Tibetan & Zen

By Patric StrauelMr. WoottonWorld Religions11/

Zen Buddhism

The word Zen means meditation. This religion teaches that

enlightenment is through discovering that the person is already enlightened.

Zen Buddhism is traced to its origins in India

Though it was only made a formal Religion in China

Zen Buddhism is know as Chan in China

Zen Buddhism

It was then transferred to Japan where it took a strong hold especially with the Samurai, who held the political power in Japan at the time.

Between the 14th and 15th centuries it was the most common form of Buddhism.

Zen focuses on Simplicity and the importance of the natural world.

Tibetan Buddhism

It was introduced in the 17th century It was made the religion of the state

by the end of the 18th century Many of the Tibetan monks traveled

from Tibet to India While they were in India they studied

about the religion Indian Monks also traveled to Tibet

to lecture for the monks in tibet

Tibetan Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism has been around for 1300 years.

A Nyingma Lama is a teacher There are 2 levels of Tibetan

Buddhism the first is for practitioners and is called sutra and studies simple meditations, the second is called Tantra and studies the mystical and ritual parts of Tibetan Buddhism.

Compare

Both religions follow the basics of the origin of Buddhist belief in India

Both were adopted from when Buddhist monks from India brought teachings and scriptures from India

Both of the religions practice the art of meditation

Compare

Both of the religions have monks In both the Region of China and the

region of Tibet Buddhism is the dominant religion

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

-Dalai Lama

Contrast

They break in to separate types of Buddhism

Both have different types of monks Only Tibetan Buddhism has a top

monk and he is called His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Tibetan Buddhism has places of study outside of Tibet that are well known while Zen Buddhism is only well know for being practiced in China

Contrast

The Names of the Various Teachers and monks are different

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.

-Dalai Lama

Works Cited

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Department of Asian Art. "Zen Buddhism". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/zen/hd_zen.htm (October 2002)

History of Tibetan Buddhism, Youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=We0PrlmNU6s (January, 21 2008.

"Dalai Lama." BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2010. 24 November. 2010. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/dalai_lama.html

The illustrated Encyclopedia of Buddhist Wisdom, Quest Books, Copyright 2000.