Blue Mountain Dharma Community offers traditional Buddhist meditation methods in both the Thai Forest Tradition and Chinese Ch'an (Zen) tradition, taught in a sequential manner. We offer the “gradual” (Pali: samatha/vipassana) methods of the Theravada Forest Tradition and apply them in the Ch'an/Zen context, this systematized development presents a “gradual” approach within the “sudden” path of Ch'an/Zen practice, creating effective and practical methods for practitioners of different spiritual capacities.
Our Spiritual Friend & Facilitator
T.C Donalds (ICBI) is a professional herbalist and clinical meditation teacher in Vancouver, British Columbia. A poet, Ch’an/Zen practitioner, and former monk in the Thai Forest Tradition, he is the author of four Buddhist inspired poetry collections.
T.C views poetry as an extension of his Ch'an/Zen practice. A way of investigating the Self. For as Dogen Zenji, a 13th century Zen master said: “To study the way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, to forget the self is to awaken into the ten thousand things.”
When not engaged in making hand crafted meditation cushions for a living, he can be found in nature, sitting in silence continuing to deepen his Meditative practice.
Ch'an master Xu Yun ~ Empty Cloud (1840-1959) Was one of the last great Ch’an masters of China and lived to be a healthy and active 120 years old. The highly revered Master Xu Yun contributed greatly to the preservation of the Chinese Buddhist School known as ‘Ch’an’. Master Xu Yun lived much of his very long life during the 19th century traveling China by foot, before entering a 20th century that would see much of the ancient Ch’an teachings become lost or distorted.
Charles Luk- Upāsaka Lu K'uan Yü (1898-1978), was a notable Buddhist scholar and practitioner, having trained in Tibetan Buddhism, Daoist 'neidan' cultivation, and of course, Ch'an Buddhism under the guidance of master Xu Yun. Master Xu Yun, after coming into contact with various Westerners searching for authentic Ch'an instruction, asked Charles Luk to translate key Chinese Buddhist texts into English so as to provide authentic Ch'an teachings to an ever growing Western audience.
Richard Hunn- Upāsaka Wen Shu (1949-2006) was a British Sinologist and Ch'an Master who trained in the Ch'an Dharma under Charles Luk. He founded the Norwich Ch'an Association, and held Ch'an Weeks of meditation in the UK. He also wrote for the Middle Way - the journal of the Buddhist Society, London.
Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD (Shi Da Dao) received extensive personal and academic instruction for 16 years under the guidance of the eminent British Sinologist and Ch’an Master Richard Hunn (1949-2006), in the lineage of Ch’an Master Xu Yun (1840-1959) and Charles Luk (1898-1978), and studied the subjects of Chinese Ch’an Buddhism, Daoism, Book of Change (Yijing) studies, Confucianism, and Chinese language and translation skills. He is the current Custodian of the Richard Hunn Association for Ch’an Study (RHACS), and the Spiritual Director of the International Ch’an Buddhism Institute (ICBI).
T.C Donalds-Upāsaka Heng Shu is a Canadian disciple of Adrian Chan-Wyles the Spiritual Director of the International Ch’an Buddhism Institute, from whom he received both his Dharma name, and was granted membership into the International Ch'an Buddhism Institute (ICBI) by. T.C is a professional herbalist and clinical meditation teacher in Vancouver, British Columbia. A poet, Ch’an/Zen practitioner, and former monk in the Thai Forest Tradition, he is the author of four Buddhist inspired poetry collections. T.C feels drawn to share these practices as a means of understanding and liberating ourselves from the general sense of confusion, dis-ease, discontentment, and the daily challenges to our well being that our local community faces now more than ever.
Our Spiritual Friend & Facilitator
T.C Donalds (ICBI) is a professional herbalist and clinical meditation teacher in Vancouver, British Columbia. A poet, Ch’an/Zen practitioner, and former monk in the Thai Forest Tradition, he is the author of four Buddhist inspired poetry collections.
T.C views poetry as an extension of his Ch'an/Zen practice. A way of investigating the Self. For as Dogen Zenji, a 13th century Zen master said: “To study the way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, to forget the self is to awaken into the ten thousand things.”
When not engaged in making hand crafted meditation cushions for a living, he can be found in nature, sitting in silence continuing to deepen his Meditative practice.
In addition to having trained in the the meditative practices of the ancient Mahā Nikāya Monastic order of Theravada Buddhism. T.C also practices within the lineage stream of Ch’an Master Xu Yun (Empty Cloud).
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Ch'an master Xu Yun ~ Empty Cloud (1840-1959) Was one of the last great Ch’an masters of China and lived to be a healthy and active 120 years old. The highly revered Master Xu Yun contributed greatly to the preservation of the Chinese Buddhist School known as ‘Ch’an’. Master Xu Yun lived much of his very long life during the 19th century traveling China by foot, before entering a 20th century that would see much of the ancient Ch’an teachings become lost or distorted.
Charles Luk- Upāsaka Lu K'uan Yü (1898-1978), was a notable Buddhist scholar and practitioner, having trained in Tibetan Buddhism, Daoist 'neidan' cultivation, and of course, Ch'an Buddhism under the guidance of master Xu Yun. Master Xu Yun, after coming into contact with various Westerners searching for authentic Ch'an instruction, asked Charles Luk to translate key Chinese Buddhist texts into English so as to provide authentic Ch'an teachings to an ever growing Western audience.
Richard Hunn- Upāsaka Wen Shu (1949-2006) was a British Sinologist and Ch'an Master who trained in the Ch'an Dharma under Charles Luk. He founded the Norwich Ch'an Association, and held Ch'an Weeks of meditation in the UK. He also wrote for the Middle Way - the journal of the Buddhist Society, London.
Adrian Chan-Wyles PhD (Shi Da Dao) received extensive personal and academic instruction for 16 years under the guidance of the eminent British Sinologist and Ch’an Master Richard Hunn (1949-2006), in the lineage of Ch’an Master Xu Yun (1840-1959) and Charles Luk (1898-1978), and studied the subjects of Chinese Ch’an Buddhism, Daoism, Book of Change (Yijing) studies, Confucianism, and Chinese language and translation skills. He is the current Custodian of the Richard Hunn Association for Ch’an Study (RHACS), and the Spiritual Director of the International Ch’an Buddhism Institute (ICBI).
T.C Donalds-Upāsaka Heng Shu is a Canadian disciple of Adrian Chan-Wyles the Spiritual Director of the International Ch’an Buddhism Institute, from whom he received both his Dharma name, and was granted membership into the International Ch'an Buddhism Institute (ICBI) by. T.C is a professional herbalist and clinical meditation teacher in Vancouver, British Columbia. A poet, Ch’an/Zen practitioner, and former monk in the Thai Forest Tradition, he is the author of four Buddhist inspired poetry collections. T.C feels drawn to share these practices as a means of understanding and liberating ourselves from the general sense of confusion, dis-ease, discontentment, and the daily challenges to our well being that our local community faces now more than ever.
T.C has spent decades practicing in the Buddhist meditative traditions and fully believes that with the right methods, cultivation, and support systems, the possibility of realizing ones true nature in this very life is not only very possible, but that our true nature is much more intimate, immediate & closer than we think. He welcomes all and considers himself a fellow student and friend rather than a teacher.
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