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As Buddhism travels from country to country its practices and traditions change, but so far the name Buddhism has remained. In Japan the particular school of Buddhism that is practiced is called Zen Buddhism. (The name Zen comes from the Chinese word Chan, which is also the name for a school of Buddhism, and which in turn comes from the Pali word jhana, the equivalent of the Sanskrit word dhyana, which refers to the practice of absorptive states of concentration.)

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