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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 bodhisattva ideal may sound appealing, but without cultivating the altruistic mind of enlightenment, one is not following the bodhisattva path. And, if you have that aspiration without acting accordingly, again, you are not on the bodhisattva path. Finally, if you do not even aspire to bodhi-mind it would be difficult to gain genuine benefits from your practice. But if, while on the practice path you generate bodhi-mind, and compassionately help others, then you are already a bodhisattva, albeit a newborn one.
Bodhisattvas cultivate all six paramitas, especially that of diligence ( virya), without which one is not truly on the bodhisattva path. Without diligence, you will not be able to unveil and leave behind your afflictions, give rise to wisdom, or help sentient beings.
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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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