No. Most Japanese are secular people (84% of the Japanese claim no personal religion. less than 15 percent reported any formal religious, 64% do not believe in God, 55% do not believe in Buddha) using religious rites only for ceremonial events.
全 - it means "All"
Zen Buddhism. Soto or Rinzai. Beyond that, the question is what is Zen Buddhism.
禅マスターカラス Zen masutākarasu
Japanese Zen Buddhism is centered and calm. The practice of Zen Buddhism is not interested in an external God but instead focuses on the nurturing of God within themselves.
The word Zen is the Japanese translation of the Chinese ch'an, a mispronunciation of the Sanskrit word, dhana.
William Scott Wilson has written: 'The one taste of truth' -- subject(s): Japanese tea ceremony, Zen meditations, History and criticism, Japanese Zen poetry, Zen Buddhism
The Japanese tea ceremony is a zen experience. The practice of a martial art can also be a very zen type experience.
Japanese with zen tables
There isn't a difference, but Japanese rock garden is the translated way of "karensui". Zen garden is the western way of saying it.
Zenzen dame is Japanese全然 zenzen (all + nature = absolutely, totally)駄目 dame (= useless, no good)for "absolutely useless", "totally no good", or "no way".
it taught meditation
Hakuin Ekaku was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet, born in Hara, Japan in 1686. He is known for his teachings on Zen Buddhism and his collection of poems and writings.