Chan Buddhism
Chan (traditional Chinese: 禪; simplified Chinese: 禅; pinyin: Chán; abbr. of Chinese: 禪那; pinyin: chánnà), from Sanskrit dhyāna (meaning "meditation" or "meditative state"), is a Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It developed in China from the 6th century CE onwards, becoming especially popular during the Tang and Song dynasties.
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| Simplified Chinese | 禅 | ||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 禪 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | Thiền | ||||||||||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 禪 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 선 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 禪 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 禅 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | ぜん | ||||||||||||||||
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Chan is the originating tradition of Zen Buddhism (the Japanese pronunciation of the same character, which is the most commonly used English name for the school). Chan Buddhism spread from China south to Vietnam as Thiền and north to Korea as Seon, and, in the 13th century, east to Japan as Japanese Zen.
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