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The door of Ch’an is entered by Wu. When we meditate on Wu we ask “What is Wu?” On entering Wu, we experience emptiness; we are not aware of existence, either ours or the world’s.
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Master Sheng-yen has received transmission in the two major branches of Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism: the Lin-chi (Rinzai) and Ts’ao-tung (Soto) schools. Born on a farm outside Shanghai, he left home at thirteen to become a monk. As a young man during the period of communist unrest, he went to southern Taiwan, where he spent six years in the mountains in solitary retreat. Later, he continued to study Buddhism in Japan, receiving a doctorate degree in Buddhist Literature from Rissho University in Tokyo. Master Sheng-yen is the Dharma heir of Master Tung-chu and Master Ling-yuan, both of whom also emigrated from China to Taiwan. He is a second-generation descendant of the patriarch of modern Ch’an Buddhism, Master Hsu-yun.
Master Sheng-yen has written over thirty books on Buddhism and Ch’an in Chinese, English and Japanese. He divides his time between the United States and Taiwan.
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Venerable Sheng Yen is a well-known Buddhist monk, Buddhist scholar, and educator. In 1969, he went to Japan for further studies and obtained a doctoral degree from Rissho University in 1975, becoming the first ordained monk in Chinese Buddhism to pursue and successfully complete a Ph.D. in Japan.
Sheng Yen taught in the United States starting in 1975, and established Chan Meditation Center in Queens, New York, and its retreat center, Dharma Drum Retreat Center at Pine Bush, New York in 1997. He also visited many countries in Europe, as well as continuing his teaching in several Asian countries, in particular Taiwan.
Sheng Yen taught in the United States starting in 1975, and established Chan Meditation Center in Queens, New York, and its retreat center, Dharma Drum Retreat Center at Pine Bush, New York in 1997. He also visited many countries in Europe, as well as continuing his teaching in several Asian countries, in particular Taiwan.
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