JM, Don't sidestep the question: if all come to one, where does that one go? The historical question is asked on your repeated statement that 'all are one'. If words are useless, why should we read your posts? Similar to the question you ask Bill, we can here ask you: is the 'one' static, dynamic, steady, in equilibrium or otherwise? Anthony
--- On Sun, 12/6/11, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Fwd: The Spirit of Heart Chan? To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 12 June, 2011, 1:55 PM Hi Anthony, Very important question. Your Chinese verse was originally from 華嚴。 http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/resource/ebooks/seeland/huaen/047-j.htm It can be interpreted many ways.. The first way is about the uselessness of logic and words... One conscious mind creates ten thousand dharma. Ten thousand dharma belongs to one consciousness.The same verses can also be interpreted to mean ten thousand ways to ferry other sentient being. To be more useful to our everyday life, I like the way Diamond Sutra stated.. Dharma originally contains no dharma. Non-dharma is dharma.In other words, "everything" is just propagation of cause and effect. Especially words, logic and concepts. Thank you for asking. jm Learn to de-stress, energize and awaken http://www.chan-meditation.com Learn to live with Health, Happiness and Harmony http://www.chanliving.org Learn to reach enlightenment http://www.heartchan.org To save the world http://www.universal-oneness.org On 6/11/2011 2:46 PM, Anthony Wu wrote: JMJM, If all come to one, where does that one go? 万法归一， 一归何处？ Anthony --- On Sun, 12/6/11, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Fwd: The Spirit of Heart Chan? To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 12 June, 2011, 2:25 AM This email contains graphics, so if you don't see them, view it in your browser. Buy This Book To Get Started!($14.99) Learn Chan Meditation online! Dear Friend In Dharma, We have the following from our Teacher to share with you. What Is Chan? For majority of the people, Chan is just sitting quietly, contemplate, or retrospect. Chan is actually far beyond just sitting quietly. Chan is living in purity, ease and carefree all day. In other words, Chan is the essence and spirit of all existence in the universe. There is a saying, "walking, living, sitting and sleeping are all Chan." We humans are part of the universe, and therefore part of Chan, both our physical existence and our spiritual well being. The practice of Heart Chan is to comprehend the meaning of our life. What is it really about? Then we will be able to grasp its essence and key points. Chan is the study of the universe, therefore studying Chan can not be separated from living with all the universal relationships, which includes our relationship to animals, plants, solids, air and liquids in a very interactive way. The Spirit Of Heart Chan? Reduce our complex universe to oneness with our heart is "Heart Chan". Then how do we carry out this oneness with the universe through our heart and be one with the One? Chinese scholar, Confuscius asked us to, "Integrated with the universe." This is the spirit of Chan. Chan is more than just sitting there without moving. Mostly importantly, Chan is to integrate our mind and body. Balancing our mind and body is one of our tasks. Balancing our relationship with others in our family or at work, as well as with our possessions is also our task. Living our life without bias or conflict is Chan. Reaching a harmonious state for everything inside and outside of ourselves, in physical or spiritual relationships, in conceptual or practical mindsets or in lifestyles, is what the practice of Heart Chan is for. The goal of Heart Chan is to reach Purity, Wisdom, Fulfillment and Enlightenment through wisdom beyond our knowledge and experience. Heart Chan manifests naturally, when wisdom surfaces, and when we surpass the hindrance of our consciousness. Because, the practice of Heart Chan contains the superior wisdom and ability of the universe. Simply practice according to our instructions, our wisdom shall flourish.For instance, as we meditate without thinking, we are in essence surpassing the hindrance of our consciousness. We could then be in sync with our spirit. We could then receive the messages from our spirit. Because our spiritual inspiration is fundamentally wise as well as bright. This brightness makes us healthy, and integrates our mind. Heart Chan is the wisdom from Shakyamuni Buddha, which fine-tunes our physical and spiritual qualities. It enables a normal person to receive the essence of our life, to rejuvenate the cells in our body, to be healthy and joyful, to attain the spiritual wisdom, to elevate the spirit to a higher realm, to perfect a kind and beautiful personality, and powering a normal person to become a saint. In short, the spirit of Heart Chan is "Surpassing oneself and enlightening others." About Us Heart Chan is the teaching of Grand Chan Master Wu Jue Miao Tian. He is the 85th patriarch since Shakyamuni, 58th patriarch since Bodhidarma and 48th patriarch of Linji School. He teaches that we all could be enlightened in this life. The Four Practices To Enlightenment Purity Detox our body, our mind and our spirit. Wisdom Detach from all forms. In Sync with the Heart of Buddha. Fulfillment Fulfill every encounter without question or expectation. Enlightenment True Nature Connects With Buddha. Not interested any more? Unsubscribe
