The Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices (Chinese: 二入四行; Pinyin: èrrú sìxíng; Wade–Giles: Erh-ju ssu-hsing; Japanese: Ninyū shigyō ron) is...

Long Scroll of the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices, a text traditionally attributed to Bodhidharma and the first text to identify him as...

Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices, attributed to Bodhidharma, refers the entrance of principle (理入 lǐrù) and the entrance of practice (行入 xíngrù)...

the practice of meditation as taught by figures like Bodhidharma and Huike. A key source from this period is the Two Entrances and Four Practices, attributed...

"forgetting of words and thoughts". One text that was circulating at the time of Huike was the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices (Wade–Giles: Erh-ju...

on the practice of dhyana and is connected to the figures of Bodhidharma and Huike. Its principal text is the Two Entrances and Four Practices, attributed...

of Sōtō practice that contributed most to the success of the school in medieval Japan were precisely the generic Buddhist monastic practices inherited...

In lecture four, Yasutani lists five kinds of zazen: bompu, developing meditative concentration to aid well-being; gedo, zazen-like practices from other...

on the tanden (Chinese:dantian). These practices are described in Hakuin's works Orategama and Yasen Kanna, and are still taught in some Rinzai lineages...

conflict between the practices. We may say, in short, that Buddhism in Vietnam is synthetic and unified rather than divided and sectarian. At present...

criticized relying on methods and practices in order to realize this true person. He said that to engage in religious practice was to generate karma keeping...

Buddhist practices leading to liberation from samsara, the painful cycle of rebirth, in the form of nirvana. The Eightfold Path consists of eight practices: right...

influence on Western practices of Buddhism. In the mid-1960s, Nhất Hạnh co-founded the School of Youth for Social Services and created the Order of Interbeing...

Rinzai priests. Both Harada Roshi and Yasutani Roshi were strong promoters of Zen practice for lay practitioners, and for people of other (non-Buddhist...

earliest occurrence of the term in Chan can be found in the Two Entrances and Four Practices of Bodhidharma, located in the Long Scroll (dubbed the "Bodhidharma...

even further and bring it into maturation. You should have enlightenment experiences again and again and support them with continuous practice. Even though...

other practices first. To practice Hua Tou, one concentrates on the phrase, initially repeating it silently with a questioning and open mind and then thinking...

cultivation practices. They were introduced by Hakuin (1686–1769) who learned them from a hermit named Hakuyu. These energetic practices are called naikan...

Shunryu grew up with an older half-brother from his mother's first marriage and two younger sisters. As an adult he was about 4 feet 11 inches (1.5 m) tall...

the good practices of preaching the Dharma and benefiting others. Asanga, one of the main proponents of Yogacara, introduced the idea of four ways of knowing:...

experienced laypeople, and the 90-day Winter (Rains) Retreat. Aside from practicing Zen Buddhism, The Plum Village practices Engaged Buddhism, an application...

teachings, such as the Four Noble Truths, and explains that in emptiness, none of these notions apply. This is interpreted according to the two truths doctrine...

beating and shouting practices" by Miyun Yuanwu (1566–1642), whose school was extremely influential and widespread, spreading even to Japan and Vietnam...

exist; all experience is mediated by intellectual and cognitive activity. The specific teachings and practices of a specific tradition may even determine what...

illuminates the true nature and the goal of practice. The conditional causes of attaining Buddhahood, which is the aspect of the practices and activities that lead...

Nowick's Dharma brother, wrote in Novice to Master about traditional practices at that time. Toleration leads to friendship. Friendship always wins....

of the doctrines and practices of Tiantai and Tendai Buddhist sects, which subsequently influenced Chán and Zen doctrines and practices. In Japan, the one-vehicle...

sayings and doings of Zhaozhou; four concern Ummon. The common theme of the koans of the Wumen Guan and of Wumen's comments is the inquiry and introspection...

of the practitioner, one that addresses and counters the paradox within calligraphy where the more one practices, the more the quality of the calligraphy...

development and followed the path of practice outlined in the scriptures and confirmed through his own Sŏn meditation. Chinul's progress in Buddhist practice was...