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Professor Lin Chong'an: Essentials of Śamatha and Vipaśyanā from the *Yogācārabhūmi Śāstra*, Śrāvakabhūmi — 5. The Sixteen Superior Practices of Mindfulness of Breathing
◎ The practice of breath meditation encompasses the complete path of śamatha and vipaśyanā.
ReadChant the Buddha's Name with Single-Minded Sincerity, and Your Chan Practice Is Complete
So who is the one who chiefly investigates while reciting the Buddha's name? The inquiry "Who is reciting the Buddha's name?" was first raised by patriarchs such as Tianqi Benrui Chan Master, but why did they propose it? We need to explo...
ReadAttachment to Deep Emptiness Leads to Demonic Possession
What does this deep emptiness mean? Within his mind, he has grown utterly disgusted with every appearance of attainment. He longs to plunge into the realm of tranquil extinction, to merge completely with conditionless causes and conditio...
ReadGathering the Mind and Abiding in the Realm of Emptiness
The Tiantai school divides all dharmas into two realms. One is what is called the "provisional" (假)—provisional names, provisional characteristics, and provisional functions. The affairs of this world, the dharmas produced by causes and ...
ReadProfessor Lin Chong'an: The Computer Before Us and Its Dependent Origination and Emptiness
眼前计算机的缘起性空
ReadEmptiness Teaches Transcending All Phenomenal Marks; Non-Emptiness Teaches Being One With All Dharmas
The Middle Truth (中谛) is what the Tiantai school calls the perfectly sudden Middle Path First Principle Truth—the ultimate reality of the middle way. It clarifies that the wondrously luminous mind-nature of the Tathāgatagarbha is never f...
ReadAs soon as the eighth consciousness of those who recite the Buddha’s name departs the body, they immediately arrive at the lotus dais
First, let's discuss why we ordinary beings artificially separate what is inherently undivided between the two lands [the defiled Saha world of samsara and the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss]. What's the root cause of this self-created divi...
ReadMaster Zibo on Putting the Mind to Good Use
A sharp blade drawn from its sheath, its radiance dazzling as the sun. It cuts through iron as if it were clay. Whatever wood it meets—catalpa, nanmu, pine, or cypress—each becomes a useful vessel once shaped by its edge. Such is one who...
ReadZen Poetry: If the Mind is Like a Tree, It Accords with the Way
The Tree Before the Gate — Tang Dynasty, Chan Master Longya Judong
ReadMaster Xuyun: The Mind is Like the Void
Long ago there was an elder practitioner who had lived for many years within a large monastic community. He was even-tempered and broad by nature, and always treated others with kindness. He often urged people to “let go, let go.” Someon...
ReadLuangpor Teean Mindfulness (Sati) in Motion: A Collection of Links
[http://www.mahasati.org.tw](http://www.mahasati.org.tw/) — Taiwan Mahasati Meditation Society [http://blog.sina.com.cn/mahasati](https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.sina.com.cn%2Fmahasati) — Luangpor Teean Dynamic Medita...
ReadMaster Gang Xiao on the Twenty Verses on Consciousness-Only: The Nineteenth Verse
dān zhà jiā děng kōng yún hé yóu xiān fèn yì fá wéi dà zuì cǐ fù yún hé chéng
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