RELIG240 Study Guide - Final Guide: Samye, Je Tsongkhapa, Trisong Detsen

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIG240
• Professor: Neil Dalal

Document Summary

Monk who was the only one to understand the buddha when he just held up a flower at a teaching on vulture peak he smiled there was a mental/wordless transmission of the buddha"s teaching to him . The eye of dharma teachings were outside of scriptures mind of nirvana. 1st zen patriarch (story that zen comes from buddha himself) 28th zen patriarch supposedly came to china from india in 520 ce, first zen patriarch to bring zen to china. Meets emperor wu makes merit as much as he can but bodhidharma tells emperor hasn"t made any merit because his intention was selfish. Rinzai zen promoted by shaku soen and then most influential of his students was d. t. Suzuki one of main zen schools remaining after great persecution in china. Focus on koans and sudden enlightment recognition model of enlightenment (model of.