Within the Chinese Buddhist tradition, there are seven classes of disciples:
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Xu Yun’s Gatha (1959)
The created and the uncreated
Are like water and its waves.
2003: China Government Officials Visit the Most Venerable Yi Cheng
Such is the respect within which he is held by the Communist government of China that he remains sitting whilst government officials stand in his presence.
Master Xu Yun and Tibet 1911-12
Xu Yun achieved this by requesting that the well known Tibetan Lama living in China – the Venerable Dong Bao – also known as the ‘The Dharma King of the Four Gems’, be sent to Tibet to mediate between the Tibetan authorities and the Nationalist Government. Xu Yun was sent to personally meet with Dong Bao and deliver a Government letter requesting his help. At first Dong Bao declined due to old age, but Xu Yun said that the Tibetan people still tremble at the memory of a previous punitive Chinese army led by Zhao Er Feng – and that bloodshed could be avoided through discussion.
Xu Yun on Different Types of Monks
‘The Master Xu Yun replied, “The title ‘Monk’ is just a name, for there are holy monks and worldly monks. It is not fair to blame the whole Sangha because there are one or two bad monks. Can we blame Confucius because there are bad Confucian scholars?
The Twelve Divisions of the Mahayana School of Buddhism
The Twelve Divisions of the Mahayana Canon are:
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 