09Jun/14

Eight Qualities of Buddhist Translators

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Have been introducing features of translation approaches by Chinese Buddhist translators from the second to tenth centuries in China. Presentations in Canada and Thailand thus far have been well received.  Cancong’s advocacy for Buddhist translators’ inner cultivation is a special feature that sacred text translators east and west may be interested in.…
23May/14

Dedication to A Scripture: To the Avatamsaka Sutra

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On Venerating the Avatamsaka Sutra Excerpted from Admonitions for Monastics By Meditation Master Wensui of Suizhou’s Dahong Mountain Homage to my master teacher Vairochana, the Kindly Venerated One of the Flower Treasury.  You proclaim the golden text and the jeweled verses, unfolding scrolls of sutras kept in book sachets. Objects for…
10May/14

Just Meditate!

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“On Sitting Meditation: An Inscription” Excerpted from Admonitions for Monastics By Meditation Master Buddha Eye Qingyuan, of Longmen The light of the mind shines in emptiness; its substance transcends extremes and pervades all. The light of the mind is like golden waves lapping, for the mind is always in deep…
02May/14

A Small Part of Translating Totality in Parts

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The following is an excerpt from Translating Totality in Parts: Chengguan’s Commentaries and Subcommentaries to the Avatamsaka Sutra by Guo Cheen. Published by University Press of America. Book launch on May 9, 2014. Please purchase and review the book on Amazon.com that day! Book review:   “Guo Cheen has made…
25Apr/14

On Civil Rights Demands

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            From alleged government espionage programs to religious scandals of assault or abuse – where among this barrage of Lord of the Flies scenes do Buddhist observers find confirmation of the belief that people are inherently good?             When the historical Buddha Shakyamuni founded his order…
14Mar/11

Ancient Wisdom Needed for Contemporary Spirituality

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More harrowing tales of sex scandals, money laundering, power struggles and coercive threats. . . Apparently Buddhism in the West is no different than any other faith tradition. No matter how developed, an organizational structure comes to embody some aspect of unhealthy cultic dynamics— and the denial of such dynamics, or a lack of awareness of them, is one of the most common indicators of this disease.