[Lochlainnach]

No, that is called Zen Buddhism. Buddhism has its own constructs and beliefs. Zen has others. Zen does not pose a belief in reincarnation as Buddhism does. Zen does not pose that Jesus was resurrected as Christianity does. Yet a Christian can practice Zen.

There is a Tibetan Buddhism and Zen Buddhism. In Zen we can experience Nirvana on earth; Buddhism, or most believers of Buddhism (from what I understand) think Nirvana a place more akin to the Christian notion of Heaven. The teachings of the Buddha are not the teachings of Zen Masters. Buddhism is a religion. Zen is not, but an aspect of thought and practice that, for some Buddhists, has been incorporated into ritual and thought.

[bnelson44]

Nirvana is not heaven. In heaven a soul is bound in total ecstasy with God for all eternity. Nirvana is the extinguishing or unbinding from all passion, desire, jealousy, and ignorance. It is really not a place, it is unbinding. They are polar opposites.