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Only Chan Buddhism as a school (zong 宗) retains the spirit of Chinese civilization; only the Chan school can unify and absorb the essential teachings of all the various Mahāyāna Buddhist traditions without ever falling into deterioration.

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[Chan masters] were not only highly accomplished practitioners, they were also well versed in literature, history, and Buddhist scholarship.

I have a deep conviction that the future of global Buddhism must rest on the inclusive (baorong xing 包容性) and syncretic nature (xiaorong xing 消融性) of the Han transmission of Chinese Buddhism as its main feature in order to take varying sectarian postures and viewpoints and return them to the original intent of the Buddha, so that a new form of Buddhism can emerge that is needed by all people.

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