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  1. Zen | History, Doctrines, Practices, & Facts | Britannica

    • Zen, important school of East Asian Buddhism that constitutes the mainstream monastic form of Mahayana Buddhism in China, Korea, and Vietnam and accounts for approximately 20 percent of the Bud… See more

    Origins and nature

    Compiled by the Chinese Buddhist monk Daoyun in 1004, Records of the Transmission of the … See more

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    China

    Although Zen Buddhism in China is traditionally dated to the 5th century, it actually first came to prominence in the early 8th century, when Wuhou (625–705), who seize… See more

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    Japan

    During Japan’s medieval period (roughly the 12th through 15th centuries), Zen monks played a major role in introducing the arts and literature of Song-dynasty China to Ja… See more

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