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A thread on Neo-Confucian “quiet-sitting.” 🧵 #靜坐 #정좌
I’ll cover the most illuminating quotes from Zhu Xi’s correspondence on the matter of Confucian “jìngzuò” vs Sino-Buddhist meditation.
I’ll cover the most illuminating quotes from Zhu Xi’s correspondence on the matter of Confucian “jìngzuò” vs Sino-Buddhist meditation.
For China, meditation wasn’t a tradition in ancient times (500 BC). It was introduced by Buddhism (~400 AD). But those ritual structures were largely dismantled by the “Zen” Buddhist revolution (~900 AD), which were then effectively vanquished by the Neo-Confucians (1200 AD). /2
Zhu Xi noted the lack of this tradition in ancient times, yet masters were able to penetrate reality without it…
“You raised the question that Cheng Yi at times also taught people quiet-sitting. However, Confucius, Mencius, and earlier stages did not have such a teaching.” /3
“You raised the question that Cheng Yi at times also taught people quiet-sitting. However, Confucius, Mencius, and earlier stages did not have such a teaching.” /3
