Abstract

Hsu Yun and the ring of wood Daisetsu is the modern Japanese economy were the two temporary army hall. Although Hsu Yun Chan Seng is the traditional, but eyes open, there is practicable, the meditation experience, the courage to bring personal experience. Ring of wood by a solid academic training, the wind out of their English book world, Zen for the Western understanding of a necessary media. Two people came, Experiences, writings, and gives the impression, really almost exactly north-south House. This paper aims to compare the two by the enlightenment of those qualifications, the history of Zen meditation on the interpretation of the relationship between Zen and Pure Land of the discussion, revealing modern Japanese Zen Zen's differences. Xu Yun and DT Suzuki were famous modern Chinese and Japanese Linji Chan masters respectively. Though Master Xu was traditional in outlook, he was open-minded, had rich meditation experience and expressed his thought faithfully. Suzuki was world-class scholar. He made use of philosophical jargon to expound Chan wisdom and introduced it into the West through his accessible English monographs. This paper makes a comparison on their attainments of enlightenment, interpretations on Chan theory and practice, views on the relationship between Chan and Pureland teachings etc., in order to reveal the differences between modern Chinese and Japanese Chan school