Do you love Zen's songs? Here you'll find the lyrics to Zen's songs so you can sing them at the top of your lungs, make your own versions, or simply understand them properly.
Find here the lyrics to your favorite songs by Zen.
Zen (Japanese; from Chinese "Chán"; in Korean: Sŏn, and Vietnamese: Thiền) is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that originated in China during the Tang dynasty as the Chan School (禪宗, chánzōng, "meditation school") or the Buddha-mind school (佛心宗, fóxīnzōng), and later developed into various sub-schools and branches. Zen was influenced by Taoism, especially Neo-Daoist thought, and developed as a distinguished school of Chinese Buddhism. From China, Chán spread south to Vietnam and became Vietnamese Thiền, northeast to Korea to become Seon Buddhism, and east to Japan, becoming Japanese Zen. Zen emphasizes meditation practice, direct insight into one's own Buddha nature (見性, Ch. jiànxìng, Jp. kenshō), and the personal expression of this insight in daily life for the benefit of others. Some Zen sources de-emphasize doctrinal study and traditional practices, favoring direct understanding through zazen and interaction with a master (Jp: rōshi, Ch: shīfu) who may be depicted as an iconoclastic and unconventional figure. In spite of this, most Zen schools also promote traditional Buddhist practices like chanting, precepts, rituals, monasticism and scriptural study. With an emphasis on Buddha-nature thought, intrinsic enlightenment and sudden awakening, Zen teaching draws from numerous Buddhist sources, including Sarvāstivāda meditation, the Mahayana teachings on the bodhisattva, Yogachara and Tathāgatagarbha texts (like the Laṅkāvatāra), and the Huayan school. The Prajñāpāramitā literature, as well as Madhyamaka thought, have also been influential in the shaping of the apophatic and sometimes iconoclastic nature of Zen rhetoric.
You might not be a big fan of Zen, maybe you're here for just one song by Zen that you like, but take a look at the rest, they might surprise you.
We recommend that you check out all the lyrics of Zen's songs, you might fall in love with some you didn't know yet.
It often happens that when you like a song by a specific group or artist, you like other songs of theirs too. So if you like a song by Zen, you'll probably like many other songs by Zen.
The lyrics of Zen's songs often follow certain patterns that you can discover if you pay close attention. Are you up for finding out what they are?
To discover the patterns in Zen's songs, you just have to read their lyrics carefully, paying attention not just to what they say, but how they are constructed.
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Sometimes Zen's songs help us express what we think or feel. Is that the case for you?