Quote of the day
The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.
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)