BODHIDHARMA’S GATE: "Chan (Zen)

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BODHIDHARMA’S GATE: "Chan (Zen) Sept 16, 2012 2:07:17 GMT

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Post by GateKeeper on Sept 16, 2012 2:07:17 GMT

in fact is an “impregnable fortress”, without a gate to enter. Suppose there is really a gate, that gate would simply be a method of training to be taken up in the Chan tradition. That is why when a monk asked Master Zhao Zhou (778 - 897): “Has a dog Buddha-nature or not?” Master Zhao
Zhou retorted: “Wu.” Later on, this Gongan (koan) formed part of a specific approach in the Chan School." The author , Venerable Jing Hui is a Chan Master and a vice–president of the Buddhist Association of China.

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