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2015 China Temple Tour

I am very fortunate to be traveling with the Dharma Drum Mountain organized pilgrimage to visit Chinese Buddhist Temples in southern China.  


Latest and Greatest:

'15 China Temples
11/11 CaoShanSi - CaoDong Chan/Zen's 2nd Temple
about 9 years ago
11/11 Quiet Abode Temple of the Chan/Zen Seventh Patriarch
about 9 years ago
11/10 Important Crossroad Temple Youminsi saved by HK's Po Lin Monastery
about 9 years ago
11/10 Origin of the Caodong School (Soto Zen)
about 9 years ago
11/9 Linji Zen’s Original Temple (Rinzhai & Obaku Zen)
about 9 years ago

Fresh Tweets:


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11/7 The Beginning (New) of the Chan Monastic Practice

December 01, 2015

This is the Chan/Zen fourth patriarch’s temple, Sizusi /四祖寺.  SiZuSi (Si=Fourth, Zu=Patriarch, Si=Temple) was founded in 624 AD.  SiZu or Master Daoxin taught Buddhism here for nearly thirty years and had around 500 disciples.  He began the monastic community practice and promoted "Equal Emphasis in Sitting and Working" which was a change from the earlier Alms Begging practice.  On another note, one of his disciples, Xinglu Falang became the founder of Korean Chan/Zen or Seon.

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Above pics of the Temple Gate are Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in the center flanked by two protective Vajra Lords, General Hen and General Ha.

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Notice some of the external walls are painted with the green colors; they remind me a lot of the Korean temples that I visited.  I could not take pictures of the Buddhas in the main hall so I took a picture of the 'description',  The tree picture shown below is over one thousand years old.

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Sizusi, Dahe, Huangmei, Hubei, China

Tags: Seon, Zen, Chan, Buddhism, China, Patriach, Patriarch, Temples, pilgrimage, pilgrim
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