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- Title
Chan ali zen? Izvor in transformacija Bodhidharmove šole meditacije.
- Authors
Rošker, Jana S.
- Abstract
The distinct school of Buddhist meditation, which is a modification of the teachings of Bodhidharma and is typical of the theories and practices of East Asian Buddhism, is known in the West by the Japanized name of Zen Buddhism. Few know that this school is actually a particular form of Chinese Buddhism, originally called Chan 禅. However, since the character 禅 is pronounced Zen in Japanese, the Japanese translation of the name of this school became established in Europe in the 19th century, when Japan was a bridge between Europe and the East Asian region during the colonization and modernization of East Asia. While this school of meditation was established and developed in China from the 6th century onward, the roots of the Japanized Chan, which developed in Japan under the name Zen, only date back to the 12th century, when the Buddhist monk Myōan Eisai introduced and spread it in Japan after his visit to China. This article aims to fill this gap in European knowledge about East Asian Buddhism and to correct misconceptions about the origin and nature of the Buddhist school in question. To this end, it briefly presents the history of Chinese Chan Buddhism and explains its origin and development, which is based on a synthesis of Buddhism, Daoism and original Confucianism.
- Subjects
JAPAN; BUDDHIST meditation; BUDDHIST monks; TAOISM; CHINESE history; COLONIZATION; ZEN Buddhism; BUDDHISM
- Publication
Ars & Humanitas, 2022, Vol 16, Issue 2, p91
- ISSN
1854-9632
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4312/ars.16.2.91-109