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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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Ox Herding at Morgan's Bay
The metaphor of the ox-herding signifies that at the outset of their practice, the practitioner’s state of mind is akin to a wandering ox, filled with various distractions and delusions. As the practitioner progresses in their practice, their mental state gradually becomes purified, freeing itself from afflictions and attachments, reaching the state of a pure mind. However, the ultimate goal is to transcend even this purified state, enabling the practitioner’s state of mind to reach the realm of “the seen is the mind, the mind is the seen,” where there is no distinction between the mind and external phenomena, achieving a state beyond dualistic opposition.
This conveys the idea that practitioners gradually transcend various states of mind during their practice, ultimately reaching a state beyond both the internal and external, a state of non-duality. This is one of the highest states pursued by Zen practitioners and is also considered one of the realms of enlightenment in Zen Buddhism.
1: Acknowledgement
2: Preface
3: Morgan’s Bay April 13-16, 1987
4: Introduction
5: The First Picture
6: The Second Picture
7: The Third Picture
8: The Fourth Picture
9: The Fifth Picture
10: The Sixth Picture
11: The Seventh Picture
12: The Eighth Picture
13: The Ninth Picture
14: The Tenth Picture
15: About the Author
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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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