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The Black Dragons

A Black Dragon sees with incomparable wisdom A Black Dragon has command of Perpetual Vigilance in the Recollective Resolve A Black Dragon is instilled with inconceivable Buddha-gnosis A Black Dragon practices Tathāgatadhyāna A Black Dragon is baptized with the mark … Continue reading

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Spontaneous Illumination

Shastra on the Importance of Entering the Path of Spontaneous Awakening 1. I reverently bow before all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from the Ten Directions, as well as all Awakened Beings who espouse the Bodhimind. In composing this humble Shastra, … Continue reading

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The Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening

The renowned teacher of Huangbo and Linzi, Dazhu Huihai lived and taught during the Tang dynasty in the late eighth century. While any official dating of his birth is unknown, he was born in Jianzhou in Southeast China and became … Continue reading

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