Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Shilian Dashan's Self Portraits (6/33)


Silently Communing 默契图

The sixth print, Silently Communing, shows the musing young master sitting on the ground with his head bent slightly forward and one leg outstretched. In his relaxed posture there is no sign of the burning urgency or desperate struggle that characterized the sitting-in-meditation of earlier Chan masters.


Not surprisingly, the text here is one of the more difficult examples! I'm surprised my clssmates could help as much as they did:

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