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There is no such thing as the mind. The mind is what arises
when the environment interacts with our body. The body, as well as the
environment, is illusory. Therefore, the interaction that comes from
it---mental activity----must also be illusory. Through mental activities we can
perform virtuous or unwholesome actions, but Ch’an cannot be acquired through knowledge,
learning, the Buddha’s wisdom, or through one’s own experience and wisdom. If
you think the Buddha can bring you to Ch’an, then you are depending on external
conditions. If you think your own wisdom and knowledge can bring you to Ch’an,
then you are relying on internal conditions. You have to leave behind all
dependencies. Only then can you enter Ch’an.” …Master Sheng Yen in Complete
Enlightenment, pg. 245.
Three
day Chan retreat
Silent
illumination and Huatou Methods
Cost:
approximately $230
Time:
10 a.m. Saturday November 12, 2001 to 2 p.m. Monday November 14, 2001
2
Overnight stays in single rooms
plus
vegetarian snacks and meals provided
Place:
Bethleham Retreat Centre
Bethlehem
Retreat Centre
2371
Arbot Rd
Nanaimo,
BC V9R 6S9
(250)754-3254
Fax:
250-753-6742
Pre-registration
necessary with
Adrian
Symonds
1 250
898 8201
Register
ASAP, maximum 15 people.
Check out what the buddhists, the philosophers and the neuroscientists have to say at Columbia University: a Multidisciplinarian Symposium on Consciousness... http://www.mindandreality.org/
Also check out these Chan sites of interest:
2. How
to chan meditate:
3. Master
Sheng Yen in Facebook
4. The Western Chan Fellowship at http://www.westernchanfellowship.org/
5. Buddhism in Nanaimo: http://nanaimomeditationgroups.weebly.com/
5. Buddhism in Nanaimo: http://nanaimomeditationgroups.weebly.com/
Call Adrian at 250 898 8201,
email adrian2@shaw.ca
Please notify me if you wish to be
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