This is what I came up with after listening to sourcesZen started in Japan . It was transmitted to China . Back then it meant a lineage of teachers and students . Geese fly higher than ducks . Ewk wants to add or correct or imply or holdup ? the notion that Zen is a family or group . I do not disagree with that either , because everyone who does Zen most likely is part of this group . The problem is what is doing Zen ? for me right now . I think that lining up coincidences to teach others what countless things point to the mind , so they are stimulated with anger or joy and reevaluate their life until this reevaluation is a constant cycle and their minds are at the peak of direct analysis and reaction time as a consequence .