Buddhas--Gautama (Sakyamuni); Buddhism--United States; Buddhist doctrines; Christianity and Buddhism; theravada Buddhism; 禪宗=Zen Buddhism=Zazen Buddhism; tibetan Buddhism
摘要
One of the most popular forms of Buddhism among non-Asian North Americans is Zen Buddhism. As one of the many schools of Mahayana Buddhism, the primary goal of Zen is to achieve personal enlightenment by meditating upon specific illogical phrases. Zen’s emphasis on self-effort, contemplative experience, and detachment from one’s desires appeals to many Westerners, who have abandoned rational philosophies and religious dogmas for a religion that stresses “nonthinking.”
