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The Five Dhyani Buddhas – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 16, 2019 Resources
The Five Dhyani Buddhas – The Zen Universe
Vairochana – Akshobhya – Ratnasambhava – Amitabha – Amogasiddhi In Mahayana Buddhism, and particularly in Vajrayana (Tantric) Buddhism, the Five Dhyani Buddhas are a group of five “self-born” celestial …
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Happy Vesak Day! – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Events, Resources, Temples
Happy Vesak Day! – The Zen Universe
In 21 May 2016, Buddhists around the world are celebrating Vesak – the birth, Enlightenment, and passing away of the Buddha Gautama. The Vesak is one of the most …
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Mahayana Buddhism – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Resources
Mahayana Buddhism – The Zen Universe
Mahayana, ( Sanskrit: “Greater Vehicle” – literally, the “Greater Ox-Cart”)  is a spiritual movement that arose within Indian Buddhism around the beginning of the Common Era and became by …
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Bojjhanga – the Seven Factors of Enlightenment – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Resources
Bojjhanga – the Seven Factors of Enlightenment – The Zen Universe
Bojjhanga (Pali: satta bojjhaṅgā or satta sambojjhaṅgā; Skt.: sapta bodhyanga) are the seven qualities that both lead to Enlightenment and also describe Enlightenment. The Buddha referred to these factors …
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Ikebana – a Japanese Flower Arrangement Art – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 History, Resources, Temples
Ikebana – a Japanese Flower Arrangement Art – The Zen Universe
Ikebana or kado is the beautiful, often strikingly minimalist, Japanese flower arrangement art. Ikebana means “giving life to flowers” and kado translates as “the way of flowers”. While flower …
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Schools of Buddhism – Theravada Buddhism – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Events, Resources, Temples
Schools of Buddhism – Theravada Buddhism – The Zen Universe
Theravada Buddhism is sometimes called ‘Southern Buddhism’. The name means ‘the doctrine of the elders’ – the elders being the senior Buddhist monks. This school of Buddhism believes that …
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Uji – Time-Being – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Resources
Uji – Time-Being – The Zen Universe
Dogen was a prolific writer who captured his knowledge and experience of Zen Buddhism in a large body of texts. Shobogenzo (“Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye”), a spiritual …
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The Five Nyamas – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Events, Resources
The Five Nyamas – The Zen Universe
Buddha taught there are five types of factors at work in the cosmos that cause things to happen, called the Five Niyamas. The ‘five niyamas’ are the five kinds …
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Hinayana and Mahayana. Similarities and Differences – The Zen Universe

K. M. August 15, 2019 Resources
Hinayana and Mahayana. Similarities and Differences – The Zen Universe
The Buddha was a totally realized being who manifested a human birth in India in the fifth century B.C.E. in order to be able to teach other human beings …
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Dogen Zenji (also known as Joyo Daishi)

K. M. August 15, 2019 Events, Koan, Motion picture, Resources, Temples
Dogen Zenji (also known as Joyo Daishi)
Eihei Dogen,  also known as Joyo Daishi or Kigen Dogen (19 Jan. 1200, Kyoto, Japan—22 Sept. 1253, Kyoto), was born into a family of the court nobility. At the age …
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