Bill, Thank you. However, I always regard yours as of great value. Anthony
--- On Tue, 21/6/11, Bill! <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bill! <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Zen] Why Practice Chan? To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 21 June, 2011, 5:00 PM Anthony, You wrote: > Please also regard what I just said as no value. I always do...Bill! --- In [email protected], Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote: > > JM, >  > Buddha never denied he ever said a word. It is the author of the Diamond > Sutra, who was born 1,000 years after Buddha's demise, that says that. >  > Please also regard what I just said as no value. >  > Anthony > > --- On Tue, 21/6/11, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <chan.jmjm@...> wrote: > > > From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <chan.jmjm@...> > Subject: Re: [Zen] Why Practice Chan? > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 21 June, 2011, 7:43 AM > > >  > > > > Hi Anthony, > > Every word I posted is form. There is no value in them. Don't take them > too seriously. > > Especially those from Buddha, because he denied that he ever said a word. > > Okay? > > Talk to you next week... > Learn the Basics of Chan Meditation... > http://www.chan-meditation.org > Chan in everyday life... > http://www.chanliving.org > To be enlightened in this life... > http://www.heartchan.org > To save our world... > http://www.universal-oneness.org > > > On 6/20/2011 3:57 PM, Anthony Wu wrote: >  > > > > > > > JM, >  > Thank you for your post. It is interesting. I have no doubt that Heart Chan > is a good practice that gives you happiness and good health. However, some of > the ideology is away from Buddhism. For instance, the following from the > posted article: >  > spirits are eternal >  > Buddhism says nothing is eternal. When our lives end and we reincarnate into > a different entities, it is the everchanging 5 skandhas of ours that are on > the journey. They are not the same 'spirits'. >  > It is an absolute practice liberating our spirit, terminating our > reincarnation, and living in Buddha's bright lights forever. >  > Buddha teaches us there is no 'self'. Than who is going to live in Buddhs's > bright lights forever? >  > Please note I am not trying to stop you practicing heart Chan. If you benefit > really and are happy, why not continue? I just want to point out the 'points > of deviation', while not attempting to say, 'this is the only truth, while > the rest are neither false or subordinate to the truth. >  > I hope to see more of your posts. Thank you for your kindheartedness. >  > Anthony >  >  >  >  > > > --- On Tue, 21/6/11, Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <chan.jmjm@...> wrote: > > > From: Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 <chan.jmjm@...> > Subject: [Zen] Why Practice Chan? > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 21 June, 2011, 2:13 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, > > Please visit our new web site. It empowers you to participates with us > online. Just click here or click on our header at the top. Do let us know > how you like it. Okay? Thank you. > > Below is a talk from our enlightened Chan Master Wu Jue Miao Tian for your > reference. > > > > Why Practice Chan? > > > > The purpose of practicing Chan is to establish a place for our life after > death. > Why practice Chan? What is its purpose? From a religious point of view, > whether it is Protestant, Catholicism, Buddhism or Islam, the common emphasis > is to ferry our spirit. Jesus said that "Believe in me, you shall live > forever!" Buddhism teaches the attainment of Buddhahood. How do we obtain > everlasting life and land in heaven? Practicing Chan is the answer. > Through out our life, most of us seek fame, fortune, political power, etc. > Can we keep them after our death? What we really need to seek is a place for > our afterlife. This way, we will not panic when our time comes to an end. > This is the real purpose of practicing Chan. Though we probably don't know > where we were from, we should at least be clear about where we will be > going. At the least, we should have some control of our destiny. In > Buddhism, the end game is enlightenment. > Surpass our physical lives and terminate reincarnation > When we are alive, through our senses, we could be pretty sure that we are > living in a material world. However, this is not the world of our spirit. > When our lives come to an end, where will our spirit be going? What do we > know about the spiritual world? > According to Buddhism, there are ten spiritual realms. From top down, they > are Buddha, Bodhisattva, Sravaka, Pratyeka, Deity, human, Asura, Animal, > Hungry Ghost and Hell. The realms below "human" contains mostly sufferings > and disasters. The lower the realm, the worse the conditions are. The > only way for us not to be in these realms is to practice Chan, purifying the > karma from our previous lives, so that our spirit could be elevated to a > higher realm. Perhaps even possible to be landed in the realm of Buddha or > Bodhisattva, if we practice Chan with dedication. > In other words, spirits are eternal. When our body die, our spirit will > journey to a spiritual realm corresponding to the merits or karma accumulated > throughout our lives. Therefore, when we die, it is not the end. It is > just another beginning. This is the "judgment" as labeled by Christians and > the "reincarnation" by Buddhist. > On the other hand, practicing Chan enhances our spiritual purity. If > majority of the people has purer spiritual quality, the society would be in > general more peaceful and harmonious. For the first fifty years in Taiwan, > though we had little material wealth, but we were generally happy and > content. Different from nowadays, our society is filled with murder, > violence, incest, etc. These are indications of being in those realms below > "human". It is urgent for us to practice Chan as soon as possible. > Otherwise, there will be more natural disasters and man-made miseries. If war > ever breaks out, we will be in the realm of hungry ghost and hell. > Liberate our spirit into everlasting joy > Simply, the purpose of the Chan practice is to be enlightened in this life. > Some people may have difficulty in believing that. Such disbelief is > usually resulted from thinking or analyzing with our physical human brain. > Shakyamuni is as much a human as any of us. After six years of searching as > an ascetic and six years of meditation under a Bodhi tree. Shakyamuni > liberated his spirit from his body and his consciousness, and ultimately > attained Buddhahood. Exemplified by his journey, he taught everyone of us, > that we all could be enlightened also. We all possess Buddha nature. Just > have to practice the authentic lineage Chan. > What is an authentic lineage practice? It is an absolute practice > liberating our spirit, terminating our reincarnation, and living in Buddha's > bright lights forever. It is a practice enabling us to surpass the three > realms of "Desire, Form and Formlessness". Desire is the hindrance of our > consciousness. Form is the hindrance of our physical body. Formlessness is > the hindrance of our karma hidden in our subconsciousness. Therefore the > practice of Chan is, through the purification of authentic lineage dharma, > cleans the hindrances of our consciousness, our physical body and the karma > of our previous lives, and entering into a journey of purity, which means a > path without hindrances to Buddhaland. So that upon our death, we would not > panic. We would be certain that we would be on our way there. > Each of us has approximately one hundred years to live. How many years do > you have left? We must quickly learn to practice Chan, through which to > improve our health, de-stress our mind, and broaden our focus from material > world to the spiritual world. Turn our knowledge into wisdom. Transform our > transient self to be everlasting. Awaken from delusions to the "final > truth". This is only way to liberate our spirit.Otherwise, we will continue > to be reincarnated and float through various spiritual realms without end. > Be reminded that our entire life span, from beginning to end, is nothing but > emptiness. The only possible meaningful accomplishment is a spiritual one. > If you understand this truth and dedicate yourself to be enlightened in this > life, not only you shall receive everlasting bliss, you shall be able to help > more people, just like what Buddha and Jesus did. > > > > > > > > > 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 >
