Category Archives: Buddhism

“Fruit ripened is awakening completed/The flower opens and worlds arise”

Posted on November 12, 2020 by

The quotation above is a translation of the last two lines of the gatha of Dharma transmission by Punyamitra, the 26th Indian Buddhist Patriarch, given to his successor Punyatara, the 27th Patriarch, in a succession of patriarchs following the death … Continue reading →

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Records of the Transmission of the Lamp

Posted on November 2, 2020 by

I have the first three volumes of this 30-volume work, “consisting of putative biographies of the Chan (or Zen) patriarchs and other prominent Buddhist monks. It was produced in the Song dynasty by Shi Daoyuan.” (Wikipedia). The “Lamp” in the … Continue reading →

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