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The Chan Prolegomenon: Introductory Remarks

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Vajragoni
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Tsung-mi’s Chan Prolegomenon (also known as the Ch’an Preface) is a vast-work considered to be his most crowning-achievement. In it he proves himself to be a great synthetic-agent as he weaves together all the major petulant Ch’an schools of his … Continue reading →

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Tsung-mi: An Intimate Study

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Vajragoni
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Tsung-mi (780-841) A good subtitle for this series would be, “The Spiritual Knowing that knows no darkness.” With brilliant erudition Tsung-mi (pronounced Zongmi—preferred spelling by modern-day scholars) set out to define Bodhidharma’s Mind Transmission as a silent knowing of Mind’s … Continue reading →

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