Talk:Yin Shun

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A nice summary of Yinshun's works in Chinese would be great. At present, it looks like he wrote two books and was Ven Zhengyen's Shifu! 90% of the story is missing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Huifeng (talk • contribs) 07:03, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, regards his lineage affiliation of "Sanlun" - from "Investigations into Sunyata", he says:

In Modern Discussion on the Madhyamaka (中觀今論), I stated: “Amongst my teachers and friends, I am seen as a scholar of either the Three Treatise (三論sanlun) or the Śūnyatā schools (空宗)”, and although I “certainly do have great affinities with the fundamental and essential doctrines of the śūnyatā school”,2 however, “I do not belong to any particular school of thought within the śūnyatā schools”. The problem is, when I study, I do not seek deep understanding, nor am I a specialist – so I am not the type to promulgate a single school, or glorify any particular school after having profoundly understood it.

Any suggestions for a more appropriate "lineage", how about "Mahayana" or "Humanistic Buddhism"?

--Huifeng (talk) 03:02, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Ven. Huifeng. I put that statement in about the San-Lun school as his lineage, though from what I understand from his writings, he was very much a Mahayana generalist, so you're right in that it's probably not a great fit. On the other hand, I assumed that because his training was originally within that school, he could still be considered part of its lineage. Does "Humanistic Buddhism" have a lineage per se? If so, it certainly seems reasonable to that instead. --Ph0kin (talk) 12:35, 23 December 2008 (UTC) (a.k.a. Gerald Ford from E-sangha)

Perhaps someone can also include some different opinions from others who do not agree and have written some critics about the Master's approach. (e.g. http://www.awker.com/hongshi/mag/53/53-7.htm) Kamleong (talk) 06:36, 23 February 2009 (UTC)