Zen Buddhism is a peculiar religion because unlike most other religion such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and many others, Zen Buddhism does not have a god to worship. In Zen Buddhism there is no particular spiritualism since any Zen practitioner is expected to meditate in search of enlightenment and not the satisfaction of a godly worship that is sought by other forms of religion. Zen Buddhism does not have a very clear origin though it is highly believed to have its roots from Buddhism. It is in fact believed to have developed from an interaction between Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism. Zen Buddhism is simply a religion of no religion and a belief of no faith. There are five houses of Zen Buddhism which were basically founded by teachers or masters. The five schools or sects were not formalized and were basically without dogma. These houses are believed to be the sources of most Zen L
ineages all over the world. The five houses include Guiyang, named after master (885-958) Guishan (771-854), Linji named after Linji Yixuan (866), Fayan after Fayan Wenyi, Yunmen after Yunmen Wenyan (949) and Caodong named after Dongshan Liangjie (807-869). Unlike many other forms of religion that base their belief on written materials by their founder and or masters, Zen does not rely on either written or verbal discourse. This is because as it is in Buddhism which is its source, Zen believes in inherent wisdom and not external answers found in books and other sources of doctrine. Zen believers are expected to search into their being through meditation and find new perspectives, insights, revelations which bring the sense of enlightenment. It is based on the fact that Buddha was founded on internal thoughts and thus should make disciples and be propagated through the same. (Alan 1958).