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Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening |
| Author: Hui Hai |
| Year: 1962, 1987 |
| Binding: Paperback |
| Pages 188 |
| Category: Zen |
| Type: Books |
Price: 8.00
was 8.95
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| Code: 1096 |
Chan Master Hui Hai,
translated by John Blofeld,
foreword by Charles Luk
ISBN-13 978-0-946672-03-5
This eighth-century classic is a complete translation of Hui Hai’s teachings. This was one of the early masters (along with Ma Tsu and Huang Po) who followed on from Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch. The message of text is timeless: |
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This eighth-century classic is a complete translation of Hui Hai’s teachings. This was one of the early masters (along with Ma Tsu and Huang Po) who followed on from Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch. The message of text is timeless:
‘Once a man who practised Chan asked Hui Hai: “It is said that mind is identical with the Buddha, but which of these is really the Buddha?”
Hui Hai: “What do you suppose is not the Buddha? Point it out to me!”
As there was no answer, the Master added: “If you comprehend (the mind), the Buddha is omnipresent to you; but if you do not awaken to it, you will remain astray and distant from him for ever.”’
John Blofeld (1913-1987), a noted Buddhist writer and translator, was one of the few Englishmen to experience life in China prior to the Communist revolution. His love of that country and of Buddhism enabled him to translate the texts with feeling and insight.
Written in the 8th century by Hui Hai. Student of Ma-tsu and from the same line as Huai-hai, Huang Po and Rinzai (Lin-chi). |
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