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Chan Buddhism was influenced by all the previous Chinese Buddhist currents. The Mādhyamaka of Sengzhao, for example, influenced the views of the Chan patriarch Shen Hui (670-762), a critical figure in the development of Chan, as can be seen by his "Illuminating the Essential Doctrine" ( Hsie Tsung Chi ).
A Definition Etymology In other languages abhidhamma A category of scriptures that attempts to use Buddhist teachings to create a systematic, abstract description of all worldly phenomena abhi is "above" or "about", dhamma is "teaching" Pāli: abhidhamma Sanskrit: abhidharma Bur: အဘိဓမ္မာ abhidhamma Khmer: អភិធម្ម âphĭthômm Tib: ཆོས་མངོན་པ ...
Nirvana in some Buddhist traditions is described as the realization of sunyata (emptiness or nothingness). [11] Madhyamika Buddhist texts call this as the middle point of all dualities (Middle Way), where all subject-object discrimination and polarities disappear, there is no conventional reality, and the only ultimate reality of emptiness is ...
The book was also reviewed by Philip Blosser in Research in Phenomenology, [7] the theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer in Journal of the American Academy of Religion, [8] the Buddhist studies scholar Bernard Faure in The Journal of Asian Studies, [9] Thomas P. Kasulis in The Journal of Religion, [10] and Richard H. Drummond in Journal of Ecumenical ...
Shunyata, in Chinese texts, is "Wu" (Chinese: 無; pinyin: Wú), nothingness. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] In these texts, the relation between absolute and relative was a central topic in understanding [ clarification needed ] the Buddhist teachings.
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In Buddhism, the three marks of existence are three characteristics (Pali: tilakkhaṇa; Sanskrit: त्रिलक्षण trilakṣaṇa) of all existence and beings, namely anicca (impermanence), dukkha (commonly translated as "suffering" or "cause of suffering", "unsatisfactory", "unease"), [note 1] and anattā (without a lasting essence).
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