jie3 wu4(understanding) and zheng4 wu4(verifing)

• sinweiy

  12 Nov 07, 16:50

  
  
  when Hui Neng was verified to be Enlightened by 5th Patriarch. He also went to hide among the bandits. there's where his real practice begin.
  
  enlightenment has different phase. some practice until they gain insight. some gain insight already then begin practice. it's until the point when one reach zheng4 wu4(verifing)..then that's where they really gain the real benefit of full Enlightenment.
  
  more reference for reading:
  http://sg.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%E8%A7%A3%E6%82%9F+%E8%AF%81%E6%82%9F&sm=All+the+Web&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8
  
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• sinweiy

  24 Nov 07, 16:41

  Nagarjuna: After finish learning all the sutras in Buddhism, went to the Naga world and found out that what he had learnt is but a tip of an iceberg. He only reached 1st Blumi.
  
  hmm..
  
  You shouldnÂ’t assume that you understand everything there is to know. If you think you know everything already, then you havenÂ’t truly understood the Buddhadharma. ---Ven. Master Hsuan Hua
  
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