Found another one with deep insights into anatta and dependent origination from China. http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/2895657877 - his online moniker is 无心如来。 John Tan and I think his writings are very well written.
 
Seldom do I find people with such deep clarity of insights from China's blogs and forums or teachers. Not non-existent but very rare. By far most practitioners and teachers in China only get as far as the I AM or substantialist nondual/one mind stages. I don't know any currently living official dharma teachers who have realised anatta and emptiness living in Mainland China, although Zen Master Hong Wen Liang and Ch'an Master Hui Lu are both very clear, but they are in Taiwan not Mainland.
 
(But I have conversed or seen posts by someone with deep realisation from Mainland China by the forum name of 谁敢杀我, also someone young in China's Yun-nan province by the name of Sonictt who was at the I AM stage suddenly realised anatta after reading what I shared - my translation of John Tan's 7 Stages into Chinese ( http://awakeningtoreality.blogspot.com/.../chinese... ) and my own translation of a passage of Bahiya Sutta, that was back in 2013, also some of the writings of the Chinese blogger 一念行者 are great but some sounds substantialist, perhaps he could be leading his followers to the I AM realization first, provisionally.
 
In future I will do more or what I can to help the Chinese community realise these insights. More translation and sharing, etc. Hopefully it will not come under censorship, but I read that Xi Jinping is pretty supportive of Buddhism in China: https://www.scribd.com/.../What-a-Buddhist-Monk-Taught-Xi...
 
 There's always more people we can help to awaken. Every year plenty of people awaken through writings I posted in AtR (not necessarily written by me, some could be written by me and some may be written by others but I shared it on my blog). Just about a week ago someone from the LA, USA realised anatta (was previously at I AM stage) at the age of 23 after I shared the 7 stages, some other articles and had a conversation with him on Reddit (private chat). Many more will come. I hope more people with insights will be more proactive at helping others. I am not someone specially wise or skillful so if my little efforts can help others, I'm sure others can do it even better.
 
 
 
    Liu Zhi Guan
    Browsed through a few of his articles and really like his insights and conciseness,especially this articles that succintly lays out the essence of Buddhadharma wrt satipathana:
    It seems that he is currently a Theravada practitioner,which is quite rare in China considering China's Mahayana holdover.
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    Yeah i notice he is mainly theravada but he did quote chinese mahayana sutra sometimes.
    But his insights seem centered on anatta and dependent origination mainly not so much twofold emptiness. But both stanzas of anatta and dependent origination are very clear for him
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    Liu Zhi Guan that article you shared is not by him tho. He quoted from 隆波帕默尊者
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    Liu Zhi Guan In the article you linked to me, it seems that the teacher still sees dualistically -- 身体移动或是呼吸、都只是被觉知与被观照的对象(所观),而不是心(能观)
    this is not nondual anatta insight. Unfortunately most monks and teachers in any Buddhist tradition have not attained this nondual anatta insight. There is an Indonesian monk in the Theravada tradition also, he attained realisation to anatta through conversing with me, he told me throughout Indonesia he cannot find and does not believe there is anyone else who realised anatta like him. I think so too. All his teachers were also dualistic like that - awareness is like the sky, the background, the witness, and everything else happens on the foreground.
    On the other hand, 无心如来 clearly has nondual anatta insight.
    ...真知真慧唯依心之超越概念法的纯然觉照。
    过去已灭,若在即常;未来未生,若生即常;当下不住,若住即常。我们的每一个状态其实也只是活在了当下,所以,觉照也只在当下,它只缘于当下,与当下共因缘、同生灭,本就与当下“合一”,从未也不可能隔离为二。
    故觉照者,非是二元对立义,有个觉者、有被照者,不是的。越能“回归”当下,越是“不二”的觉照;越能生起觉照,越是当下的“不二”。当然,实践中这需要过程,可参看《大念处经》。
    我们本来就时时活在当下的,故也是时时自然觉照着的。若欲单选出个“当下”,单体会出个“觉照”,就画蛇添足,南辕北辙了。
    粗乱本就是因缘觉到的粗乱,觉到细腻也是因缘和合而知之。醒来知睡时而无感觉,此知者当下因缘——觉;醒着而知时有种种觉受,知种种者当下因缘——觉……自自然然,不生造作,歇即菩提,这里就是了。
    觉于当下者,没有生之相也无灭之相,无时空相,无我相,无众相,无寿相,唯缘生一合之相。原来一切皆是当下之觉,无挂过去未来,无内外之别,无时空之义,因缘生故有所依,因缘灭故无所住,皆无自性。
    无自性故,无解脱者亦无不解脱者。“我们”由此无生。
    觉当下,无生灭
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    身心世间,无论正邪,缘起无我,觉照不二。
    ....
    觉照中不见概念相法,见诸相于非相,于究竟名色法处见缘起,见缘起者名见法见如来,缘起即法即佛,非有一独物名法、一独物名佛,此为不二;
    即心即佛,能所双亡,无心无佛,此为不二;
    缘起者五蕴世间也,五蕴世间本是法的彰显,本来是法,本来是佛,更无此佛彼佛、前佛后佛之生灭有别相,此为不二。
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    Soh Wei Yu "Yeah i notice he is mainly theravada but he did quote chinese mahayana sutra sometimes."
    Mahayana sutra that he cited was usually he earlier posts,so likely he started off as Mahayana Buddhist but ended up focusing on Theravada
    "But his insights seem centered on anatta and dependent origination mainly not so much twofold emptiness. But both stanzas of anatta and dependent origination are very clear for him"
    Twofold emptiness as in madhyamika?
    "that article you shared is not by him tho. He quoted from 隆波帕默尊者"
    I see,misssed the name at the end of the article lol
    "In the article you linked to me, it seems that the teacher still sees dualistically -- 身体移动或是呼吸、都只是被觉知与被观照的对象(所观),而不是心(能观)"
    Yeah,quite clear once you posted 无心如来's article for juxtaposition. Though IMO the articles by 隆波帕默尊者 is good enough for beginners starting with dualistic awareness.
    this is not nondual anatta insight. Unfortunately most monks and teachers in any Buddhist tradition have not attained this nondual anatta insight. There is an Indonesian monk in the Theravada tradition also, he attained realisation to anatta through conversing with me, he told me throughout Indonesia he cannot find and does not believe there is anyone else who realised anatta like him. I think so too. All his teachers were also dualistic like that - awareness is like the sky, the background, the witness, and everything else happens on the foreground."
    I see,it seems that for most practitioners they are usually stuck at the dualistic awareness stage?
    "On the other hand, 无心如来 clearly has nondual anatta insight."
    Reminds me of Huineng's renowned stanza.

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    "Twofold emptiness as in madhyamika?"
    Mahayana's emphasis in general starting with Prajnaparamita sutras, although explained more thoroughly in Madhyamika with very systematic reasonings.
    "Yeah,quite clear once you posted 无心如来's article for juxtaposition. Though IMO the articles by 隆波帕默尊者 is good enough for beginners starting with dualistic awareness."
    Yes
    "I see,it seems that for most practitioners they are usually stuck at the dualistic awareness stage?"
    My estimate is that - most people do not have any realisations, but among practitioners and teachers that have realisations, around 90% get stuck at I AM, maybe 5% at One Mind, and 2% or less at anatta and further.
    "Reminds me of Huineng's renowned stanza."
    Not exactly the same:

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