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65 matches to Zen Buddhism
Muromachi Period. 1338-1573. Japanese Ashikaga shoguns. Prosperity, foreign trade, Zen Buddhism.
Zen Buddhism. 6C-. Sect founded by Bodhidharma. Sudden Enlightenment by meditation on Koan paradoxes. 1191 imported to Japan.
Aizen Myo-o. 6-armed Japanese Buddhist diety.
Bautzen, Battle. 1813. Napoleon defeats Prussians.
Birdseye, Clarence. 1886-1956. US inventor of frozen foods. Founded General Foods, 1924. 300+ patents.
Bodhidharma. (Daruma). 6C Indian monk in China. Founded Ch’an Buddhism =Zen.
Buddhism. c528BC. Widely practised in Asia. Nirvana is achieved by following the 8-fold path and 4 Noble Truths. 1C BC Mahayana Sutras. 6C reaches Japan. 12C Zen Buddhism widely practiced in Japan.
Chkheidze, Nikolai. 1864-1926. Russ. Menshevik leader.
Civil Rights Acts. US. 1866 Black citizenship. 1964 Ends all legal discrimination. 1968 Bans housing discrimination. 1991 Equal employment.
Conrad von Hotzendorf, Franz. 1852-1925. Austro-Hungarian Chief of Staff, 1906~17.
Crassus, Lucius. 140-91BC. Roman statesman, orator. Banished non-citizens, causing Social War.
Dawes Act. 1887. US law granting citizenship and land rights to individual Indians.
Dogen. 1200-53. Japanese philosopher. Brought Zen sect from China.
Eleatics. 5C BC. Greek philosophers. Change is an illusion. Zeno. Xenophanes.
French Fury. 1583. Antwerp citizens kill 2,000 occupying French soldiers.
Gramme, Zénobe. 1826-1901. Belgian inventor of the dynamo 1869.
Hardenberg, Karl von. 1750-1822. Prussian chancellor 1810- during Napoleonic Wars. Citizenship to Jews.
Herzen, Aleksandr. 1812-70. Russian revolutionary writer.
Hope Hawkins, Anthony. 1863-1933. English author. Prisoner of Zenda 1894.
Hui-neng. 638-713. Chinese Zen priest. Satori-sudden enlightenment.
Kamakura. 1192-1333. Japanese Shogunate dynasty. Zen. Introduced No Theater. Joei. Hojo. Daigo II.
Kekulé, August. 1829-96. Benzene ring structure discovered in dream, 1865. Valence bond theory.
Longinus. 213-273. Greek philosopher. Advised Zenobia to revolt vs Rome. Executed.
Maastricht, Treaty. 1993. Established European Union. Common citizenship, currency and free trade.