Huineng and The Practice of Wisdom
In the history of Zen Buddhism, the Sixth Patriarch Huineng (d. 713) emphasized the practice of prajñā in counterpoint to the quietistic and self-absorbed style of meditation that was then current. In so doing, he emphasized dynamic action and human involvement as essential to Zen practice.
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