Wunian
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wunian (無念) (T. bsam pa med pa; J. munen; K. munyŏm). A Chinese term tranlated as "no-thought", "no mind", etc.
The Princeton Dictionary states:
- ...a Chinese meditative term that appears in the sixth-century Dasheng qixin lun but finds its locus classicus in the eighth-century Chan classic, the Liuzu tan jing ("The Platform Sutra"). The putative author of the Liuzu tan jing, the sixth patriarch (Liuzu) Huineng, defines “no-thought” as “not to think even when involved in thought.”[1]
According to the Princeton Dictionary, thought is not the problem, "but rather attachment to thought".[1]
The Digital Dictionary of Buddhism states:
- Within the Chan traditions, this is a concept often seen in Southern Chan 南宗禪, based on the centrality of the concept in the Liuzu tan jing ("The Platform Sutra"). In Northern Chan the term li nian (離念) is more common. [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura][2]
Further reading
Chǒngjung_Musang, Tsadra Commons
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. wunian
- ↑
無念, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
