(December 19, 2014 at 12:20 pm)dyresand Wrote:(December 19, 2014 at 11:43 am)whateverist Wrote: Guess you know there are many Buddhist sects, even if fewer than Christianity. Some of the them are more theist in nature, some are more philosophical. Zen Buddhism is iconoclastic and dogma free in theory whether or not it is practiced that way.
They share the same basic concepts laid out. even christianity stole from Buddhism. Truthfully Buddhism helped out the early christianity belief a bit. jesus being one thing christianity wanted i.e. a savior based it on Buddha. But though there is different sects of Buddha they share the same basic concepts.
Quote:Zen Buddhism teaches that all human beings have the Buddha-nature, or the potential to attain enlightenment, within them, but the Buddha-nature has been clouded by ignorance. To overcome this ignorance, Zen rejects the study of scriptures, religious rites, devotional practices, and good works in favor of meditation leading to a sudden breakthrough of insight and awareness of ultimate reality.
- See more at: http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/se...LydyM.dpuf
Not sure if this site would count as authoritative but it does reinforce my memory of it. It is deliberately less religious in nature. So I'm not really sure why it is still classified with buddhism. I certainly can't think of any Christian sect which was akin to zen practice.
[For the record, it isn't my thing but I think it has some value and much more so than any of the sects which still teach the dogma.]
