As others have pointed out, Zen is not "standard", but just one variety of meditation among many.
However, to answer your question: TM is focused on the internal repetition of a one-word Mantra, given to you by a teacher, and in that regard is not very different than mantra meditation you'd find in some Buddhist (Thai, Tibetan, Indian, Chinese) traditions.
(I should point out that I do Buddhist meditation myself, but I've had friends and family members do TM, and we've compared notes.)
If you are interested in meditation in general (and not TM specifically), there are a lot of meditation centers offering free (or nearly free) courses. I've never heard of a Buddhist center turning anyone away for lack of funds.
No, what I wanted to say is that I'm familiar with meditation but I was trying to figure out what is the difference between normal meditation and TM but all TM websites described how TM will influence your life without actually explaining how is it different.
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As others have pointed out, Zen is not "standard", but just one variety of meditation among many.
However, to answer your question: TM is focused on the internal repetition of a one-word Mantra, given to you by a teacher, and in that regard is not very different than mantra meditation you'd find in some Buddhist (Thai, Tibetan, Indian, Chinese) traditions.
(I should point out that I do Buddhist meditation myself, but I've had friends and family members do TM, and we've compared notes.)
If you are interested in meditation in general (and not TM specifically), there are a lot of meditation centers offering free (or nearly free) courses. I've never heard of a Buddhist center turning anyone away for lack of funds.
No, what I wanted to say is that I'm familiar with meditation but I was trying to figure out what is the difference between normal meditation and TM but all TM websites described how TM will influence your life without actually explaining how is it different.