Search results
Hace 9 horas · A History. Part One: India and China: "Zen (Chin. Ch'an, an abbreviation of ch'an-na, which transliterates the Sanskrit Dhyāna (Devanagari: ध्यान) or its Pali cognate Jhāna (Sanskrit; Pāli झान), terms meaning "meditation") is the name of a Mahāyāna Buddhist school of meditation originating in China.
Hace 9 horas · Traditionally, Tibetan Buddhism follows the two main approaches to meditation or mental cultivation ( bhavana) taught in all forms of Buddhism, śamatha (Tib. Shine) and vipaśyanā ( lhaktong ). The practice of śamatha (calm abiding) is one of focusing one's mind on a single object such as a Buddha figure or the breath.
