The barbarism of the imperial Japanese in China is well-known – but what is not so well known is Master Xu Yun’s use of meditation to fight them.
Category: Buddhism
Exploring the philosophy (and practice) of Early and Later Buddhism.
Master Xu Yun: A Cow takes Refuge in the Buddha
Master Xu Yun always pursued a strict vegetarian diet, and was and ardent supporter of animal welfare.
Master Xu Yun: Sincere Geese Practice the Dharma
Master Xu Yun (in his 82nd year of age) relates the following story in his autobiography: ‘That year (1920/21) Upasaka Zhang Jue-xian took a pair
Master Xu Yun: Purify the Mind and Body
The Ch’an is reliant upon the establishment of moral restraint, the practice of meditation, and the activation of profound wisdom.
Master Xu Yun: Dull Emptiness is Not Enlightenment
Sitting on a high structure is precarious for an individual, because there is the ever-present danger of ‘falling off’. In such a situation, the practitioner responds by ‘gripping’ ever more tightly to the structure, and will not let go. This is an ‘attachment’ to a lesser state of attainment, an attachment which prevents further progression into the true realms of Ch’an enlightenment.
Breaking Through at the Point of Contact
All legitimate Chinese Ch’an practitioners access the empty mind ground from varying socio-economic conditions that boil down to two distinct positions in life; either that
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