Zenlp, the Power to Relax

By Murli Menon

Subjects: Neurolinguistic programming, Meditation, Stress management

Description: ZeNLP is combination of Zen plus NLP. The history of the word Zen is interesting. Zen means meditation or improvement. The word dhyana means meditation in Sanskrit and dhyana yoga (yoga through the path of meditation) is a part of the Holy Geeta. Zen was rooted in China by Bodhidharma who came from India in the sixth century and later carried forward to Japan by the 12th century. Dhyana was mispronounced by Chinese monks as ch'an, due to their in- ability to pronounce the Sanskrit word dha. Ch'an became zh'an in Japan, as the Japanese mispronounced cha as zha. The modern word Zen is a descendant of the 12th century Japanese word Zh'an which meant meditation. Thus in ZeNLP, Zen is derived from dhyana. Thus, ZeNLP has its roots in the Holy Geeta, which itself is Lord Krishna's commentary on the Vedas.