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Topic: Zen meditation

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The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:

Most admires:

The Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Carl Jung

Favorite actor(s):

Bruce Lee

Favorite book(s):

"The Art of Happiness" by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
The Karma Sutra
"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse

Favorite great leader(s):

Akbar the Great

Personality:

Spiritual

Favorite religious figure(s):

Siddhartha Gautama

Favorite sport(s):

Karate

Religion(s):

Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu

Favorite destination(s):

India, Thailand, China

Favorite quote(s):

"I'm sorry my Karma ran over your Dogma."
"We are not retreating - we are advancing in another Direction." - General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)

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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk

Zen Buddhism (Japanese zen from Chinese ch'an from Sanskrit dhyana : "meditation") A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism which has been very influential in the West.
Zen is characterized by a central focus on the practice of seated meditation (zazen), and the direct transmission of Dharma from teacher to disciple.
But if Zen refers to cosmic reality, or its glimpse, or meditation to seek this glimpse, then it can be Buddhist or non- Buddhist.

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