{"id":76751,"date":"2025-07-21T21:06:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/?p=76751"},"modified":"2025-11-22T09:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T17:38:03","slug":"appendix-a-the-great-dharma-of-zen-practice-thus-have-i-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/appendix-a-the-great-dharma-of-zen-practice-thus-have-i-seen\/thus-have-i-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"Appendix A: The Great Dharma of Zen Practice \u2013 Thus Have I Seen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"76751\" class=\"elementor elementor-76751\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c99fc55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c99fc55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9536f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9536f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Appendix A: The Great Dharma of Zen Practice \u2013 Thus Have I Seen<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69bd1f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69bd1f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Reposted from\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/category\/thus-have-i-seen\/\">Thus Have I Seen<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/holyvajrasana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thus-Have-I-Seen-complete.pdf\">p.264-<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db2996e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"db2996e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e52410f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e52410f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In March 2013 H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III transmitted the Great Dharma of Zen and gave a discourse on the nature of zen and how it should be practiced. This is an English translation of that dharma discourse. It does not include the mantras that were transmitted that increase the effectiveness of practice although you can receive benefit from practicing it without them. I can transmit two of the mantras to qualified disciples, but you need to receive the third by means of a higher transmission.<\/p><p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Below is the complete content of \u201cThe Great Dharma of Zen Practice\u201d expounded by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. This is a transcription of a discourse on dharma given impromptu.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-771ae35 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"771ae35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/cabuddhists.org\/en\/office-of-h-h-dorje-chang-buddha-iii-announcement-number-40th-12-04-2013\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">The Office of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Announcement No. 40th (12\/04\/2013) \u2013 H.H. 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