Wednesday 2 January 2019

ZEN

A corner of our garden where a meditating Buddha encourages us to be calm and relaxed, taking city life in our stride.

Zen (also Zen Buddhism) noun [mass noun] is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasising the value of meditation and intuition rather than ritual worship or study of scriptures.

Zen Buddhism was introduced to Japan from China in the 12th century, and has had a profound cultural influence. The aim of Zen is to achieve sudden enlightenment (satori) through meditation in a seated posture (zazen), usually under the guidance of a teacher and often using paradoxical statements (koans) to transcend rational thought.

ORIGIN Japanese, literally ‘meditation’, from Chinese chán ‘quietude’, from Sanskrit dhyāna ‘meditation’.

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Nature Notes meme.

5 comments:

  1. Peaceful.
    Great that you have this statue in your home. Must be serving as a reminder to meditate & take care.
    Happy New Year!
    Zapped - Anita

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  2. Ohmmmmmmm


    Have a splendid, ♥-warming ABC-Wednes-day / -week
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  3. My daughter gave me a book entitled.."Find Your Inner Buddist"...I think she thinks I worry too much.. :) ..Michelle

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  4. Looks like a peaceful spot.
    Thanks for linking u pat http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2018/12/king-of-mountain-kitty-style.html

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