What are the definitions of Buddhism, Taoism and Zen? What's the difference between the three?

1. Buddha: The word "Buddha" in Sanskrit is the abbreviation of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, and also the name of Buddhists for people with perfect practice. The Sanskrit Buddha is transliterated as the abbreviation of "Buddha" and literally translated as "Awakened", "Knowing" and "Awakened". Consciousness has three meanings: self-knowledge, self-knowledge of others (making all beings realize) and self-knowledge of perfection, which is the highest fruit of Buddhist practice.

The "Buddha" mentioned by Hinayana is generally a courtesy title for Sakyamuni. Mahayana refers not only to Sakyamuni, but also to all those who feel complete. It is said that there are buddhas everywhere.

2. Tao: As a philosophical concept, it was first put forward by Guang. Natural classics of the Yellow Emperor period coexisting with Chinese characters and Chinese civilization. It is a term for the Chinese nation to know nature by itself, which means the trajectory or trajectory of everything, and it can also be said that it is the place where things change and move.

3. Zen is a kind of behavior based on "quietness", which originated from human instinct and developed from ancient ancestors, forming various systematic practice methods and coexisting in various sects. This behavior was recorded in the pre-Qin period, but there was no fixed name. It was not until the Indian character jana was introduced and translated into "Zen" in Chinese that this behavior was called "Zen" in later generations.

There are two differences between the three:

There are different sects in 1, these three:

(1), Buddhism exists in Buddhism.

(2) Taoism exists in Taoism.

(3) Zen Buddhism, developed from ancient ancestors, has formed various systematic practice methods and coexisted in various sects.

2, the three represent different meanings:

(1), the meaning of the Buddha: such as: Buddha (Buddha; Western heaven; A beautiful place); Buddhism (enlightenment of Buddhism); Buddha's light (light brought by Buddha); Buddha's meeting (where all saints of Buddha and Bodhisattva meet); Buddha statue (stupa); The position of the Buddha (the position where the Buddha gets the right result).

(2) The meaning of Tao: "Tao" is the most fundamental law to promote the operation of the universe and the consciousness of "heaven", which is not limited by time and space. Consciousness is divided into meaning and knowledge, meaning is thinking, and it is a process of realizing goals based on concepts, while knowledge is a process of feeling and explaining concepts.

When thinking about "Tao", there is endless life from the giant nest, so everything is born. When you feel it, heaven and man are one and everything is quiet. Tao is the most fundamental force in the universe. It's all the time. It transcends time and space, that is, it is changeable and unchangeable. If it must be regular, it is "simple".

(3) The meaning of Zen: All the troubles in life are found by yourself. When the mind becomes broad and empty, it can be quiet and quiet, just like emptying the cup of troubles. If a person's mind can be like a lotus flower and the sun and the moon, it can be detached from dullness, without distinction, with choices, love and hate, gains and losses, and can be happy and peaceful.

Water flows downwards, clouds float to the sky, and everything happens naturally and harmoniously. This is the normal state of mind. With a normal mind, life is like running water, and returning to nature is to realize life and Zen.

Extended data:

Zen, through "cicada", never changes from its sect, such as cicada (silkworm) and pupa, chicken and egg, because of karma, reincarnation, disorder, no beginning, different time and space, different posture, and finally its sect. Zen change and surrender, no matter how you change, no matter who you give way to, are the continuation of its spirit.

Zen first requires self-pursuit, and its process and means are often contrary to human feelings, knowledge and common sense. Zen does not talk about knowledge, so it is not hindered by knowledge, and it also regards knowledge as the greatest enemy. Knowledge distracts people. In the field of knowledge, people will lose themselves, and even be mastered by evil knowledge Jaken, forming a tool that harms all beings.

Because in the mind of Zen master, flowers are not necessarily red, and willows are not necessarily green. They know a deeper realm from the negative level. They don't have to argue with each other or transcend language, so they have a richer realm of life. Fu Dashi will say: "Take a hoe empty-handed and ride a buffalo on foot;" People cross the bridge, but the bridge does not flow. "

This is an unreasonable descriptive sentence, which is a complete challenge to get rid of delusional consciousness and to break the common people's persistence in knowledge. Sweep away the chaotic world and make people enter a more real, beautiful and beautiful spiritual realm. Zen is illogical, but it has a higher realm; Zen is unreasonable, but it has a deeper meaning.

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