Huineng · Theology

Meditation and Wisdom Are One

Huineng's philosophical heart: <em>samadhi</em> and <em>prajna</em> - meditation and wisdom - are not two things practised in sequence but one reality, like a lamp and its light; and &lsquo;no-thought&rsquo; is the awakened mind in motion.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Huineng taught the oneness of samadhi and prajna (meditation and wisdom are one reality, not two sequential practices, related as lamp and light), that wunian (no-thought) means thought free of attachment rather than the absence of thought, and that on this view awakening is not a special state entere…

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