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Thich Quang Duc’s action produced a mind altering paradigm shift throughout the world that is still being discussed today. He demonstrated the power of Buddhist mind control during a very painful death – whereas no Christian believers (beyond the realms of imagination, superstition, or the paranormal) have managed to rise from the dead.
Within his teaching on the Four Noble Truths, the Buddha refers to this habit as ‘mental formations, or ‘thought constructs’.
Within Ch’an, what else is required?
Therefore the characters ‘慧剑’ (hui jian) represent a distinctly ‘Buddhist’ method of clearing the mind that is as decisive as a blow from a sharp sword used in scholarly self-defence. Despite its obvious Buddhist origin and undertones – the ‘sword’ is a clear concession to the Confucian establishment as it strove to integrate foreign Indian Buddhist thought, with that of Chinese indigenous understanding and belief.
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
This is the Venerable Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche. I know nothing about him – other than from his name he must be a Tibetan Buddhist
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 