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Zen History – Part Two

Published on January 12th, 2012 by in History

Welcome back to our brief history of Zen Buddhism and continuing from Part One, by AD 574 we were in possession of texts outlining the Bodhidharma’s teachings, known as the Two Entrances and Four Acts.  Bodhidharma is now said to have appointed a disciple to succeed him and he chose Huike, the first in a

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Zen History – Part One

Published on December 19th, 2011 by in History

Anúncio OnlineHotel We’ve related briefly elsewhere on this site about the starting point of Zen Buddhism but it’s time to check it out in more detail. Practitioners of Zen Buddhism may find this guide a little simplistic but it’s really an attempt to provide an easy to read outline of where it all started and how it

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