Chinese Zen Pilgrimage: A Journey to the Origins of Zen

Author: Deng Meiling
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: In October 2002, Master Hsing Yun of Fo Guang Shan in Taiwan led twenty-two monks and five hundred believers from home and abroad on a fourteen-day journey across six provinces, visiting twenty-six thousand-year-old Zen monasteries. Deng Meiling followed Master Hsing Yun, silently observing everything, tracing the trajectory of Zen Buddhism's development, exploring the emerging opportunities in Chinese culture, and seeking methods for personal spiritual and physical peace in turbulent times. The author's admiration and praise for Zen masters are, for example, when she writes about Mazu Daoyi, she laments that a figure of such immense influence on Chinese culture should have less recognition in Chinese cultural history than several great literary figures from the Tang and Song dynasties, which seems somewhat unfair. This book uses high-tech luminescent materials and patented technology. The Buddha statue on the cover releases a radiant light in the dark or in the absence of light. May it bring you blessings and peace!