China’s Zen nuns: The secret to being mindful

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5 жыл бұрын

Zen Buddhism originated from China, where it’s known as Chan in Chinese. In this episode of Travelogue, Tianran He explores the world of Chan to find out what mindfulness and enlightenment really entails.
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@omittapir5986 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely blown away by the wisdom of the nuns. "Be present and focus on what you are doing at the moment". Thank you so much to bring Chan Buddhism nuns to us.

@jennytan2301 3 жыл бұрын

Buddhism is the most profound and wholesome education directed by the Buddha towards all people.

@vatarants 2 жыл бұрын

Love it "Target is not enlightenment but is living happy life."

@simeonbanner6204 2 жыл бұрын

If China could spread Buddhism more in the world I think it would be really a great thing. It's a good way for many to live especially with climate change.

@kawalangdalawahan 2 жыл бұрын

I started my path into being one with the 道 and I have been practicing 気候 in order to bring balance to my 陰陽 to achieve a true state of 無為, and practicing 座禅 has made me closer to my journey to become an arhat

@user-qo8ce9rz7h Жыл бұрын

wishes full fill your hopes

@ary-here 4 жыл бұрын

I am Indian and my ancestral village is on the banks of the same river Niranjana (Phalgu in modern nomenclature) where Shri Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment.... I can find so many things of this temple resonate with my own culture and teachings.... 1. Meditation - it is definitely - THINKING NOTHING! it is the hardest thing to do.. It raises awareness about ourselves It is there in the Yoga and Atharvaveda.... The Aranyakas (forest dwelling monks) have also highlighted this.... The Bikkuni (Bhikshuni in Sanskrit) of this temple also underscores the same idea. 2. Contemplation - It is thinking about multiple points at same time. It is easier than meditation but has its own flavor in the Yoga... It raises ones awareness about environment around. When the monks and bikkunis walk with moving only right hand while keeping other hand kept still, they are exactly contemplating. It is best if contemplation is carried outdoors which is exactly what they are doing. 3. Well then there is concentration which is not mentioned here... it is about focusing on one point - one goal.... this is lowest level of Yogic exercise... attainment of which many find as fulfilling who are involved in physical charm of the world. What resonates with me is the idea of Zen, Chan or as we call it - OM..... They are different names of the same idea... that is to find your inner self.... believe me it is hardest thing to do.... i agree u dont have to be hermit to realize ur inner self..... but u can experience it by channeling energy in ur mind and body optimistically.....

@user-hf5oy5zw3h 4 жыл бұрын

India abandoned Buddhism(every sects) for about 1000 years~~~

@apurvaj3319 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-hf5oy5zw3h No, Buddhism still exists in India, although not as widely practised as it once was... There are Chakma Buddhists in North Eastern India and Navayana Buddhists in Central India. According to 2011 census, about 8.4 million Buddhists live in India

@apurvaj3319 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-hf5oy5zw3h 8.4 million Buddhists live in India according to last census of 2011!

@apurvaj3319 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-hf5oy5zw3h and BTW I am Indian and I practise Buddhism just like other 8 million Buddhists in India

@DilbagSingh-ox8li 3 жыл бұрын

Love you dear love you

@99desi9n 2 жыл бұрын

Correction, the San Francisco Zen Centre was found by Soto Japanese Roshi Shinryu Suzuki.

@SINCE-yg2bf Жыл бұрын

Thanks Namo Buddha Jaybhim 🙏🙏🙏!!! From India, Maharashtra Gulab Sugandhe 🙏🙏🙏.

@RippleInspirations 4 жыл бұрын

This was calming and so enlightening. Thank you for taking us in this journey ❤

@yechang__p962 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You so much for this amazing piece! Great host and it made me smile till the end

@LU2677 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this video and the excellent host. Kept it simple like a true Zen.

@SailR108 8 ай бұрын

Well done 🙏

@yanpinghuang8154 5 жыл бұрын

Very practical training courses and useful life skills. These nuns will help more people in the future. Thank you for your sharing.

@thanhlongnguyen6575 5 жыл бұрын

Hello , I am from Caodong school of Vietnam. Caoshan temple is one of two main temple of Caodong school in China

@B.Mamentu 3 жыл бұрын

Any info about your school in VN ?

@1ericsam 5 жыл бұрын

Great Host.Professional, specific own style

@Michael-gs2uq 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice video!

