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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 Fourth Paramita: Diligence | The Six Paramitas
The paramita of diligence, or virya, nurtures zeal in one’s practice. It is a keenness without fear for demanding work, and is the antidote for laxity. The Buddhist scriptures say that Shakyamuni and Maitreya both gave rise to bodhi-mind at the same time, but Shakyamuni, the buddha of this era, attained buddhallood first. The scriptures also say that 5.6 billion years after Shakyamuni, Maitreya will become the buddha of the future era. Perhaps Shakyamuni became a buddha first because he practiced more diligently, but the more likely reason is that Shtheamuni’s causal grounds for attaining buddhallood were different from those of Maitreya.
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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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