Difference between revisions of "Direct pointing to the human mind"
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| − | Also expressed as "[[directly pointing to the human mind]]." A common saying of the [[Zen school]], attributed to [[Bodhidharma]], the first [[patriarch]] of {{Wiki|Chinese}} [[Zen]] ([[Ch'an]]), that represents the school's [[essential]] [[doctrine]]. It is the first part of a two-phrase saying, the second part of which is the [[phrase]] "perceiving one's [[true nature]] and [[attaining]] [[Buddhahood]]." A four-phrase saying, in which those two phrases are combined with another two, reads, "[The [[Zen]] [[teaching]] represents] a separate [[transmission]] outside the [[sutras]], {{Wiki|independent}} of words or [[writing]]; it points directly to the [[human]] [[mind]], and enables one to {{Wiki|perceive}} one's [[true nature]] and attain [[Buddhahood]]." When each [[phrase]] is quoted {{Wiki|independently}}, the translation often differs slightly. This describes the [[teaching]] of the [[Zen school]] that [[enlightenment]] is not achieved through scriptural or [[doctrinal]] study, but by directly beholding and penetrating the [[true nature]] of the [[mind]] through [[seated meditation]] ([[zazen]] ). In this way, one realizes that the [[true nature]] of one's [[mind]] is the [[Buddha nature]] and thereby attains [[enlightenment]]. | + | Also expressed as "[[directly pointing to the human mind]]." |
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| + | A common saying of the [[Zen school]], attributed to [[Bodhidharma]], the first [[patriarch]] of {{Wiki|Chinese}} [[Zen]] ([[Ch'an]]), that represents the school's [[essential]] [[doctrine]]. | ||
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| + | It is the first part of a two-phrase saying, the second part of which is the [[phrase]] "perceiving one's [[true nature]] and [[attaining]] [[Buddhahood]]." | ||
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| + | A four-phrase saying, in which those two phrases are combined with another two, reads, "[The [[Zen]] [[teaching]] represents] a separate [[transmission]] outside the [[sutras]], {{Wiki|independent}} of words or [[writing]]; | ||
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| + | it points directly to the [[human]] [[mind]], and enables one to {{Wiki|perceive}} one's [[true nature]] and attain [[Buddhahood]]." | ||
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| + | When each [[phrase]] is quoted {{Wiki|independently}}, the translation often differs slightly. | ||
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| + | This describes the [[teaching]] of the [[Zen school]] that [[enlightenment]] is not achieved through [[scriptural]] or [[doctrinal]] study, but by directly beholding and penetrating the [[true nature]] of the [[mind]] through [[seated meditation]] ([[zazen]] ). | ||
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| + | In this way, one realizes that the [[true nature]] of one's [[mind]] is the [[Buddha nature]] and thereby attains [[enlightenment]]. | ||
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Revision as of 19:41, 3 January 2016
direct pointing to the human mind
直指人心 ( Jpn jikishi-ninshin )
Also expressed as "directly pointing to the human mind."
A common saying of the Zen school, attributed to Bodhidharma, the first patriarch of Chinese Zen (Ch'an), that represents the school's essential doctrine.
It is the first part of a two-phrase saying, the second part of which is the phrase "perceiving one's true nature and attaining Buddhahood."
A four-phrase saying, in which those two phrases are combined with another two, reads, "[The Zen teaching represents] a separate transmission outside the sutras, independent of words or writing;
it points directly to the human mind, and enables one to perceive one's true nature and attain Buddhahood."
When each phrase is quoted independently, the translation often differs slightly.
This describes the teaching of the Zen school that enlightenment is not achieved through scriptural or doctrinal study, but by directly beholding and penetrating the true nature of the mind through seated meditation (zazen ).
In this way, one realizes that the true nature of one's mind is the Buddha nature and thereby attains enlightenment.
