What is the difference between meditation and Zen?

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If you are refering to zen meditation, it is a buddist form meditation.
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Unlike many popular forms of meditation that focus on relaxation and stress relief, Zen meditation delves much deeper. Zen tackles deep-rooted issues and general life questions that often seem to lack answers, and it does so based on practice and intuition rather than study and logic.
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Difference between meditation and zen is many popular forms of meditation that focus on relaxation and stress relief, Zen meditation delves much deeper. Zen tackles deep-rooted issues and general life questions that often seem to lack answers, and it does so based on practice and intuition rather than...
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Difference between meditation and zen is many popular forms of meditation that focus on relaxation and stress relief, Zen meditation delves much deeper. Zen tackles deep-rooted issues and general life questions that often seem to lack answers, and it does so based on practice and intuition rather than study and logic. The essential element of Zen Buddhism is found in its name, for zen means “meditation.” Zen teaches that enlightenment is achieved through the profound realization that one is already an enlightened being. read less
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