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Want to know more about Buddhism?
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By Buddhism we mean the teaching of the Lord Buddha.
Our approach is that of the Chan (Zen) school, the objective being to help you on the way to realize your full potential by becoming a Buddha in this life.
The welcoming image is that of the historic Lord Buddha (Shaky-muni) gesturing (His right hand) the mudra of touching the earth: indicating that immediate reality, here and now, is the cure for illusions. His left hand is the mudra of teaching disputation. It is turning the Wheel of the Law (the symbol of Buddhism). Which is another way bud-dhists say: "To teach the doctrine."
The wheel changes into a lotus flower, which recalls the "Flower Sermon" by which, without uttering a word He transmitted the doctrine (to Mayakasyapa) by the technique of Zen.

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Cours 2010-11: Histoire et Philosophie du Bouddhisme


 2006  -  Summer retreat in Zen Monastery, China
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Le Credo Philosophique d’une Bouddhiste européenne
English version - "The philosophical creed of a European Buddhist"
 par Lily-Marie Johnson
 Dans le cadre du Ier Festival francophone de Philosophie
 

Lily-Marie JOHNSON, having been accepted as his disciple in 1994, was ordained a Buddhist nun and declared a Zen Master on 25  February 2542 (1999) at the Bai-lin Cypress Forest Zen Monastery, Hebei Province, China, by Jing Hui, Zen Master of the Lin-Chi (Rinzi) School and disciple and Dharma successor of the Grand Master Xu Yun (Empty Cloud).   .

 
last revised: september 2010