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five dharmas: appearance, name, projection, correct knowledge, and suchness; the three modes of reality: imagined, dependent, and perfected; the eight forms of consciousness: one
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
Under such circumstances the problem of discipline became paramount. The Zen masters were forced to concern themselves not only with the way of liberation from convention, but also with the instilling of convention, of ordinary manners and morals, in raw youths. The mature Western student who discovers an interest in Zen as a philosophy or as a way
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I mean Dhyana Buddhism, which is known in Japan as " Zen " and is not speculation at all but immediate experience of what, as the bottomless ground of Being, cannot be apprehended by intellectual means, and cannot be conceived or interpreted even after the most unequivocal and incontestable experiences: one knows it by not knowing it.
Eugen Herrigel • Zen in the Art of Archery
The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha—which is to demean oneself.
Robert M. Pirsig • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
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the Lankavatara sees this as the long way around and simply denies that anything arises in the first place. Arising is a delusion. Nothing arises. The relevance of the Buddha’s discussion of dharmas and non-dharmas at the end of Chapter One becomes clearer now.
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
The spiritual descendants of Huai-jang and Hsing-ssu live on today as the two principal schools of Zen in Japan, the Rinzai and the Soto. In the two centuries following the death of Hui-neng the proliferation of lines of descent and schools of Zen is quite complex, and we need do no more than consider some of the more influential individuals.24 The
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To realize one’s true nature as no-self—a Buddha—is the fruit of zazen and the path of practice.
Charlotte J. Beck • Everyday Zen: Love and Work (Plus)
But the Heart Sutra mantra, being also a dharani, is not subject to such restrictions. It is not secret but accessible to all who have the good fortune to encounter it. The word dharani means “to call to mind.” Like a memento, it reminds us of the teaching we have resolved to practice. But it is much more than that. It is also our guide. Thus, a ma
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