zen Buddhist Association, Taego, These Zen, Though, Vinaya, Zen-schools, Zen-tradition

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chan also meditation practice school chinese like japanese buddhism buddhist linji china mind masters teachings modern sources sutra practices one

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ZenChữ Hán1.00infobox
ZenHangul1.00infobox
ZenHanja1.00infobox
ZenHanyu PinyinChán1.00infobox
ZenHokkien POJSiân1.00infobox
ZenIPA[ʈʂʰǎn]1.00infobox
ZenJyutpingSim41.00infobox
ZenKanaぜん1.00infobox
ZenKanji1.00infobox
ZenMiddle Chinesedʑjen1.00infobox
ZenPha̍k-fa-sṳSàm1.00infobox
ZenRevised RomanizationSeon1.00infobox
ZenRomanizationZen1.00infobox
ZenSimplified Chinese1.00infobox
ZenTraditional Chinese1.00infobox
ZenTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinChánWade–GilesCh'an2IPA[ʈʂʰǎn]HakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳSàmYue: CantoneseJyutpingSim4Southern MinHokkien POJSiânTâi-lôSiânMiddle ChineseMiddle…1.00infobox
ZenTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised RomanizationSeon1.00infobox
ZenTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationZen1.00infobox
ZenTâi-lôSiân1.00infobox
ZenVietnamese alphabetThiền1.00infobox
ZenWade–GilesCh'an21.00infobox
Zenis aform of Mahayana Buddhism0.90text
Zenis aabsence of a duality between the perceiving subject and the perceived object0.90text
Zenis aunbroken lineage that has transmitted the enlightened Buddha-mind from the time of Shakyamuni Buddha to the present0.90text

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