Editing Zen

From Halopedia, the Halo wiki

You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Status|Canon}}
{{era|GOO}}
{{Wikipedia|Zen}}
'''Zen''' is a school of [[wikipedia:Buddhism|Mahāyāna Buddhism]] notable for its emphasis on practice and experiential wisdom—particularly as realized in the form of meditation known as ''zazen—in'', the attainment of awakening. As such, it de-emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and the study of religious texts in favor of direct individual experience of one's own true nature.


'''Zen''' is a mental and spiritual type of thought and practice, that was practiced in various ways by Spartan-IIs to improve their skills in the 26th century.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HGOOC19|GoO|Chapter=19}}
[[UNSC]] [[Artificial Intelligence]] constructs are fascinated by Zen philosophy because of their natural creativity and limited life span. [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]], designer of many of these AIs, is sometimes able to manipulate them by presenting them with Zen philosophies <ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 178</ref>.  


==Usage and examples==
Though the [[SPARTAN-II]] supersoldiers are not religous, some of them practice Zen exercises to hone their combat skills. Most notably, [[Linda-058]], who is said to enter an "icy cold state of Zen no-thought" whenever she is [[sniping]] in combat<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 208</ref>. [[Kelly-087]] practices Zen arts on a daily basis, including Zen twitch response drills to keep her reflexes sharp<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 167</ref>.  
===Spartan-IIs===
[[Linda-058]] is "icy cold state of Zen no-thought" whenever she is [[sniping]] in combat.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HGOOC23|GoO|Chapter=23}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HGOOC25|GoO|Chapter=25}} [[Kelly-087]] practices Zen arts on a daily basis, including Zen twitch response drills to keep her reflexes sharp.{{Ref/Reuse|HGOOC19}} [[Naomi-010]] thought she sounded a bit zen when she said "You have to know how much gas to pour on a fire" to [[Vasily Beloi]],{{Ref/Novel|Id=HGC4|Gla|Chapter=4}} a thing Beloi later thought about when [[Serin Osman]] drip fed the [[Servants of the Abiding Truth]] supplies.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HGC5|Gla|Chapter=5}}
 
===Artificial intelligence===
[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[Artificial Intelligence]] constructs are fascinated by Zen philosophy because of their natural creativity and limited life span. Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]], designer of many of these AIs, is sometimes able to manipulate them by presenting them with Zen philosophies.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HGOOC21|GoO|Chapter=21}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
Some [[Sangheili]] similarly follow a form of [[Mendicant]] in the same fashion that the Spartans casually perform Zen.
*Ironically, some [[Sangheili]] similarly follow a form of [[Mendicant]] in the same fashion that the Spartans casually perform Zen.
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==References==
{{Ref/Sources}}
<references/>


[[Category:Ideology]]
[[Category: Ideology]]

Please note that all contributions to Halopedia are considered to be released under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (see Halopedia:Copyrights for details). If you don't want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then don't submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

To view or search uploaded images go to the list of images. Uploads and deletions are also logged in the upload log. For help including images on a page see Help:Images. For a sound file, use this code: [[Media:File.ogg]].

Do not copy text from other websites without permission. It will be deleted.