Nondual Zen Transmission

Nondual Zen (禪 chán; ध्यान dhyāna) is a new online offering of regular transmissions into the Direct Path that sits at the heart of the Great Christic Consummation Path of Total Awakening. Traditionally, Zen is a distinctive lineage of contemplative practice conjoining both shamatha (serene stillness) and vipassana (clear seeing) in a seamless way. Set within an ambience of harmony with nature and celebration of the everyday, Zen has innovated efficacious "methods" of practice of which two main approaches are that of silent illumination meditation (默照禅 mozhaochan) and critical phrase inspection (看話頭 kanhuatou). 

Zen/Chan masters Dahui Zonggao (1089-1163) and Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157) were both respected luminaries and contemporaries of each other. Dahui promoted critical phrase inspection while Hongzhi was a famed exponent of silent illumination. But both were authentic masters and lineage holders who deeply admired each other despite Dahui's criticisms of a perverted form of silent illumination veering into…