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Zen Part three: Zazen
As I mentioned yesterday, Zen is very individual and is unique to each practitioner.  Of all the forms of Buddhism, this is the one where it is most import to know yourself.  How do you get to “know yourself?”  For students of Zen, it’s done primarily through a process called “zazen.”
Zazen is [...]

First, a quick notice: Next week I am going to spend the week answering your questions here. I have several good ones that I’ve been holding onto, and will answer them for all to see. If you have a question about something we’ve already covered, post it on the www.dailybuddhism.com site.  You no longer need [...]

Now we start on the form of Buddhism with which I am most familiar, Zen. 
The teachings of the Buddha have been handed down from teacher to student. Zen is a lineage tradition; a master has a student who follows him for years, observing and learning at the Master’s feet. There is a one-to-one transmission of [...]

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Tibetan Buddhism
 We talked about Tibetan Buddhism a little bit a few weeks ago, so if you don’t remember, go back to http://www.dailybuddhism.com/archives/19 (Podcast Episode 4: Tibet) for a quick review.  I am not going to explain the Dalai Lama or the Tibetan occupation again today, but these concepts are very important to Tibetan Buddhism. If [...]

Tantric Buddhism / Vajrayana
I’ll be honest here; I don’t know that much about this group.  Most of the material in this section is taken from Wikipedia.  It’s a lot more “mystic” than most of the other groups, and I have no real experience with it.

Tantric Buddhism is also know as Vajrayana Buddhism as well as [...]

Pure Land
Before we get into the belief of Pure Land Buddhism, we need to introduce a new character.  Amida Buddha (also called Amitabha) was a monk who attained enlightenment. This is probably a good time to point out that every time you see the word Buddha, we are NOT necessarily talking about the original Buddha. [...]