TEN NON-DUALITY GATES (十不二門)

Below is the first English translation of the Tiantai Patriarch Zhanran’s essay the ‘ten Non-duality Gates’ (十不二門) that I am aware of.  The translation was done as a collaboration between myself and Li Jinyi. TEN NON-DUALITY GATES  (See Appendix One for Chinese version.) Zhanran Appearance and essence are not two gates Inside and outside are […]

THE MANY PATHS OF CORRECT MEDITATION

This short post is to counter the often made claim that a certain way of approaching meditation is the right way, whereas in practice there are lots of practices and many ways.  It is not the case that there is a certain order, or certain path that we must follow.  In fact, the Sutra of […]