Good Day To All,
My Teacher would say, "the Order of Chan is Buddhist, but the witness of
Chan is not."
Chan is just a nickname for the entire universe, including the visible
and the invisible, the energy and its form, the perpetual and the
transient, the big and the small, as well as all of its nature. It is
always in a state of dynamic balance, always evolving, as well as
integrating.
Shakyamuni, Confucious, Lao Tze and many other sages all witnessed the
truth of the universe, or Chan, and began their teaching.
All schools of teaching are about the same truth, because all are part
of universe and contains the same nature of the universe. This is also
the nature of man and of all beings big and small.
Awaken to the universal truth is just the beginning. My Teacher often
remind us, "True practice begins after awakening."
We practice to be totally, completely, wholesomely, physically, mentally
and spiritually one with the entire universe, without exception,
preference or selection. Such that we could live in sync with our
original abilities to harmonize, to balance, to evolve and to integrate.
This is what I was taught and have witnessed.
Thank you for your time.
JMJM
