Seng-chao

Seng-chao (384 - 414), also Sengzhao, was a Buddhist monk and philosopher of China. Born to a poor family in Jingzhao, developed literary skills and became a scribe. He was also able to read Pali, a languages from India in which Buddhist literature were composed. The notion of abolition of time was his one of the major area of focus. He is known for his contributions as the first Chinese philosopher to make the Buddhist thoughts in a particular order comprising of both Chinese and Indian points of view. His notable book is Zhaolun. was a direct disciple of Kumārajīva and a key figure in the early Madhyamaka (Middle Way) tradition in China.

Wisdom & Quotes

• The Brahmin... had left his family and came back with his hair turned white. When his neighbours recognised him, they called out : "The man who once left us is still alive?"

But the Brahmin answered , " I resemble him, but am no longer the same."

• It is said : " When a mountain is piled up, the first basket of earth is the beginning of the end... and when one travels, the first step is the beginning of the arrival."
• Things are not nonexistent because they appear;

they are not existent because they disappear.

• Motion does not move; stillness does not stop.
• Past things do not reach the present;

present things do not go to the past.

• Words are not the meaning;

the meaning is not in the words.

• To cling to existence is delusion;

to cling to non-existence is also delusion.

• The sage knows without knowing,

acts without acting.

Vatsyayan

Nearby pages
Seng tsan, Seng-chao, Senior Advocate, Senior Homonym, Sennaar