ເຊັນ

ເຊັນ (ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ: 禅, ぜん; ຝະລັ່ງ, ອັງກິດ: Zen) ເປັນນິກາຍນຶ່ງໃນສາສະໜາພຸດຝ່າຍມະຫາຍານ ນັບຖືກັນຢ່າງແພ່ຫຼາຍໃນແຖບອາຊີຕາເວັນອອກ (ຈີນ, ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ, ເກົາຫຼີ).

ຄຳວ່າ ເຊັນ ແມ່ນຊື່ຍີ່ປຸ່ນຂອງຄຳວ່າ ສານ (ຈີນ: 禅, Chán). ໃນພາສາຈີນ ແຫຼ່ງກຳເນີດຈາກຄຳວ່າ ທຍານ ໃນພາສາສັນສະກິດອີກທອດນຶ່ງ (ກົງກັບຄຳວ່າ ຊານ ໃນພາສາປາລີ) ເຊິ່ງໝາຍເຖິງ ການເພ່ງອາລົມຈົນໃຈແນ່ວແນ່ເປັນອັບປະນາສະມາທິ ມີຈິດທີ່ສະຫງົບແລະປະນີດ.

ພະໂພທິທັມ

ບັນນານຸກົມ

ກາຊິກສະໄໝໃໝ່
ຫວ່ານເມັດ

• D.T. Suzuki, Essays in Zen Buddhism, First Series (1927), Second Series (1933), Third Series (1934)
• R. H. Blyth, Zen and Zen Classics, 5 volumes (1960–1970; reprints of works from 1942 into 1960's)
• Alan Watts, The Way of Zen (1957)
• Lu K'uan Yu (Charles Luk), Ch'an and Zen Teachings, 3 vols (1960, 1971, 1974), The Transmission of the Mind: Outside the Teaching (1974)

ຮາກເຫງົ້າງອກງາມ

• Paul Reps & Nyogen Senzaki, Zen Flesh, Zen Bones (1957)
• Philip Kapleau, The Three Pillars of Zen (1966)
• Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (1970)
• Katsuki Sekida, Zen Training: Methods & Philosophy (1975)

ປະຫວັດສາດວິທະຍາກາຊິກ

• Dumoulin, Heinrich (2005), Zen Buddhism: A History. Volume 1: India and China. World Wisdom Books. ISBN 978-0-941532-89-1
• Dumoulin, Heinrich (2005), Zen Buddhism: A History. Volume 2: Japan. World Wisdom Books. ISBN 978-0-941532-90-7

ປະຫວັດສາດວິທະຍາວິຈານ
ໂດຍລວມ

• Heine, Steven (2007), A Critical Survey of Works on Zen since Yampolsky. In: Philosophy East & West Volume 57, Number 4 October 2007 577–592 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 21 ກັນຍາ 2013, retrieved 22 ສິງຫາ 2013

Formation of Chán in Tang & Song China

• Mcrae, John (2003), Seeing through Zen. Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism. The University Press Group Ltd . ISBN 978-0-520-23798-8
• Welter, Albert (2000), Mahakasyapa's smile. Silent Transmission and the Kung-an (Koan) Tradition. In: Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright (eds)(2000): "The Koan. Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, Oxford: Oxford University Press
• Schlütter, Morten (2008), How Zen became Zen. The Dispute over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-3508-8

ປະເທດຍີ່ປຸ່ນ

• Bodiford, William M. (1993), Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 0-8248-1482-7

ຍຸກປັດຈຸບັນ

• Victoria, Brian Daizen (2006), Zen at war (Second Edition ed.), Lanham e.a.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. {{citation}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
• Sharf, Robert H. (1995-A), Whose Zen? Zen Nationalism Revisited (PDF) {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)

ຕາເວັນອອກນິຍົມ ແລະ ການແລກປ່ຽນລະຫວ່າງຕາເວັນອອກ-ຕາເວັນຕົກ

• Borup, Jorn (Year unknown), Zen and the Art of inverting Orientalism: religious studies and genealogical networks {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
• King, Richard (2002), Orientalism and Religion: Post-Colonial Theory, India and "The Mystic East", Routledge
• McMahan, David L. (2008), The Making of Buddhist Modernism. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-518327-6