Sad news that Chan/Zen Scholar John R. McRae has passed away from a battle with cancer.
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John R. McRae Dead
by Bankei » Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:21 am
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Re: John R. McRae Dead
by Astus » Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:48 am
Very sad news. He was a true pioneer in East Asian Buddhist studies.
"To know by thinking falls into the secondary. To know without thinking falls into the tertiary."
(Yangshan Huiji, X1405p58b18-19; tr. JC Cleary: A Tune Beyond the Clouds, p 43)
"While teachers of the middle way, mind only, transcendent wisdom, mantra, and other schools may have their own assertions, the fulfillment of those intentions is the same. There is not a single thing that is not contained within mind."
(Gampopa to Düsum Khyenpa, in "The First Karmapa", KTD Pub, p 254)
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(Yangshan Huiji, X1405p58b18-19; tr. JC Cleary: A Tune Beyond the Clouds, p 43)
"While teachers of the middle way, mind only, transcendent wisdom, mantra, and other schools may have their own assertions, the fulfillment of those intentions is the same. There is not a single thing that is not contained within mind."
(Gampopa to Düsum Khyenpa, in "The First Karmapa", KTD Pub, p 254)
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Re: John R. McRae Dead
by kirtu » Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:07 am
NAMU AMIDA BUTSU!
May he quickly be reborn in the Pure Lands.
I remember well a weekend seminar he taught at Zen Mountain Monastery some 17 years ago.
Kirt
May he quickly be reborn in the Pure Lands.
I remember well a weekend seminar he taught at Zen Mountain Monastery some 17 years ago.
Kirt
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Re: John R. McRae Dead
by Bankei » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:41 am
A memorial event will be held on Sunday, November 20, 7-8:30 pm, at the Parc 55 hotel in San Francisco.
http://uhpress.wordpress.com/2011/11/09 ... n-r-mcrae/
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