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Ch'an Buddhism

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Ch'an Buddhism: see Zen Buddhism Zen Buddhism, Buddhist sect of China and Japan. The name of the sect (Chin. Ch'an, Jap. Zen) derives from the Sanskrit dhyana [meditation].
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Dismissing aggression as evil they practised martial arts in order to cultivate the mind and learn the essence of Ch'an Buddhism.
As Ch'an Buddhism became acceptable to the intellectual establishment of those times and eventually to the power elite, money started pouring in for bigger and bigger temples and monastic centers.
From Chinese sources in Ch'an Buddhism and Taoism, Zen art came to employ the power of empty space to suggest mystery and evoke a meditative state of mind.
 
 
 
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