Zen Buddhism Test

Where can the Zen tradition be traced all the way back to?

Siddhartha Gautama

What can you practice in Zen as a means for gaining insight?

Physical arts, like swordplay or archery

What country does not promote major religious traditions?

China

What sect does not focus on achieving Satori?

Soto

What does Zen emphasize?

Experiencing reality

Nirvana is thought to be what?

Permanent

Satori is thought to be what?

Temporary

Most Zen students may never correctly answer a what?

Koan

Zen sees everyday reality as?

Extremely relevant to one’s life

What can Zen be described as a mixture of?

Indian Buddhism and Chinese Taoism

Are both men and women able to be Zen monks?

Yes

Does Zen support or deny the existence of an afterlife?

Neither

The Insight of Zen is not able to be?

expressed completely in words

What does Zen place great focus on?

Social Justice

According to Zen Buddhism, the Buddha is still engaged in what?

Zen training

What is Zen Buddhism?

Atheistic

Zen Buddhism is an offshoot of what?

Mahayana Buddhism

What does Zen focus on?

The experience of enlightenment

What was one of Hui-neng’s contributions to Chan Buddhism?

Ending the traditional position of Patriarchs

What contends that Zen training begins only after one attains Satori for the first time?

Rinzai

What can Zen be defined as?

A religious study

According to Zen Buddhist, the primary means of attaining Enlightenment?

Meditation

Ultimately Zen…?

Cannot be taught and depends on Direct experience

What does the word Zen mean?

Meditation

What does Rinzai Zen involve?

Satori being both the beginning and the end of Zen practice

How can koans be answered?

Through direct insight into reality

Sumie?

Landscape gardening and flower arranging, the technique of utilizing empty space is very significant

What is the notable example of Zen’s influence on literature?

The Haiku

Soto?

The school of gradual awakening, brought to Japan in the thirteenth century by Dogen

Hui-neng?

A famous Chinese Zen Buddhist monk known for his teachings on enlightenment and being the sixth patriarch of Zen Buddhism.

D.T. Suzuki?

A Japanese philosopher and writer who helped introduce Zen Buddhism to the Western world.

Rinzai?

The school of sudden awakening, brought to Japan in the twelfth century by Eisai

Roshis?

Zen masters who are deemed competent to teach others

Ch’an?

The Chinese sect of Buddhism that focuses on the experience of enlightenment; it began to flourish under the direction of Hui-neng in the seventh century

Koan?

A verbal puzzle designed to short-circuit the workings of the rational logical mind, used especially in Rinzai Zen as a means of triggering satori

Zazen?

The basic method of Zen meditation, traditionally practice while seated in the lotus position in a meditation hall.

Dokusan?

A periodic meeting with the master during which the disciple offers an answer to an assigned koan.

Satori?

The Zen experience of enlightenment a flash of insight in which the true nature of one’s being is known directly