@philharland7763 Жыл бұрын

So beautiful.....thankyou.

@duncandes1 2 жыл бұрын

Very peaceful.

@frankchilds9848 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you CGTN,I follow the Soto Zen way which the Japanese monk Dogen brought to Japan. You treat this topic with respect and humility. I live in Hawaii, but no American TV network has come close to caringly present this theme as you have here 😉 😀

@rajotavo 3 жыл бұрын

'Chan' is derived fr Dhyan ( Sanskrit)...from India. It was brought to China by Bodhidrama, a monk gr India to China...

@xiandi 2 жыл бұрын

However, many contents of Zen are not found in Indian Buddhism, because Zen is the result of Buddhism absorbing Chinese Taoism and Confucianism. It took China a thousand years to sinicize Buddhism. Therefore, some people even say that Chinese Buddhism is not Buddhism because it has changed too much

@aljabuddha7610 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻 Super Buddhisem Kul Lepo Love 🧘🏻‍♀️ 👍🏻 😊 SLOVENIJA

@francosalinas4459 5 жыл бұрын

Oh man this was awesome. It's hard to get docs on chan. Everything's on japanese zen

@benharper9735 4 жыл бұрын

Phranzis_3 use chinese and connect it with Taiwan and might be more accessible. 禪。

@elijahferalbeast 4 жыл бұрын

I have a great lecture, but it is in Russian! :(

@dannyyy97 3 жыл бұрын

Same thing??

@aseriesoftriangleswecalltr6065 3 жыл бұрын

Sure, because Japanese Zen is quality. Chinese Chan in impure, mixed with Communism, conformity, greedines and superstition

@dannyyy97 3 жыл бұрын

Zen originates from chan

@aljapeterka6811 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻 super buddhisem lepo kul love 🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️ buddha 👍🏻 😀😊😃 Havala SLOVENIJA

@be19huy56 3 жыл бұрын

開悟就是要從人造的語言文字的認知回歸到天生的眼、耳、鼻、舌、膚的覺知，應而不藏，無記無憶，就活在所謂的空之中。

@abhishekpandey-uf6rh 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@BDBD05 3 жыл бұрын

Seems more like an exploration into Steve Job's inclination to zen!!

@jeffreyjackson5229 Жыл бұрын

"Self-cultivation is not separate from normal life."

@aljapeterka9173 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻 wow super kul lepo love buddhisem 🧘🏻‍♀️ 😀😃😊 👍🏻 🇸🇮

@js6271 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome job! Inspiring, beautiful, relaxing!

@DJSTOEK 5 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@aljapeterka370 3 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻 wow super Buddhisem šola zen kul loven 🧘🏻‍♀️ ❤ 😃 😊 🇸🇮

@annecorey607 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful place very clean friendly place for the people to enjoy friendly and healthy place to live in the world this nuns is very good to give up their home life and families to be come a nuns. Thank you for sharing your beautiful video love your video thanks

@McLKeith 2 жыл бұрын

While it is true than Chan was taken from China to Japan, Bodhidharma first brought it from India to China.

@ALJA.PETERKA Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻 Love Buddhist Wome Buddha Buddhisem Kul Super Love Havala Wow Lepo Slovenija 🧘🏻‍♀️ 😊 👍🏻 🏯 🙏🏻

@evewifeofadam9996 3 жыл бұрын

Right now in time, for myself and my growth, I am to be in silence. I accept my life here also because I love the people. Ultimately, we are not meant to be in silence alone and have blank minds. Our thought knows we are alive and something. Why that blank thought for those moments? Is something being erased, or are the people going higher to something that is not of this earth?

@MJay558 2 жыл бұрын

Gyan yoga is origin of Zen meditation, practiced well among students of Nalanda University india till 12th century, the university was destroyed by turk invader Bakthiyar Khilji. Dhayana leads to Gyana ( Zen) , Gyana leads to perfection. Thus Chan Zen meditation is powerful. ☸️🙏🇮🇳🇨🇳🇯🇵

@howardleekilby7390 2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@songsparrow4324 4 жыл бұрын

How beautiful. . .thank you for sharing. .

