Zen
MovieTitle | 禅 |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Jan 10, 2009 |
Genre | Drama, History |
Director | Banmei Takahashi |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | KADOKAWA |
Revenue | $2,877,113 |
Run time | 127 min. |
In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).