Zen Buddhism

Zen Buddhism

As described in Novak's the World's Wisdom, Zen Buddhism which is Buddhism that was changed by the Japanese. The Japanese reemphasized the practice of meditation in religion and according to the Zen school, every being has the nature of Buddha and meditation actualizes the fact that living things hold the nature of a Buddha. The philosophical roots of Zen Buddhism lays within Mahayana Buddhism.

I really don't understand the differences from Zen Buddhism and Buddhism in general except for the fact that Zen emphasizes meditation. I'm interested in learning and I am actually planning to travel to South Korea to teach English to school children, so I can't wait to be able to travel around Asia.