@phuntsogdorj 3 жыл бұрын

It's a really wonderful journey with you. Learn so many wonderful new things, hope it will give a positive impact on my life. Thanks for taking me there. Namo Namo

@Michael-gs2uq 2 жыл бұрын

Go directly to the root and research JNANA, from the most ancient culture in the world, the Indian VEDIC culture 😊

@be19huy56 3 жыл бұрын

眼、耳、鼻、舌、膚的認知是覺的認知就是性，所以是覺者，而語言文字的認知是心的思想，所以是思想者、記憶的反射者，就是妄想者，莊子所謂去性而從於心，要開悟就要去心而從於性，應而不藏，就是沒記憶，而語言文字必產生記憶，沒語言文字必定無記憶，就是所謂的空。

@Octoberfurst 5 жыл бұрын

Inspiring video!

@winniesutanto425 4 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful

@yellow82811 3 жыл бұрын

@1:45= Chan= Kicked, Cold, Snatched, Carries, bright(= Chal- Ran- Han.../ Side Dish of Ban- Chan or feast, Man- Chan/ They supported 10, 000( multiple tasker s from warrior kings to ancient Scholars hobbyist...). They saw from own opinions and experiences.

@susangoh6551 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@radioguy3193 3 жыл бұрын

☺️

@adhisanjaya235 5 жыл бұрын

So Steve Job do simple happy life after get "such creativity" ?

@ni7351 4 жыл бұрын

budhism may help to maintain china's prospority

@alom5501 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing ! The Buddhism was spread by great mauryan emperor Ashoka from India to rest world.

@mehuleemandal 4 жыл бұрын

Dave WA Asoka was the king of Magadh (present Bihar and West Bengal). And yes Buddha was a prince of Nepal

@ary-here 4 жыл бұрын

well... Gautama Buddha was born in Kapilavastu, Lumbini... Yes this district today lies on the border of India and Nepal but back then there was one India in 6th century BC, divided into 16 Mahajanapads but bonded by same culture and belief in Dharma........ Buddha along with Mahavira Jain and Makkali Gosala were among founders of various religions ( 62 in total, apart from Vedic religion) where new thinking of Dharma developed. There was no Nepal then.....but Bharat existed even then from Afghanistan (Gandhar in Sanskrit and Pali texts) to Bihar (Magadh in texts) and from Kashmir to Godavari..... Yes we have borders now which are existing from last 60 or 70 years...... but that can never belittle the culture of India that exists in these lands even today - be it Nepal, Afghanistan or Bangladesh.... Those people who deny the culture of their very own land like Pakistan does... they perish in history as Pakistan is perishing..... I hope Nepal does not

@apurvaj3319 3 жыл бұрын

@wrong notes exactly there was no nation states back then, it was same culture of India which even today is present through language, religion, philosophy and liking for similar sports and cinema... But u cannot deny that it was not India... All other small nations or regions which cudnt become part of India doesn't mean they don't follow Indian culture!

@apurvaj3319 3 жыл бұрын

@wrong notes Indus Valley Civilization existed between 2500 BC to 1750 BC. Greek Civilization started between 1200 BC and 900 BC. Greeks never existed during the era of Indus Valley Civilization. Just don't make stuffs or imagine history. Indus Valley Civilization is named so because of the river valley it was found in by the excavators and archeologists.

@apurvaj3319 3 жыл бұрын

@wrong notes and dude educate yourself in history. Khas people are known to be different branch of Aryans, entirely separate from Vedic Aryans who mainly inhabited in the Indo-gangetic plains. Whereas Khas people inhabited in the mountainous region of Himalayas. Also the arrival of Khas people is said to be at later to that of the Vedic Aryans

@katrinaram8323 4 жыл бұрын

Bodhidharma was an Indian Buddhist Monk who founded Zen/Chan Buddhism in China. There is a lot of evidence of him now in China m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q8mdi9BmvMqqnqs.html. He even taught the monks Shaolin Kungfu is based on the yoga poses (ex. warrior and animal poses in yoga) that he taught the monks to alleviate physical problems from long stretches of meditation. That is why people who practice yoga learn the poses first, then they move on to meditation for longer periods.

@untrainedytbr2454 Жыл бұрын

Chup re lavde... Zoot mat faila.. Itna tha to bodhidharma ko follow karna tha

@sifukiefer8684 5 жыл бұрын

Inspiring

@evewifeofadam9996 3 жыл бұрын

It is a high thing to be able to teach silence.

