Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy

Volume 8, 2018

Comparative and Intercultural Philosophy

Chiyohiko Hakoishi
Pages 77-81

The Description of Psychological States of Zazen in Rinzai School and Sōtō School

What Zen schools aim for is to reach the quintessence of Buddhism directly through zen. Investigating the descriptions of psychological states of zazen in Rinzai School and Sōtō school in Japan, the ultimate results of both schools’ methods have similarity even though the former makes the most use of Buddhist terminologies and exploits sophisticated language, while the latter speaks in unaffected language.