[Revised entry by Shigenori Nagatomo on March 7, 2024.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
Zen, like the other forms of Buddhism, aims at the perfection or realization of personhood. To this end, sitting meditation called “za-zen” (坐禅) is a foundational method of prāxis across the various schools of this Buddha-Way – which is not an ideology, but a way of living. Through za-zen the Zen practitioner attempts to embody non-discriminatory wisdom vis-a-vis the meditational experience known as “satori.” A process of…

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