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To Practice
Chan is to Read our Self |
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| We practice Chan and study Buddhism
to come home to our original Self. The practice of Chan helps
us to quiet down, which then enables us to let go of our delusions
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CHAN
IS COMING HOME |
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| Chan is the return of our heart
and mind to its home. It is a matter of transmission of experience
and not of intellectual knowledge. Chan does not rely on thinking,
but is about pure and constant awareness. |
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Chan
Practice is Enjoying Peace of Heart |
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| As we embarked on this mission,
we realized soon enough that if our heart is not at peace, this
world cannot be at peace either. But how do we arrive at peace
of heart? We have to start from practicing concentration, which
leads to inner stability and stillness. |
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Practice Through Suffering |
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| In my own practice I have taken suffering as a way to develop great perseverance and to reach awakening. We often feel that the suffering of this world is overwhelming, and don`t give thought to the fact that through suffering, we can understand and experience the truth that the Buddha taught. |
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Love,
Compassion, Joy and Equanimity |
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| In our minds we often make distinctions
between Self and Other, good and bad, leading to confusion and
unhappiness. All we want is to be happy and free, all we want
is to find a way to overcome our difficulties. How can we do
it? |
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Self-Mastery |
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| Every joy and pain, our entire
life in Samsara, is created by our own heart/mind. We therefore
have to be very mindful in order to open up the road to enlightenment
for ourselves. |
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