24 Sep Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, Part 6
[Series of Master Shen-Long expounding on the Prajna Paramita (Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom) Heart Sutra] We have so many things that need to get done, and if there was nothing to do,...
17 Sep Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, Part 5
[Series of Master Shen-Long expounding on the Prajna Paramita (Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom) Heart Sutra] Therefore, returning to our main topic, if you have the ability, you can see yourself as composed...
10 Sep Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, Part 4
[Series of Master Shen-Long expounding on the Prajna Paramita (Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom) Heart Sutra] But how do you use it? For instance, to everybody here listening to my talk, is your Prajna...
03 Sep Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, Part 3
[Series of Master Shen-Long expounding on the Prajna Paramita (Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom) Heart Sutra] If you cannot remove the concept of “Ego - I”, no matter how good your supernatural...
27 Aug Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, Part 2
[Series of Master Shen-Long expounding on the Prajna Paramita (Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom) Heart Sutra] Shakyamuni Buddha stated that: Buddha cannot help people who do not have predestined affinity like those who have...
20 Aug Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, Part 1
[Series of Master Shen-Long expounding on the Prajna Paramita (Perfection of Transcendent Wisdom) Heart Sutra] Before I explain the title of this Sutra, I need to make a statement and let...
12 Aug The Ghost Festival of Buddhist Deliverance
(Excerpt from the Prajna (II), expounded by Master Shen-Long, Chapter 8) In 2016, the Ghost Festival of Buddhist Deliverance will fall on August 17th (Lunar calendar July 15th). [caption id="attachment_1136" align="alignright" width="167"] Master...
06 Aug Re-Establishing the East Mountain School of Zen Teaching
(Excerpt from the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, expounded by Master Shen-Long, Chapter 1 Cultivation Cause, pg. 83) [Sutra Text] Yin-Zong asked again: What is the one undivided truth of the teachings of...
30 Jul The Teaching of Non-Duality
(Excerpt from the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, expounded by Master Shen-Long, Chapter 1 Cultivation Cause, pg. 82) (Continuing from the ending of last week: ) [caption id="attachment_1121" align="alignright" width="219"] Master Shen-Long, Non-Duality,...
22 Jul Movement of the Heart
(Excerpt from the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, expounded by Master Shen-Long, Chapter 1 Cultivation Cause, pg. 77) [caption id="attachment_1106" align="alignright" width="219"] Master Shen-Long. Self-Portrait, 1980-1986, Ink and color on paper, 110cm...
15 Jul Passing the Enlightenment Torch
[caption id="attachment_1095" align="alignright" width="201"] Master Shen-Long, Enlightenment, 1995, ink and gold on rice paper, 7.5ft x 4ft. Copyright Master Shen-Long.[/caption] (Excerpt from the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, expounded by Master Shen-Long,...
09 Jul No Attachments
(Excerpt from the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, expounded by Master Shen-Long, Chapter 1 Cultivation Cause, pg. 72) [caption id="attachment_1083" align="alignright" width="300"] Master Shen-Long, Perfect Harmony, 2008, Ink and mixed media on...