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**Teeppoodiug** · 02-12-2011, 04:33 AM

In my understanding there is a buddhist influence to alot of the japanese thought processes, including budo. That is not to say that said arts are purely a zen pursuit, just that there are undertones of buddhist and zen influence within these arts which I believe is what the OP was trying to communicate. Trying to discern exactly which aspects are zen or buddhist related is a bit of an impossible task I believe, it would be like stating who the founder of kendo was and showing references for that.

02-12-2011, 04:33 AM	#18
Teeppoodiug Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 476 Senior Member	In my understanding there is a buddhist influence to alot of the japanese thought processes, including budo. That is not to say that said arts are purely a zen pursuit, just that there are undertones of buddhist and zen influence within these arts which I believe is what the OP was trying to communicate. Trying to discern exactly which aspects are zen or buddhist related is a bit of an impossible task I believe, it would be like stating who the founder of kendo was and showing references for that.
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