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Another point controverted by Tsong-khapa related to<br />

the teaching of a Chan Master named "Mahayana<br />

Monk", who, hundreds of years before, had taught in<br />

Tibet. During his stay great numbers of tantrikas<br />

followed him, causing some Tibetan <strong>and</strong> Indian monks'<br />

concern. They therefore invited the Indian p<strong>and</strong>it-bhiksu<br />

Kamalasila to come to Tibet <strong>and</strong> debate with the Chan<br />

teacher. This resulted in the Council of Lhasa, after<br />

which, due to the king's instructions, Mahayana Monk<br />

had to flee, leaving only one shoe behind in Tibet.<br />

He taught that Chan emphasizes nondiscrimination;<br />

indeed, it teaches that if one clings to discrimination<br />

there is no possibility of enlightenment. He brought<br />

quotations from a hundred sutras <strong>and</strong> sastras to support<br />

his assertion.<br />

Tsong-khapa on this point reasons: if there is no<br />

discrimination, how can one investigate the truth?<br />

Without investigation, how will there be any practice of<br />

samapatti?<br />

In the highest truth there is no discrimination; all is<br />

ultimately sunyata. However, the great Geshe's mistake<br />

was to regard Chan as a yana of cause, which it is not,<br />

being truly a vehicle of consequence. I have written "An<br />

Essay on Tsong-khapa's Lam-rim," in which both sides<br />

are "harmonized."<br />

Further, the Chan Master said, "If one meets an<br />

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