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Topic: Zen

Related:
  Zen Buddhism    Zen meditation  
  Zen Garden    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance  
  Zen Alarm Clock    NOMAD Jukebox Zen  
  Zen quotes  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:The Dalai Lama
Personality:Spiritual
Religion(s):Buddhist,  Taoist,  Sikhism
Favorite body part(s):Fists
Favorite book(s):"The Art of Happiness" by His Holiness The Dalai Lama
The Karma Sutra
"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
Favorite actor(s):Bruce Lee
Favorite great leader(s):Akbar the Great
Favorite religious figure(s):Siddhartha Gautama
Favorite sport(s):Karate
Favorite destination(s):Thailand,  China,  Japan
Favorite philosopher(s):Confucius
Favorite quote(s):"I'm sorry my Karma ran over your Dogma."
 
 
 Expert Talk
The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Borg Svemann,
Woodworker

Zen Shiatsu is usually given on a futon on the floor but may also be given on a chair, massage table, hospital bed, etc.
Zen Shiatsu differs from Western styles of massage in several areas.
Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk

Traditionally Koans are posed by the Zen master to the student as a way of teaching the tenets of Zen Buddhism.
Zen (Chan in Chinese) is seen by most scholars as a synthesis of Taoism and Mahayana Buddhism.
Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center brings the tradition of Soto Zen Buddhism to the San Francisco peninsula and the South Bay.
Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer

Riding through Leningrad in a large bus we have rented for the day, Zen Master Seung Sahn is talking to our Russian students.
Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer

He is the guiding teacher of the Kye Ryong Sahn International Zen Center/Mu Sang Sa in Korea.
Nancy Brown Hedgpeth, JDPSN has been a student of Zen Master Seung Sahn since 1979 and received inka in July 1994.
Zen Shiatsu is a modernized form of the ancient Chinese art of acupressure or "acupuncture without needles.
Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator

Sharon Zens has spent her lifetime pursuing sociological and psychological understanding of herself and others.
Tony Howell,
Skateboarder

Zen Buddhist teacher and writer Ed Brown once told me a story about quitting smoking.
Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker

Zen-Meister Seung Sahn kam 1972, nachdem er viele Jahre in Ostasien gelehrt hatte, in die USA.
 
 
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