silent illumination vs gong an

• bohiruci

  5 Nov 05, 14:43

  the two famous method of zen practice is more of silent illumination or gong an style
  
  any comment ?
  
  
• An Eternal Now

  5 Nov 05, 15:55

  Originally posted by bohiruci:

  the two famous method of zen practice is more of silent illumination or gong an style
  
  any comment ?
  
  

  I don't practise gong an, but I practise sitting meditation... not sure whether can be considered silent illumination... Anyway I don't know much about zazen either, I heard there are 5 kinds... but rest of the details I forgotten.
  
  btw do you practise those zen methods?
• bohiruci

  5 Nov 05, 17:37

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  I don't practise gong an, but I practise sitting meditation... not sure whether can be considered silent illumination... Anyway I don't know much about zazen either, I heard there are 5 kinds... but rest of the details I forgotten.
  
  btw do you practise those zen methods?

  I do but last time , now just reading up on silent illumination
  
  if one wish to practice silent illumination, dharma drum mountain is the best
  
  ven guo jun shi is teaching the chan meditation by silent illumination
  
• bohiruci

  5 Nov 05, 17:50

  actually some of those zen master of chinese mahayana beside Ven shengyen are
  
  (still alive )
  
  one of them is ven Wei jue of Chungtai Chan MOnastery
  
  http://www.chungtai.org.tw
  
  
  
• bohiruci

  5 Nov 05, 18:00

  Ven huilu of Wenshu dharma hall in kaohsiung
  
  
  
  http://www.wenshu.org.tw
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• bohiruci

  5 Nov 05, 18:04

  ven bai yun (white clouds )
  of thousand Buddha mountain
  
  http://www.chien-fo-shan.com.tw/