Elder Jinghui: Gate to Zen

On June 18, 2001, Elder Jinghui, at the invitation of the Grand Monk of the Jade Buddha Temple, all the class leaders, deacons and the Liangxu public, recalled the Water and Land Dharma Meeting held on the fifth anniversary of the death of the Grand Monk of Zhenchan, and made a Buddhist enlightenment for everyone during the Water and Land Dharma Meeting.

Zen is not spoken, and it is difficult to speak Zen, but in order to facilitate the understanding of beginners, we have to speak Zen. Therefore, Master Jinghui's "Gate to Zen" divided into six subtopics, starting with "what is Zen", and started with Dharma Dharma, the Fourth Zen, the Sixth Zen, Wumen Pass, and Life Zen.

Later, in order to provide the campers of the 9th Summer Camp with the teaching materials to refer to, the disciples collated this draft according to the recording of Master Jinghui, thus maintaining the oral characteristics.

keyword: Zen Dharma Zen Four Ancestors Zen Six Ancestors Zen No Gate Pass Zen Life Zen

The Zen that I am talking about today is not the Zen of six degrees of Buddhism, nor the Zen of four meditations, but the Zen advocated by Zen.

What is Zen (January 17)

Bodhidharma Master is the founder of Chinese Zen, and the foundation is not only to establish a sect, but also to have his own ideological purpose and practice as the difference between this sect and another sect.

Dharma Zen (January 17)

Taoist Zen Master has inherited the traditional way of heart printing with the Lenga Sutra since Dharma, and at the same time has opened a new thread of practicing Buddhism with the "one line and three samadhi" mentioned in the Manjusri Prajna Sutra, which directly affected the initiation of the Five Patriarchs' tolerance of the "Dongshan Buddhism" and the rise of the Sixth Patriarchs' Huineng's "Caoxidun Taoism".

Fourth Ancestor Zen (January 17)

The Sixth Patriarch Master is the actual founder of Zen Buddhism in China. In the history of Chinese Zen Buddhism and even in the history of Chinese Buddhism, the Sixth Patriarch Master can be said to be an important figure. Without him, the history of Chinese Buddhism would be different.

Six Ancestors Zen (January 17)

I want to enter this pass and Zen Pass. There is no door, so everything is superfluous. Because "all speech is vanity", speech can only be a description, and it can never really touch the essence of Zen.

No door closing (January 17)

In fact, how Zen adapts to modern society is also how Buddhism adapts to modern society. The adaptation of Buddhism to modern society is not only a matter of knowledge, but also a matter of saying a few words about Buddhism and letting everyone know what Buddhism is about. The most important thing is to let modern people know how to enter the practice, how to change themselves, and how to find a place to settle down in Buddhism.

Zen of Life (January 17)

Introduction to Elder Jinghui
Jinghui, whose ancestral home is Xinzhou, Hubei, was born in 1933. At the age of one and a half, they were sent by their parents to the nunnery for upbringing. At the age of 14, he studied Buddhist scriptures at the Three Buddhist Temples in Wuchang, which laid a foundation for his religious character and ideal of devoting himself to Buddhism. In 1951, when he was 18 years old, he went to Yunmen Temple in Guangdong Province to receive a monk's precept. He was able to serve old monk Xuyun, the leader of modern Chinese Zen, in person. He was highly respected because of his quick understanding. In 1952, he became the disciple of old monk Xuyun. From 1956 to 1963, he studied at the China Buddhist Academy in Beijing and was one of the first batch of Buddhist graduate students in New China. From 1963, they were wrongly classified as "Rightists" and moved to Beijing, Guangdong, Hubei and other places to accept labor reform. In 1979, after implementing the policy, he returned to Beijing, engaged in Buddhist cultural propaganda in the Chinese Buddhist Association, participated in the establishment of Fayin magazine, and served as the editor in charge; In 1984, he began to serve as the chief editor of Fayin. In the same year, he was elected the executive director of the Chinese Buddhist Association. Since 1993, he has been elected as the vice president of the Chinese Buddhist Association.

In 1988, invited by the relevant departments of Hebei Province and appointed by the Chinese Buddhist Association, he participated in the establishment of the Hebei Buddhist Association and served as its president, presiding over the revival of Buddhism in Hebei Province. In 1989, he founded Zen. From 1988 to 1991, he assisted Master Youming in repairing the Zhengding Linji Temple, carrying out various large-scale Dharma promotion activities such as lecturing and teaching at home Bodhisattva precepts. Since the winter of 1991, he has presided over the revitalization of the Berlin Temple in Zuting, Zhaozhou, which has turned the Berlin Temple from a ruin into a solemn and grand jungle. He has organized a group of monks to promote Buddhism and practice in Hebei. Since 1993, the "Life Zen Summer Camp" has been held in Berlin Temple every year, advocating the life Zen with the purpose of "realizing life and giving life", which has had a wide impact on the Buddhist community and society.