{"id":7592,"date":"2024-06-23T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T08:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/754036948359938048-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:42:08","slug":"754036948359938048-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/754036948359938048-2\/","title":{"rendered":"754036948359938048"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf=\"{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ngv.vic.gov.au\/artofzen\/ed_zen_history.html\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/www.ngv.vic.gov.au\/artofzen\/ed_zen_history.html\",\"title\":\"'The art of Zen' education resource: History of Zen Buddhism\",\"description\":\"'The art of Zen' education resource: History of Zen Buddhism\",\"site_name\":\"ngv.vic.gov.au\"}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngv.vic.gov.au\/artofzen\/ed_zen_history.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The art of Zen\u2019 education resource: History of Zen Buddhism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cZen is a school of Buddhism which emphasises the practice of meditation as the key ingredient to awakening ones inner nature, compassion and wisdom. 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