This is why all religion must be removed from politics. Buddhists infected with the bourgeois mentality are not Buddhists at all, but rather fascist stooges!
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Master Xu Yun Did Not Teach or Advocate Japanese Zen
The venerable Xu Yun (who lived to 120 years old) was in attendance of this meeting when these monks arrived and made their case. He listened quietly to these monks and then hit his palm on the table in an angry manner. He stated that a Buddhist monk and his robe cannot be separated, and that in China, a Buddhist robe signifies the practice of both strict celibacy and vegetarianism – without the Vinaya Discipline – Chinese Buddhism simply would not make sense.
Lucid Viewing
How Buddhism is understood by its adherence, depends entirely upon the conditioning of the mind of the individuals concerned. For some, the Buddha is a
Great Master Xu Yun: On Essential Points of Ch’an Training
This delusion has stained the mind for a very long time, and is the basis and driving force of the continuous cycle of life and death. This why it is often not possible for delusion to be wiped-out immediately, and why the Ch’an training requires certain prerequisite (and supportive) practices to
A Wutai Mountain Cat is Buddha!
It just so happened that a cat came along and appears to embody the Buddha at that exact moment – and this made for an excellent photograph!
The Seven Classes of Buddhist Disciples
Within the Chinese Buddhist tradition, there are seven classes of disciples:
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 