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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 Second Paramita: Morality | The Six Paramitas
The second paramita is morality or sila. It means conducting oneself in accordance with the Buddhist precepts. The precepts one takes depend on one’s stage of practice. At the most basic level are the three cumulative pure precepts: to refrain from harmful deeds, to cultivate virtue, and to benefit all sentient beings.
Other types of individual liberation precepts are taken to complement or uphold the three cumulative pure precepts. These vary depending on whether one is a layperson, a novice, or an ordained monastic. We can also uphold the precepts of a shravaka who practices for personal liberation, or we can uphold the precepts of a bodhisattva who vows to liberate sentient beings. We can take the shravaka precepts for the present lifetime, or we can take the bodhisattva precepts continuously, lifetime after lifetime.
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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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