@katanasakura5285 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@jrwilliam3742 5 жыл бұрын

诸行无我，如江奔海，滴水无心，无去无来

@lemonstrangler Жыл бұрын

walking is the hardest for me

@virgopisces6698 Жыл бұрын

It's that easy

@Socrates... 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to be there

@CARR0T1 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a website of the temple? Or an email? Or something? Thank you

@chenzhao0451 3 жыл бұрын

中国辽宁海城道源寺, liaoning province, haicheng, daoyuan temple

@CARR0T1 3 жыл бұрын

@@chenzhao0451 Thank you so much!!

@chenzhao0451 3 жыл бұрын

@@CARR0T1 Welcome

@luchen3246 3 жыл бұрын

The name is mentioned at the beginning of the video, it is Caodong School Baoji Temple in Jiangxi Province Yihuang County 曹山宝积寺江西省宜黄县. Here is the website: csbjs.99.com/bjs-cdz;

@CARR0T1 3 жыл бұрын

@@luchen3246 Thank you so much

@SenshiFX 2 жыл бұрын

There is no more confusion than to believe one is enlightened. Once believing you are enlightened is to arrive at a destination, a delusion created by ones own mind.

@nathanwatches 5 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@OscarWrightZenTANGO 3 жыл бұрын

GREAT VIDEO....WELL DONE !!!!!!!!!!!

@SuminhtueMuitruonglong111 4 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@laylamezel1447 3 жыл бұрын

are we really gonna ignore at @6:15 the subtitles say "octopussy"

@onam9415 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get a stay here .

@chenzhao0451 3 жыл бұрын

中国辽宁海城道源寺? this is liaoning province, haicheng, daoyuan temple?

@Metta51 3 жыл бұрын

Zen (== Chan (== Jhana Japan (== China (== India That’s where the tradition started

@StarrySunnie 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 🙏

@dr.kenmiller4227 Жыл бұрын

❤👍☺️🎨👨‍🎨🥰🙏

@be19huy56 3 жыл бұрын

我是一個默默無聞的開悟者，我專注於老子、莊子、稽康、六祖壇經、鈴木大拙、景德禪燈錄的研讀者，我只讀原著、我至今還沒發現有真正的開悟者，所謂言語道斷，還一直停留在人造的語言文字上，就無開悟的機會。

@petertan4969 2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@be19huy56 3 жыл бұрын

要開悟就要知道，用眼、耳、鼻、舌、膚去認知；與用語言文字去認知，兩者相去遠矣，不可不察也。

@stephanweber515 5 жыл бұрын

No Body,No Mind,No Spirit.🙏

@katiescroggins5692 9 ай бұрын

when dude looks at his hand and discovers chi is real is! Look at his face he is like "Waite this stuff is real" and there all like YUP!!! 17:38

@tenpawang6635 4 жыл бұрын

So gorgeous nuns I fall in love

@stevenmcshane5807 3 жыл бұрын

wonderful doc, very cool :)

@be19huy56 3 жыл бұрын

日本的坐禪在六祖慧能看來是末流也

@TheDhartiPutraGuru 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g55odaWomZ_Xp3k.html आइए सारनाथ के साथ भगवान बुद्ध को जानें--

@ubc.student 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know where I can find the specific chanting songs in the video?

@kalyanamitra2048 3 жыл бұрын

So interesting to see how, even in China, the way Buddhism is presented emphasises its productivity first - Steve Jobs is referred to, even before Buddha or Bodhidharma. Zen/Chan becomes firstly a way to improve and better hone one’s business acumen. If we truly are a ‘consumer culture’ then perhaps this isn’t surprising - but should Buddhism be commodified and adapted to conform with and respond to prevailing market trends, or should it be trying to transform and ultimately transcend them?

@tindujmovic9949 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@chenmacro 3 ай бұрын

小比丘尼也叫做沙弥尼

@sumanaathale 3 жыл бұрын

Zen this words come from Jhana (pali or Sanskrit language)

@apurvaj3319 3 жыл бұрын

Actually this school of Buddhism in Sanskrit is called as Dhayana Buddhism... Dhayana became "Jhyana" or "Jhan" in Pali and then across the Himalayas in China this word became "Chan" from "Jhan"... And further in Japan it became "Zen"

@sumanaathale 3 жыл бұрын

@@apurvaj3319 pali language - Jhana Sanskrit Language Dhyana

@haikaloronsentnel138 3 жыл бұрын

PALI AND SANSKR!T CANNON IS SAME ESSENTIAL!!!

