Jogye OrderThe Jogye Order (Korean: 조계종), officially the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (대한불교조계종), is a sect of Korean Buddhism. It is the largest Buddhist sect in South Korea as of 2018. It has its roots in the nine mountain schools of Unified Silla and developed under Jinul during the Goryeo dynasty. Despite suppression during the Joseon dynasty and Japanese colonial period, it survived and its modern form was established in 1962.
Chan BuddhismChinese school of Mahāyāna BuddhismVietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetThiềnChữ Hán禪Korean nameHangul선Hanja禪Japanese nameKanji禅HiraganaぜんChan (traditional Chinese: 禪; simplified Chinese: 禅; pinyin: Chán; abbr. of Chinese: 禪那; pinyin: chánnà), from Sanskritdhyāna (meaning "" or "meditative state" in Buddhism), is a MahāyānaChinese Buddhist tradition.
Taego OrderOrder of Korean Buddhism Taego OrderHangul태고종Hanja太古宗RRTaegojongMRT'aegojong The Taego Order or Taego-jong is the second largest order in Korean Seon, the Korean branch of Chan Buddhism. Characteristics Seonamsa is one of the head monasteries of the Taego Order, which includes over 8,000 monastics and 3,100 temples.
Korean languageKorean is a Koreanic language native to Korea, which makes up the majority of the language's 81 million speakers. It is the official language of both North Korea and South Korea. In the south, the language is known as Hangugeo (South Korean: 한국어), and in the north, it is known as Chosŏnŏ (North Korean: 조선어). Since the turn of the 21st century, Korean popular culture has spread around the world through globalization and cultural exports.
HanjaHanja (Korean: 한자; Hanja: 漢字; IPA: [ha(ː)ntɕ͈a]), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period.
Dhyana in BuddhismTraining of the mind through meditation in BuddhismTibetan nameTibetanབསམ་གཏནVietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetThiềnHán-Nôm禪Korean nameHangul선Hanja禪Japanese nameKanji禅定 or 静慮Filipino nameTagalogDhyanaSanskrit nameSanskritध्यान (in Devanagari)Dhyāna (Romanised)Pāli namePāli𑀛𑀸𑀦 (in Brāhmī)ඣාන (in Sinhala)ឈាន/ធ្យាន (in Khmer)ဈာန် (in Burmese)ၛာန်(in Mon)Jhāna (Romanised)ฌาน(in Thai)In the oldest texts of Buddhism, dhyāna (Sanskrit: ध्यान) or jhāna (Pāli) is a component of the training of the mind (bhāvanā), commonly translated as , to withdraw the mind from the automatic responses to sense-impressions and "burn up" the defilements, leading to a "state of perfect equanimity and awareness (upekkhā-sati-parisuddhi)."
Sino-Korean vocabularySino-Koreanvocabulary or Hanjaeo (Korean: 한자어; Hanja: ) refers to Korean words of Chinese origin. Sino-Korean vocabulary includes words borrowed directly from Chinese, as well as new Korean words created from Chinese characters, and words borrowed from Sino-Japanese vocabulary. Many of these terms were borrowed during the height of Chinese-language literature on Korean culture.Traditional Chinese charactersTraditional Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets used to write the Chinese language, with the other being simplified characters. Traditional characters predominated in written Chinese, the historical lingua franca of East Asia, until the mid-20th century. Today, they are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as in most overseas Chinese communities outside of Southeast Asia.MeditationMeditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique or combination of techniques to train attention and awareness and detach from "discursive, ruminating thought", achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not intending to analyze the effects, to judge its outcomes, or to create any expectation with regard to the process. Meditation techniques are broadly classified into focused (or concentrative) and open monitoring methods.ZenMeditation-based school of Mahāyāna BuddhismVietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetThiềnChữ Hán禪Korean nameHangul선Hanja禪Japanese nameKanji禅KanaぜんEiheiji gateZen (Japanese pronunciation:; from Chinese: Chan; in Korean: Seon, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a Mahayana Buddhist tradition that developed in China during the Tang dynasty by blending Indian Mahayana Buddhism, particularly Yogacara and Madhyamaka philosophies, with Chinese Taoist thought, especially Neo-Daoist.
PinyinRomanization scheme for Standard ChineseScheme for the Chinese Phonetic AlphabetSimplified Chinese汉语拼音方案Traditional Chinese漢語拼音方案Literal meaningscheme of spelled Han language sounds This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see .
MahayanaMahāyāna (Sanskrit: महायान, "Great Vehicle") is the largest branch of Buddhism, followed by the older branch Theravada. It is a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices that developed in various regions and Buddhist communities of ancient India (c. 1st century BCE onwards).*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.