Cobie Posted September 7 (edited) 18 hours ago, stirling said: … Zazen and Shikantaza meditation … fits perfectly with Cha'an for a good reason... it's where it comes from. Exactly! ‘zen’ is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese ‘ch'an’. 禪 zen = 禪 ch'an (chan2 - homonym of Sanskrit ध्यान - dhyāna). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/禪 ‘Kanji’ means ‘Chinese characters’ (Kanji 漢字 : 漢 han4 - Chinese language; 字 zi4 - characters). Edited September 7 by Cobie 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
