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How have the principles of Zen shaped parts of Japan's culture?

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The principles of Zen Buddhism have a strong influence in the development of the Japanese culture. These principles eventually became Japan’s spiritual and aesthetic foundation of their culture. The moral and spiritual values of Zen were relayed in the heart of Japan. During the isolation of Japan, many of those culture which was named as Japanese was all coming from the principles of Zen.

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