Everyone's a Zen Master - The Berkeley Beacon
It’s no secret that Buddhism regionalizes as it spreads. Before Buddhism became Zen, it was Chan—which combined original Indian Mahāyāna practice with Taoism, the dominant Chinese culture at the time. Zen is a Japanese transliteration of the Chinese word “Chan”—which is why I’m allowed to talk about it. And as Buddhism spread Eastward to other...
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