The origin and characteristics of Zen Buddhism, and the characteristics of Chinese Zen Buddhism?

Zen Buddhism: One of the Chinese Buddhist sects.

Zen Buddhism is based on non-thought, non-appearance, and non-dwelling, and its characteristic is "clear mind".

Zen Buddhism began with Bodhidharma, flourished in the six ancestors Huineng, and became the mainstream of Han Buddhism after the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and is also one of the most important symbols of Han Buddhism. Most of the Chinese Buddhist sects came from India, but only Tiantai, Huayan and Chan Buddhism were the three indigenous Buddhist sects that developed independently from China.

Among them, the most unique character of Zen Buddhism is: "Do not establish words, do not teach outside the teaching; Pointing directly to people's hearts, seeing nature and becoming a Buddha".

"Chinese Zen Buddhism" is a book published by Guangxi Normal University Press on March 1, 2006, and the author is Liu Changchang.

People in Buddhism often say that Zen is to convey the heart from the heart, and it is unspeakable, "to say it is wrong". But if we don't say anything, how can the world know the essence of Zen? With this in mind, the author of this book speaks of Zen and writes about Zen, and introduces in detail the basic meaning of Zen, the method of practice, and the relationship between traditional Chinese culture.

Buddhism and Zen Buddhism are a combination of tolerance and tolerance, and the scope of Buddhism is very wide, while Zen Buddhism is a sect of the eight Chinese sects of Buddhism.

The ancestral garden of Zen Buddhism is the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, Henan, which has the reputation of "the first temple in the world", because the temple is located in the dense forest of Shaolin Mountain. Hence the name. In the twentieth year of Taihe of the Northern Wei Dynasty (496 AD), Emperor Xiaoyi built for the Buddha Zen Master, and established the temple for the Buddha on Shaomu Mountain.

Satidharma came here, condensed the wall view in the temple, established Zen Buddhism, and rebuilt it many times in the past dynasties.

Zen Buddhism, also known as the Buddha's Heart Sect, is not Han Buddhism, but it is not separated from Han Buddhism, it is a native Buddhism with Chinese characteristics - Han Buddhism (that is, Zen Buddhism). Zen Buddhism was originally introduced to China by the Shaolin Temple, so the Shaolin Temple is the birthplace of Zen Buddhism. Therefore, Shaolin Temple is both a branch of Buddhism and a branch of Zen Buddhism.

Buddhism was officially introduced to China after BC. Different from the cultural tradition of India, the translation of Buddhist scriptures that began as soon as Buddhism was introduced to China was based on the official organization of the Emperor's Sullen Chamber, the Gaoque Defeated Monks, and the written system translation under a strict system, forming the Eight Sects of the Han Dynasty.

In addition to Zen Buddhism, the rest of the eight ancestral courts of the Han Dynasty are as follows.

Tiantai Ancestral Garden - Guoqing Temple of Tiantai Mountain, Zhejiang Province.

Three Treatises on the Ancestral Court - Caotang Temple in Xi'anhu County, Shaanxi, Qixia Temple in the suburbs of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

The ancestral court of the Faxiang Sect - the Great Ci'en Temple in Xi'an, Shaanxi, that is, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Xingjiao Temple in Chang'an District, Shaanxi.

The ancestral court of Huayan Sect (Xian Shouzong) - Huayan Temple in Chang'an District, Xi'an, Shaanxi.

The ancestral court of Vinaya (Nanshan Sect) - Xi'an Pure Industry Temple, Shaanxi.

Tantric (Shingon Buddhism) ancestral court - Daxingshan Temple and Qinglong Temple in Xi'an, Shaanxi.

The ancestral court of the Pure Land Sect (Lotus Sect) - Xiangji Temple in Xi'an, Shaanxi, Donglin Temple in Lushan, Jiangxi, and Xuanzhong Temple in Shibi Valley in the northwest of Jiaocheng, Shanxi.