Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Sheng-yen
Born: December 4, 1930
Died: February 3, 2009 (aged 78)
Bio: Sheng Yen was a Chinese Buddhist monk, a religious scholar, and one of the mainstream teachers of Chan Buddhism. He was a 57th generational dharma heir of Linji Yixuan in the Linji school and a third-generation dharma heir of Hsu Yun.
Known for:
- The method of no-method (2008)
- Hoofprint of the ox (2001)
- Subtle wisdom (2005)
- Song of mind (2004)