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Chan Buddhism

• 495 CE - Batuo introduced Mahayana Buddhism to China

• 516-526 CE - Damo introduce Dhayana school of Buddhism, considered the first patriarch http://www.shaolin.com/historycontent.aspx

• 661 CE - Hui-Neng became the sixth patriarch, founding the "Souther School"; and Shen-hsi also claimed transmission, forming the "Northern School." http://www.nalanda-university.com/buddhist-ayurveda-encylopedia/huineng_sixth-patriarch-of-chan-buddhism_zen-master_hwei-neng.htm

• 701 CE - Shen Hsui recieves support of the Empress Wu, preaching in Lo-yang and Chang'an. http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/7521621

• 845 CE - Persecution and destruction of Buddhist temples and documents by Taoist Emperor Emperor Wu-tsung of the T'ang dynasty, called the Hui-ch'ang persecution http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O108-Huichangpersecution.html

• 10th-13th century -Tang and Song dynasties, Buddhism had a popular following. http://www.google.co.cr/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=12&ved=0CAsQFjABOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Focean.otr.usm.edu%2F~w416373%2FHIS%2520101%2520web%2520site%2FLsn%25205%2520Resurgent%2520China.ppt&ei=5DQ8S7mDGIbIlAfj6s2eBw&usg=AFQjCNFWTyngr0e3AQTOKP4g2qiMcFeySQ&sig2=OQe8m-7ST5JU_jK4co9ILg

• 12th and 13th century - Movement of Cao'dong sect teachings by Dogen (Rinzai) and Linji sect by Elsai (Soto) to Japan to become Zen Buddhism http://large.stanford.edu/history/kaist/references/confucius/liu4/

• 15th and 16th centuries - Period of dormancy for the movementacademic.hws.edu/chinese/huang/mdln210/mdln210-17a.ppt

• 17th century - Scholastic revival of Chan Buddhism, non-ascetic style of meditation

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Phnom Penh

A number of internationally famous people hail from Phnom Penh, including:

• The poet Yim Guechsehttp://kamnapyimguechse.blogspot.com/
• The actor Francois Chauhttp://www.francoischau.com/
• The world-famous tennis player, Patricia Hy-Boulaishttp://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hy/patricia-hy-boulais-1.html<ref>

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updated 2010-12-14 06:07:55

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How to Become a Buddhist

Beginning to understand the teachings of Siddartha Gautama is only the beginning of following the philosophy of Buddhism. Buddhism must be practiced in your every day life. Joining a Buddhist Sangha or attending services and retreats may be a great way to immerse yourself in the practices of Buddhism. To officially become a Buddhist one must complete and Affirmation or Ordination Ceremony. They are two types of ceremonies to mark ones decision to become a Buddhist. These ceremonies are similar to a Jewish persons circumcision in order to distinguish that person is of the Jewish religion.

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Thomas Merton

According to D.T. Suzuki, Thomas Merton was one of the few men who deeply understood the meaning of Zen Buddhism. After some previous correspondence, they had their first meeting in 1964 in New York, when the 94-year-old Suzuki was in the United States. During this meeting, Merton was impressed by the both Suzuki's presence, and the acute ordinariness of the moment. Merton wrote several books that addressed Zen to different degrees, including Zen and the Birds of Appetite, Mystics and Zen Masters, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander and, his final work, the Asian Journal. http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/oct1989/v46-3-article1.htm

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Ken Wilber

"It is often said that in today's modern and postmodern world that the forces of darkness are upon us. But I think not; in the Dark and the Deep there are truths that can always heal. It is not the forces of darkness but of shallowness that everywhere threaten the true, and the good, and the beautiful, and that ironically announce themselves as deep and profound. It is an exuberant and fearless shallowness that everywhere is the modern danger, the modern threat, and that everywhere nonetheless calls to us as savior." From: Sex, Ecology,Spirituality

• "In Democracy, man exploits man; in Communism, it's the other way round." From: Up From Eden

• "Raindrops are beating, a large puddle is forming, there on the balcony. It all floats in Emptiness, in purest Transparency, with no one here to watch it. If there is an I, it is all that is arising, right now and right now and right now. My lungs are the sky; those mountains are my teeth; the clouds are my skin; the thunder is my heart beating time to the timeless; the rain itself, the tears of our collective estate, here where nothing is really happening." From: One Taste

• "Human beings have a variety of intelligences, such as cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence, musical intelligence, kinesthetic intelligence, and so on. Most people excel in one or two of those, but do poorly in the others. This is not necessarily or even usually a bad thing; part of Integral ...

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Prayer

• Healing
• Advent Prayers, Liturgies, Readings, Poems and Devotions
• World Prayers
• Thanksgiving Prayers
• How to Do Centering Prayer

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Leshan Giant Buddha

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Nanshan Buddhism Cultural Park

A key project in the Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone, situated at Nanshan District around 40 km west of Sanya CBD in China's Hainan Province.

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