RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Buddha-Nature, Nanquan, Sengcan

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: Lisa M.Blake, Jingjing Li

Document Summary

We need to distinguish the empty from the emptiness. Empty (sunya) what is not ; adjective. All things (dharmas) are not substance (svabhava) Impermanent ; a point where the object begins and a point where the object breakdowns. Empty of substantial existence because they are dependently co-arising. This nature of being empty is emptiness. Emptiness = dependent co-arising = how things really are such = suchness = buddha-nature. Nogorjuna: the dependent co-arising, we declare [it] to be emptiness. It is also a dependent concept; just that is the middle way". In sanskrit: dhyana means meditation practice. Emperor ming of han dreamed of a golden figure. The delegate brought back buddhist statues and texts back. Theres a temple from han dynasty called white horse temple (1st buddhist temple) Bodhidharma, meaning of name is understanding of things. 638 -713 huineng, the sixth patriarch of chan.