Buddhist wisdom for personal development in Zen philosophy

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to: 1) study the Buddhist wisdom in self-development; 2) study the self-development process in Zen philosophy; and 3) study the traces of Buddhist wisdom in the self-development that appears in Zen philosophy. The studies indicated that 1) there are many ways of wisdom development in the Buddhism. But the familiar patterns of Buddhists are that to listen to think and to train oneself. 2) There are three systems in Zen philosophy to develop intellect which are : Zazen (meditation), Sanzen, (figuring out Mystery) and Mondo (Dharma discussion). 3) After comparison, Buddhist way of developing wisdom could be found in the process of self-cultivation of Zen philosophy. Zasen is like the prayer of wisdom. Sansen is comparable to Jin, thinking wisdom, while Mondo is something like wisdom of learning. In the present era, although Zen philosophy is more philosophical than religious, the conceptual outline is deeply like Buddhism Furthermore, self-development of Zen Philosophy turns to Satore, which is known as enlightenment by spiritual eye.