Ritual, tiempo y espacio sagrado en el budismo zen argentino

zen buddhism is an oriental religion that since several decades has expanded in various western countries, argentina being one of them. the complex ritualization of its everyday practices is a considerable characteristic of zen buddhist community life. in our exploration of the ritual dimension of zen, first we will investigate how this contributes to the creation of a sacred time and place. after this, we will show how ritual practices are considered a pedagogic recourse by group members; a means to make possible their training of a different way of being in the world, of experimenting, living and perceiving both themselves and others in a different way. some elements of the often complex zen ritual play a highly important part as technologies of the self.