Instead, the Buddha reiterated that different types consciousness arises out of specific material conditions, and that without the presence of these specific material conditions, the different types of consciousness do not arise. The concept of Buddhist consciousness does not constitute a theistic ‘atma’, or ‘soul’ that stands in opposition to the material world, but is in fact a product of conditions arising out of the material world.
Tag: Ch’an
Interpreting Ch’an – Basic Errors in Western Discourse
This has created a situation whereby ‘Chinese’ history and culture has been inadequately interpreted by one culture (i.e. the ‘West’), through the erroneous scholarship of another (i.e. ‘Japan’), which is compounded by the fact that neither the West nor Japan are willing to admit the errors they have made…
Distorted Zen – By Thomas Cleary
There are many differences between Chinese Ch’an and Japanese Zen – here the esteemed translator Thomas Cleary – focuses on the misunderstanding regarding ‘breathing’ as applied within the Japanese Zen schools, and how this deviates from Chinese Ch’an and Chinese Daoism.
Chinese Ch’an Monks Clean-Up the Fengpu Area of Shanghai
Original Chinese Language Article By: Er Yan Temple (二严寺) (Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) Within the lay-Buddhist communities in China, the preferred method for social
Master Huai Shan Accepts a Lay Disciple
Original Chinese Language Article by: http://www.sanyuanfojiao.org.cn (Translated by Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD) Dharma Master Huai Shan is the Deputy Secretary-General of the Buddhist Association of China,
The Confucian Patriarch in Ch’an
As Ch’an masters have been generally celibate, the idea of successful procreation does not hold for the perpetuation of their respective lineages. In the case of enlightened lay Ch’an masters – even if they have off-spring it is not guaranteed that their children will be enlightened beings.
