The creation of Chan Buddhism sufficiently integrated into the essence of traditional Chinese culture and went into their advantages of Taoism and Confucianism, then developing the Chinese Buddhism. Similarly, its Chan boxing insists on its new enlightenment and new creation with the feature that all rivers run into sea. (From Words of Chan by Shi Yongxin)
Practice remains dominant rather than Buddhist sutra, which is just as Chinese history does not mean various schools of Masters and thirteen Confucian classics. Buddhist sura translation was just previous preparation to ultimately carry forward moralization to influence the whole society.
The base of Chan Buddhism is also the base of Buddhism, monks’ daily practice and “four practices” that Bodhidharma taught us at the beginning. “Four practices” are not esoteric Buddhist ethics, but informal basic principles to learn Buddhism. The contents of four practices are familiar to believers because people have been doing so in thousands of years.Chan Buddhism will not be Chan Buddhism and Buddhism is not Buddhism if breaking away from “four practices”. Therefore Bodhidharma preached the supreme dharma-gate of Chan Buddhism that the mind is Buddha, which is on the basic principles of “four practices”.
Chan sect teaches “understand the mind and see the nature” every day. The word “nature” of it was the empty matter. “understand the mind” means making us understand our heart is false because we become greedy for our stupid desires, causing admiration of self and then having the moment of birth and death. Straightly speaking, “understand the mind and see the nature” means to conquer the moment of birth and death, ending birth and death. (From Words of Chan by Shi Yongxin)
The union of ideal and reality is difficult. As a Buddhist disciple, we also hope to be able to live in the caves or put up a shed, practicing in the tranquil woods. If so, the inheritance of Buddhism would be hard. Buddhism can’t communicate with and serve the society that may be farther and farther away from us, which is not of all dynasties of founders’ wishes, too. Hence, it is hoped to be able to carry forward Buddhist culture and make more people participate in the construction of Buddhism through modern business ideas. (From Words of Chan by Shi Yongxin)
Practicing Buddhism does not have to grasp to forms which is the performance of discrimination(vikalpa). Practice Pure Land is the same as it. What is called the Pure Land is not that there is another matter world of Pure Land out of the universe. It is not so. The Pure Land is in our hearts. The pure heart is just the Pure Land. The Buddha-fruit and Buddha field that we devise are all in our minds. "The myriad dharmas are made from the mind alone. " We usually says the dignity of the Pure Land is not that there is a place like the garden needing us to water flowers and plant trees, but that we must purify our own minds. Each one around the world has a pure mind, which is just the Pure Land. (From Words of Chan by Shi Yongxin)
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