(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on September 29, 2014.)
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| This is the stupa (塔) of the Fifth Patriarch (五祖) of Chan (Zen = 禅), on the mountain behind Wuzu Temple (五祖寺), Huangmei, Hubei (湖北, 黄梅县). |
August 7, 2012 - In July of 2012, I had visited most of the important sites in the life of Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen). I had been to Xinxing, where he was born and died, and where his parents were buried. I went to Dajian Temple in Shaoguan, where he preached the Platform Sutra, and to Nanhua Temple near the same city, where he taught for many years, and where his effigy remained. I also had visited smaller sites rumored to have been places where he meditated. Even before that, I had been to Guangxiao Temple in Guangzhou, where he had actually been ordained.
