THE CHAN SEMINARY DHARMA SERIES

                                            THE ORIGINAL AND COMPLETE FOUNT OF ZEN                                             

CHAN BUDDHA - DHARMA

      大菩提太虚 看 机禅林门

                THE IMPORTANT CHAN DHARMA TEACHINGS

                 There are Ten Series of Teachings, Four of which which will be encountered

below. They are presented in an Order that will allow a planned advance.

         Welcome to the Chan and Dao Seminary Teachings 

             I can say no more as a welcome than the great bard, who declared:

                         If we offend, it is with our good will. 

      That you should think, we come not to offend, 

But with good will. To show our simple skill, 

That is the true beginning of our end.

 Consider then we come but in despite. 

We do not come as minding to contest you, 

Our true intent is. All for your delight 

We are not here. That you should here repent you, 

The actors are at hand and by their show 

                                    You shall know all that you are like to know.                                                                                        

                                                                                                              Shan jian

This text comes from A Midsummer Night's Dream. If you, like the arrogant nobles within this great work of Shakespeare, think that the simple mind without scholarship, because punctuation runs astray, or because there is no eloquence in what is said, has little to say and is ignorant, then you too are in their same boat, drowning within Samsara. Let us examine this text as it comes from the "heart" of these people, in the play within the play, who are simple artisans.

"We do not mean to offend for we come with good will.

You should think that we come not to offend, but with good will to show simple skill.

This is the true beginning and our end. Consider that we come not in argument. 

We do not come in order to contest what you deem correct.

Our true intent is for your delight. We are not here so that you repent our presence

The actors are at hand and by their show you shall know all that you are able to learn"

SO WE PRESENT OUR SIMPLE DHARMA SKILL AND THEREBY SHOW ALL THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO LEARN.

    The fool who knows of his ignorance, indeed, 

  through that very consideration becomes a wise man.

   But the conceited fool who considers himself learned 

               is, in fact, rightly called a fool.

           The most important teaching for those

        who are seriously upon the Dharma Path

   The Spirit of Vipassana Jivitindriya   

    Ku-xin-Shan    NINETTE DIANE OBADIA

   THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED AND UNDERSTOOD THE FIRST SEMINAR SERIES

ARE INVITED TO CONTINUE WITH DILIGENCE THE FOLLOWING SET OF TEACHINGS

    OUR IMPORTANT TASK IS TO RECOVER THE ORIGINAL DHARMA PATH COVERED OVER BY THE WEEDS OF 

            MODERN PROGRESS GENERATING EXPEDIENT MEANS AND THE GLOBALIZATION OF A STAINED MIND

THESE TEACHINGS ARE FOR ALL THOSE WITH COURAGE, MATURITY AND SENSITIVITY, WHO SEE A NEED  TO 

REDISCOVER THE NOBLE HUMAN BEING WHO IS IN HARMONY WITH LIFE AND ALL THAT SUPPORTS IT 

      THE DHARMA JOURNEY BEGINS WITH THE FIRST STEPS

                                          THE DHARMA JOURNEY CONTINUES