Zen Buddhism or Zen (Japanese zen ) is from China in about the 5th Century of the Christian era resulting flow or line of Mahayana Buddhism, which was significantly influenced by Taoism. The Chinese name Chan is from the Sanskrit word dhyana . Dhyana freely translated means something like "meditative state of contemplation," which refers to the fundamental characteristic of this Buddhist movement that is therefore also sometimes referred to as meditation Buddhism.
From the 12th century Chan came to Japan and received there as Zen a new expression, which came in modern times in turn, new interpretation to the West. used in Europe and the U.S. terms to come mostly from the Japanese Zen. But Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese schools in recent time gained influence in western culture.
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