The Comparative Studying Of Dhyana On Lin Ji Sect And Cao Dong Sect

During the later period of Tang Dynasty to Five Dynasties, five groups in the Chan sect set up, Lin Ji sect and Cao Dong sect spread far and wide, had great influence in China, because of Dhyana.At general view, the two sects came from the South-Chan sect, and the all teach enlightenment of the 6th founder in the Chan sect, according to Jin Gang Jing and Leng Qie Jing. About the practice of Chan, they combined daily life with meditation so that people could get enlightenment under realizing their mind naturally. From the detail, we found that thoughts of Lin Ji sect and Cao Dong sect were different, and their practices of Chan.I have researched thought of Dhyana and doctrine in Lin Ji sect and Cao Dong sect by the comparative method. Generally speaking ,Lin Ji sect asked people got a real understanding firstly, and then people focused on an inside self-believing naturally. Lin Ji sect thought people to cut off their mind and nature , to get the point directly thru the fast words and wags . That is Lin Ji's feature. Cao Dong's feature is that it made people get success gradually thru its meticulous "Five-Wag Doctrine". In order to go beyond the founder , the two sects absorbed both Buddhism and non-Buddhism. When they developed the South-Chan sect, they had different emphases: Lin Ji mainly invoked...