This is a nonsense statement premised upon the confusion between traditional Chinese Ch’an Buddhism and the very different modern Japanese Zen, and the ignorant conflation of the hua tou technique with the gongan method.
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Master Xu Yun: On the Relationship Between Ch’an & Pure Land Buddhism
Then Mahakasyapa transmitted to him the Tathagata’s Mind Seal, making him the second Indian Patriarch. The transmission was handed down to following generations, and after the Patriarchs Asvaghosa and Nagarjuna, Chan Master Hui-wen of Tian-tai Mountain in the Bei-qi Dynasty (550-78) after reading (Nagarjuna’s) Madhyamika Shastra, succeeded in realizing his own mind and founded the Tian-tai School.269 At the time, our Chan Sect was very flourishing.
Dharma Master Xin Dao
Original Picture and Text By: Phoenix Chinese Buddhism Photography (Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) Excellent and Bright Vulture Peak Dharma Evening Event Dharma Master Xin
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 