Ch'an

There are few legends so celebrated in the East as that of Bodhidharma, (Da Mo in Chinese, Ta Mo in Japanese) who is reputed to have brought Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism to China some 1500 years ago.

Arthur Rosenfeld: A Sudden Dawn : A Book Review 2010

There are few legends so celebrated in the East as that of Bodhidharma, (Da Mo in Chinese, Ta Mo in Japanese) who is reputed to have brought Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism to China some 1500 years ago.

Arthur Rosenfeld: A Sudden Dawn: A Book Review 2010

Although often presented in a somewhat commercial manner, the benefits of meditation are now widely acepted in the West, and such books as 'The Tao of Physics' (3) and 'The Turning Point' (4) have done much to capture the interest of physical and social scientists in Taoism just as Taoism and Ch'an painting fired the imagination of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century artists and designers of the Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau schools.

Combat in the North Gallery Fox, Celina 2008

Zen Taoism is a combination of Taoist philosophy and Zen (or Ch'an) methods.

Combat in the North Gallery Fox, Celina 2008

Contrary to their speculations, upon reaching the entrance hall, he forthwith went to the east, then turned to the north, and walking round by the rear of the hall, he happened to come face to face with two of the family companions, Mr. Ch'an Kuang, and Mr. Tan T'ing-jen.

Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

-- Niida Noboru pointed out that musicians belonged to one of the lower social classes, but had special privileges because of their close relations to the rulers.p. 164: Meditative or _Ch'an_ (Japanese: _Zen_) Buddhism in this period has been studied by Hu Shih, but further analysis is necessary.

A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

Although the Ch'an school did not value the study of scripture as part of the spiritual life, yet it by no means neglected letters and can point to a goodly array of ecclesiastical authors, extending down to modern times [813].

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

Zen is the Japanese equivalent of Ch'an or Dhyâna and is the name given to the sect founded in China by Bodhidharma.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

Such a society was naturally eclectic in religion but Buddhism of the Ch'an school enjoyed consideration and contributed many landscape painters to the roll of fame.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

East under the name of Ch'an or Zen of which we shall have something to say when we treat of China and Japan.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896