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A ten page paper which looks at the relevance of Zen philosophy to health care, specifically with reference to the hospice model, and considers it in comparison to the Roy Adaptation model of care. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the ways in which Zen theories and concepts might be applicable to nursing, and specifically to hospice practice, it is perhaps helpful to give a brief overview of the origins
of Zen, and the ways in which Zen Buddhism has come to be so effectively integrated into many Western cultures.
Theravada Buddhism was the original form, which was
based on lengthy meditation and required a monastic existence; since it was not accessible to the majority of the people, a new variant, Mahayana Buddhism, developed in the first century
AD and its adherents claimed to be reviving the true and original form of Buddhas teachings, maintaining that there were secret writings which had been hidden for centuries and on
which the tenets of Mahayana were based. In this way they avoided allegations that they were inventing a new form of the philosophy, since they asserted that Mahayana was based
on teachings which in fact preceded those of the Theravada.
In this way, Buddhism became accessible to all, and was able to develop the concept of community which
is important to the way in which contemporary Buddhism is structured. Vedanta teaches that there is an element of the divine in all living things, and therefore the true nature
of humanity is divine. Religion is not, therefore, something which is externalised but is rather the search to access the divine spark within oneself.
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