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“Jin is a Japanese word. It is called chen in Chinese.” The Japanese word jin and the Chinese word chen are the Sanskrit word “chanaka” or the Pali word jhana (meditation) in their respective pronunciations. That is why rin is written with a dash instead of a hyphen. Chanaka or jhana (meditation), or phing, means the practice of achieving mental stability. .

The meaning of “Jin” is to practice to calm the mind, but there are many different types of yin that are practiced to calm the mind. In the Tang Dynasty of China (618-507 AD), Sanmi (Japanese: Shumitsu) classified yin into five types.

The first of these five is simple meditation. It is called “bonpu” in Japanese. Simple meditation has no religious or philosophical views. It is a practice that anyone can practice.

It is a practice that is practiced solely for the purpose of maintaining physical and mental health. Since meditation has no harmful effects, it is a practice that can be practiced by anyone of any religion. Even those who do not follow any religion can practice meditation. Meditation can cure mental illnesses and improve health.

By practicing the simple mind, one can calm and control one's mind. Practicing the simple mind can be more beneficial for the development of the mind than reading thousands of books on ethics and theology. However, this practice is incapable of solving the fundamental problem of man and the fundamental problem of the relationship between man and the universe.

The second jhāna is called “do.” Jīdō means “outer way.” It means a way outside Buddhism, a way that is not Buddhist. This jhāna is related to Abhidhamma. It is also related to religion. But it is not Buddhism. Hindu yoga, Confucian meditation, and Christian meditation practices all fall into this second jhāna category.

One of the characteristics of the second type of yin is that sometimes people practice the second type of yin in order to gain various powers and abilities that ordinary people cannot achieve. In the world, we find people who are endowed with powers and abilities that ordinary people cannot achieve, and who are skilled in skills that are not the property of ordinary people. The power of such people is the result of the power of the mind that arises from practicing to achieve concentration of mind.

There is another purpose of the second type of meditation. Some people practice meditation with the intention of being reborn in a celestial or Brahma realm in the next life. Some Hindu sects practice meditation with the intention of reaching heaven. This is not the purpose of Jain Buddhism. The purpose of Jain Buddhism is to practice meditation with the intention of being reborn in a human life and eventually becoming a Buddha.

The third type is called “Rojo.” It means Hinayana. The “Rin” practice practiced by members of the Hinayana or Theravada Buddhist sect is included in the third type by the Buddhist typologist.

The fourth jhāna is called “Dai Jhāna.” This is the jhāna practiced by the Mahayana sect. The main purpose of this jhāna is to see one’s inner nature and realize enlightenment. Buddhism is a religion that strives for true enlightenment. The Buddha taught all beings to realize their own nature. The teachings of the Buddha were passed down from one generation of teachers to another. Therefore, only the jhāna that prioritizes enlightenment, called Sarita, is called Dai Jhāna. The fifth jhāna is the highest jhāna called “Sai Jhāna.” This jhāna is said to have been practiced by Sakyamuni Buddha and Amida Buddha.

Regardless of the differences between Buddhist sects, in general, the practice of meditation, which is the practice of striving to achieve mental stability, plays a major role in Buddhist practice. After virtue comes concentration. After concentration, wisdom (the highest knowledge) is attained. Thus, between virtue and wisdom, there is a level of mental stability, concentration. It is not easy for those who are weak in moral conduct to attain concentration. A person without concentration is far from wisdom. Without concentration, wisdom cannot be attained. Without knowledge, concentration cannot be attained. This practice is accepted by all Buddhists. Therefore, all Buddhists follow the concentration practice that the Buddha showed according to their own circumstances. Samatha and Vipassana are the practices practiced by Buddhists.

Thus, while all Buddhists maintain the importance of concentration practice, a sect of Buddhism that places special emphasis on concentration practice and is called “Jin” Buddhism emerged in China around the 6th century and spread from China to Japan. The founder of this sect of Jin Buddhism was the Venerable Bodhidharma, who traveled to China from India.

There is no written record of the Ping sect in the written history of Indian Buddhism. Among the eighteen major Buddhist sects that emerged up to the time of Emperor Ashoka, and among the later Abhidhamma Buddhist sects, there is not even a hint of the Jing sect. There was also a Yogasara sect, like the Yin sect, which emphasized yoga. Although there is no documentary evidence for the existence of a separate Yin sect, according to the Chinese Yin Buddhist tradition, the Yin tradition is said to have originated in India during the time of the Buddha. However, historians do not accept this claim.

In Jing Buddhism, there are generally three methods used to achieve a goal. The first method is the method of meditating while looking at a wall. This is called “japyeong.” It is said that the first Buddha, Bodhidharma, meditated for many years without stopping while looking at a wall. The second method is the method of realizing the truth through question and answer. This method is called “mindō.” According to this method, the disciple answers a difficult question asked by the teacher without hesitation. In answering this question, the disciple gives an answer that comes out of his mouth without thinking about anything. The third method is the “koan” practice. In the koan practice, the teacher gives a riddle. The disciple solves the riddle and learns the secret hidden in the riddle. The stage reached after using these methods is “satori.” Bodhi means enlightenment.

The Chinese people's thinking is more practical than that of the Indians. Therefore, in China, people strive to develop their inner vision while carrying out their daily tasks. The teachers of the Yin Dynasty worked tirelessly to free the human mind from the shackles of the old ideas that had been traditionally held.

Rinpoche Buddhists do not rely on scriptures. This is because they seek their own experience, which scriptures cannot provide. However, they consider the Lingavatara Sutta to be their basic scripture. They also place great emphasis on the Vajra Ricchsedika Sutta. It is known that the Vinaya Paramita Sutta is recited daily in the morning in Rinpoche monasteries.

The Jinn are happy people. They do not care about the physical world. All the things of life are serious to them. At the same time, they are also joyful. They love suffering. They make themselves into a laughing stock, a laughing stock, so that they are not respected.

Jain masters often beat their disciples to achieve enlightenment. They beat them. They kick them. They scold them and shout at them. Jain Buddhism emphasizes personal experience. Therefore, it does not pay attention to ideology or philosophy. Jain Buddhists do not believe that words can express the truth. This state of religious vocabulary

Because they often use contradictory and contradictory words to reveal the truth. A famous saying of the great Jinn master Fudayashi (497-561 AD) goes like this: “I am walking empty-handed. Look, I have a shovel in my hand. I am walking on my feet. But I am walking on the stoop of an ox.

"When I cross the bridge, look, the water is not flowing. But the bridge is flowing."

Such seemingly contradictory statements are found in many Jing Buddhist literature. The following are examples of such statements: “If you clap both hands together, you will hear a sound. If you clap only one hand, you will hear a sound.” In Jing Buddhism, there are only such contradictory statements, the jing.