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Why was Zen Buddhism attractive to many samurai?

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The samurai particpated in the tea ceremony and in zen buddhism


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Zen Buddhism. Soto or Rinzai. Beyond that, the question is what is Zen Buddhism.


Are there any holy cities in relation to Zen Buddhism?

I don't know, but there are a lot of Zen temples in Kyoto, Japan. I doubt they'd express it using the word "holy" but so many temples has to make it pretty special. As well as Kyoto, Kamakura near Tokyo has many very important Zen temples. This reflects that the Kamakura era was the start of the "Shogun era"...and Zen Buddhism was very popular among Samurai.


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