Meditative Humanities
Meditative Humanities
Institute for Meditative Humanities Education
“Because all beings are ill, I am ill; if all beings were freed from illness, my illness would end.” — Vimalakīrti Sūtra, chapter on Mañjuśrī’s visit.
Guiding principles and path
I Vow
The vow to leave bondage together with all beings
Seeing suffering, one vows; self and other walk together.
II Doors
Gate of dependent arising · Gate of emptiness
Inquire into emptiness within dependent arising; contemplate dependent arising within emptiness.
III Gates
Turn back · enter emptiness · return to the world
Meeting suffering, turn back; enter emptiness and loosen grasping; return to the world and take it on.
The three gates keep returning; the four paths and four domains interweave.
Institute core: Zen Circle and Daily Chan
Zen Circle as the Institute’s core practice field, Daily Chan as the basis of everyday cultivation.