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A 5 page research essay on the similar use of koans between the pratityasamutpada (ancient) and Zen forms of Buddhism. The writer provides a background for the similarity between the two forms of Buddhism, and discusses examples of the koans and the reasons behind them—the Middle Way. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the west is related very closely to the original pratityasamutpada koans first established by Buddha (Siddhartha Guatama), the Enlightened One, 2,500 years ago and that which is practiced in Vietnam
and Taipei, as well as Tibet (Foulk, 1994; Griffiths, 1996; Hattori, 1997; Swearer, 1997). "Mahayana Buddhism includes many schools -- including Zen in China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan, and
Vajrayana in Tibet, and Jodo Shin Shu (or the Pure Land) in Japan" (Swearer, 1997). Swearer refers to the variances between these schools as "colorations" on the original pratityasamutpada
koan method of reaching nirvana (Swearer, 1997). Buddha was a Chinese man, given a Japanese name, but whose original practices were, in large
part in the view of the west, moved to Tibet when Chinese emperors seeking greater control over the religious practices forced traditional Buddhists to flee the country. The original
documents were recently discovered in China, and have been more recently translated into English (Foulk, 1994; Griffiths, 1996; Hattori, 1997). The main difference
between what can be referred to as Taoism and Buddhism and the source of the original conflict, is described as the difference between this-worldly and the other-worldly. "This tension was
at the heart of many early doctrinal controversies about such matters as the nature of Nirvana, the purpose of monastic life, and the character of the relationship between monks and
the laity" (Swearer, 1997). Therefore, the original pratyasamutpada is viewed as accessible to everyone to do good for all people by the Zen Buddhists, while the Taoist version practiced
in China was considered the realm of monks. The pratityasamutpada and Zen (hereafter referred to as Mahayana Buddhism, recognizing that this is a
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