(Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) A Zen-style room is deliberately simple, and is the product of both strict attentiveness and concentrated insight. Such a state
Author: Adrian (釋大道)
Adrian Chan-Wyles is a British expert specialising in the forensic translation of historical and contemporary political, cultural and philosophical Chinese texts - providing reliable English language interpretations. A number of his English language articles (interpreting Chinese affairs) have been published within the PRC - referenced in a number of Chinese language academic and news texts as examples of reliable transliterations regarding the (correct) 'foreign' understanding of Chinese culture.
‘Virgin Mary’ and the Ancient Chinese Art of the Missing Mother and Baby
(Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) ‘The young baby is held firmly, and nurturing, caring eyes gaze over the child. The well-behaved baby occasionally suckles milk,
Buddhism and China’s Spiritual Beliefs
China has never had the Western notion of secularism – where spirituality is separate from everyday life – nor the convention that the nobility are separate from the clergy, etc.
Buddhist Dialectics, Logic and Emptiness
Enlightenment appears to be the realisation of the exact mid-point between these four positions of logic, but is not limited to any of the propositions. Things are ‘empty’ because they are not ‘full’, but it can equally be said that things are ‘full’ because they are not ‘empty’ – but these statements are relative positions for the interpretation of ‘truth’.
Ch’an Master Ma Zu Dao Yi (马祖道一)
(Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) Ch’an Master Ma Zu Dao Yi lived between 709-788, or 688-763, and his lay surname was ‘Ma’ (马). He was
Qianfeng Daoist Meditation Hand Positions
The phrase ‘手掐子午’ simply translates as ‘Close the meridians of the hands’, which in and of itself, tells use very little about the practice itself. This is typical of the Chinese Daoist tradition which requires a careful instruction received from a qualified master.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 