@TG-wo5fk Жыл бұрын

To think nothing is not meditation

@watchmanling 3 жыл бұрын

Just one question is there party branch in this temple? If there is, then there is no zen here.

@ogathingo8885 3 жыл бұрын

Hsiao Ling would it be beautiful, if Chinese leaders would focus on the country’s economic development to eradicate proverty and diseases and leave the mind development to their ancient spiritual heritages ? How magnificent can China be and communism would not be a curse to humanity!!!

@ritikarana4256 2 жыл бұрын

this is so beautiful

@ShaolinChan5988 2 жыл бұрын

🙏 Chan 禅 is the original!!! The Shaolin Temple is the PLACE where the very beginning of Chan come from

@ourfamily9397 2 жыл бұрын

誦念《南無觀世音菩薩》名號！六字大明咒:六字真言或六字大明咒，即嗡嘛呢唄美吽，又作唵嘛呢叭咪吽（梵語：Oṃ Maṇi Padme Hūṃ；念修六字大明咒 (观音心咒) 实有不可思议之功德。《宝箧经》云: "若持诵六字大明咒，能使福德具足。诵此咒时，九十一恒河沙数佛陀亲临，微尘数菩萨亦亲临，且天、龙、鸠盘荼、四大天王等亲临而守护之。其人身内之一切有情能获不退转菩萨位..."能消除一切災難，逢兇化吉、增壽增福報。能夠消除貪嗔癡慢疑和吝嗇六種煩惱，遣除障礙，癒眾生疾病，解脫苦痛，從而健康長壽！開智慧，破除無明，消災解厄，解脫六道輪迴。南無大慈大悲救苦救難廣大靈感觀世音菩薩

@jennytan2301 3 жыл бұрын

Cultivation is changing the way we think, speak, and act towards people and matters from an erroneous way to a proper way.

@ritikarana4256 2 жыл бұрын

i want to go here

@compassionlove2637 2 жыл бұрын

We love Buddhism

@michaeldunetz90 Жыл бұрын

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@jeffkelly9653 3 жыл бұрын

Without Zen I wouldn't be "here"

@be19huy56 3 жыл бұрын

開悟的人實在是太少了，尤其是在這這個時代，一大堆自稱是禪師的，其實對禪也只不夠是門外漢罷了！

@hernanpina8022 3 жыл бұрын

Hola.... seria muy interesante si estuviese traducido al castellano

@KheglenAnn 4 жыл бұрын

Zen buddhism didn't originated from China nor Japan. Bodidharma was from Southern Ancient India and his teacher was a woman, Prajnatara, who was from Eatern India (probably around Kashmir). The word "Chan" is a chinese pronunciation from sanskrit "Dhyana".

@user-hf5oy5zw3h 4 жыл бұрын

Do you know the sixth master of Zen Buddhism,Hui Neng ? and his teaching~

@user-Void-Star 4 жыл бұрын

Boddhi dharma gurus guru is Arya Nagarjuna the founder of Madhiyamaka school.

@kelvinsuarez2891 4 жыл бұрын

I am an indian buddhist and nowhere in India is Zen buddhism practised. We follow Mahayana and Theraveda sect of buddhism here not Zen buddhism .If it really originated in India we would still see traces of Zen practice in India. It exclusively belongs to China and Japan. Zen buddhism originated in China then spread to Japan.

@tommoylan7069 3 жыл бұрын

@@kelvinsuarez2891 You are correct. I think the previous writer got confused because dhyana and chan both mean meditation, but Chi'an also means a specific school that developed in China.

@onghengkie8676 3 жыл бұрын

full of peace, that is buddhism

@timmazumdar7167 2 жыл бұрын

I would never mention Jobs or any Western source. This is such a beautiful temple and the interview with the Abbess is so insightful.Thank you but stick to Buddhism as practiced in China and how it has coexisted with Taoist spiritual practices for more than 2000 years.

@pfzheng6501 3 жыл бұрын

chan 禪 not zen

@jeevankumargurung2438 3 жыл бұрын

Chinese buddhism is good and china is highest buddhist population country.buddhist monks and nuns should be pureveg and live simple life. Buddha said if you don't have any food to eat then you can eat meat. Pureveg simple living monks are best in real buddhism.this comment is from the land of buddha lumbini nepal.