Zen and the psychological significance of meditation as related to believing

Frontiers in Psychology

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Li-Jie Du¹ 

[1] Department of Sociology, College of Philosophy, Law, and Politics, Shanghai Normal University

关键词: Sitting meditation;    Zen Buddhism;    Psychological significance;    Mental Health;    Rinzai Zen;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1033021

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Zen Buddhism, which advocates the practice of Zen meditation, is an essential school of Buddhism. Zen Buddhism was founded by the first Bodhidharma, who came to China from India, to the sixth master Huineng 慧能, who developed five schools and seven sects. It became the primary school of Chinese Buddhism after the Mid and Late Tang Dynasty. But after the Southern Song Dynasty, only two schools (Rinzai and Caodong 曹洞) were prevalent and brought to Japan, while the rest were not transmitted to subsequent generations. As an important school of Japanese Zen, Rinzai Zen originated mainly from the Lin-ji branch of Chinese Zen Buddhism (Chinese: Lin-ji zong, 临济宗). This meant that a disciple's satori could be directly imparted and received through the teacher's word. Some religious scholars reiterate the well-worn truism that the scholar has no direct access to the inner experience of the mystic but only access to a verbal or written account of this experience. But this claim relies on a linguistic assumption that may not be shared by the mystics themselves (Johnson, 2017).

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