Private educational institution
“Academic Lyceum named after N.I.
Lobachevsky"
Individual final project
10 "A" grade student
Gorbanev Danil Evgenyevich
Project leader:
foreign language teacher,
Kovaleva S.N.
Kazan, 2022
INDIVIDUAL FINAL PROJECT
Purpose of the work -
Object of research -
Subject of research -
WHAT IS ZEN?
The word "Zen" itself comes from the Sanskrit word dhyana, which translates into "meditation" or
"contemplation", which becomes Chinese ch'an and Japanese zen. Ascending to the Buddha, zen is
believed to have been brought to China in the 6th century by a Buddhist monk who gave priority
not to religious rituals, but to meditation and inner discipline. Already in 1000, it had become the
second most popular Buddhist school in China.
So, according to Buddhism, existence has these characteristics as impermanence, selfness and
dissatisfaction.
INDIVIDUAL FINAL PROJECT
Goals:
ART
HAIKU
The haiku is a Japanese poetic form that consists of
three lines, with five syllables in the first line, seven in
the second, and five in the third. The haiku
developed from the hokku, the opening three lines
of a longer poem known as a tanka. The haiku
became a separate form of poetry in the 17th
century.
Matsuo Bashō is the supreme Japanese haiku poet,
who greatly enriched the 17-syllable haiku form and
made it an accepted medium of artistic expression.
(Matsuo Bashō)
HAIKU
TEA CEREMONY
Zen and the tea ceremony are united by a constant
desire for simplification. Zen eliminates everything
unnecessary in its cognition of the highest reality,
and the tea ceremony - in life, one of the typical
manifestations of which is tea drinking in a tea
room. The tea ceremony is an aestheticism of
primitive simplicity. Her ideal of getting closer to
nature is embodied in the fact that you are located
under a thatched roof in a room that barely reaches
ten square meters, which, however, is tastefully
decorated and furnished.
GARDENS
For zen followers, it was important not only to achieve a spiritualized state of consciousness, but also
to maintain it in their daily activities. The right atmosphere was essential for success. Its creation was
influenced by the premises of the temple, household items and gardens around (both with trees and
flowers, and composite - sand or made of stones).
In Japan, this perception of nature was already
embedded in traditional Shinto beliefs.
According to them, the earth is inhabited by
deities, and in everything, living and inanimate,
including man, this divine nature is contained.
Spirits of ancestors and natural phenomena
(sun, wind, thunder, mountains and rivers) exist
invisibly in this world, and they must be reckoned
with. The aesthetic principles of everydayness
and simplicity pervaded every aspect of the tea
ceremony, which evolved along the lines of wabi:
from the garden, the tea house, the scroll and
flower arrangement that adorned the room, right
down to the way tea was prepared.
ZEN IN EVERYDAY LIFE
One of the types of practice in motion is working meditation. This work involves a monotonous
physical activity that does not require mental effort and does not distract from the solution of the
koan. Such work created a measured rhythm, and also regulated breathing, helping to maintain a
meditative state. Monotonous activity opened the mind to external sounds and circumstances that
could bring about enlightenment.
Conclusion
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
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