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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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Three Gates of Liberation | There Is No Suffering
The sutras say that a human body is difficult to obtain, and we should look upon our body as a precious vehicle to practice contemplation. Some might say that bodhisattvas have no bodies but in fact, great bodhisattvas can use everything and anything as a body and can, through contemplation, realize emptiness and attain the complete liberation of a buddha. The word zizai in the Chinese translation of the name of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva means liberation. In fact, Buddhadharma speaks of three gates of liberation: the gate of emptiness, the gate of no-form, and the gate of no-vow.
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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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