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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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The Cessation of Suffering | There Is No Suffering
The third noble truth is the cessation of suffering, and of the causes of suffering. How does one stop accumulating the causes of suffering? It is useless to say, “I don’ t want any more suffering.” To stop a pot of soup from boiling, you have to put out the fire. To cease suffering, first, accept the consequences of your previous actions. Simultaneously, curtail creating more karma. If you owe karmic debts, pay them back, in the form of retribution.
If even virtuous acts can create more karma, should we also stop being virtuous? Definitely not! However, you should act without the idea of earning merit, for that would just be another form of desire. Being ordinary sentient beings, we cannot act, speak, or think without attachment.
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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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