Master Sheng Yen was born in 1930 and became a monk in 1943. He conducted a six-year solitary retreat, after which he went to Japan for further study and obtained a doctorate in Buddhist literature at Rissho University. In 1975, he began sharing the Dharma in the US, and in 1989, founded the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism.
He authored more than 100 publications in Chinese, English, and Japanese, and received the Sun Yat-sen Art and Literary Award, the Sun Yat-sen Academic Award, and the Presidential Cultural Award, among other honorary awards.
He proposed the vision of “uplifting the character of humanity and building a pure land on earth,” founded the Chung Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Dharma Drum Sangha University, and Dharma Drum University. Experienced in Chan using correct approaches, he guided practice in both the West and East. Popularizing the Dharma in modern language, the Master initiated movements including Protecting the Spiritual Environment, Four Kinds of Environmentalism, the Fivefold Spiritual Renaissance Campaign, and the Six Ethics of the Mind. He shared the Dharma globally with a broadminded perspective, winning him worldwide recognition.
摘要
Chan is not necessarily any one thing, nor does Chan affirm or deny anything. However, whatever you need, Chan gives to you. For regular meditators, this book provides basic sitting meditation techniques. Exceptionally busy people are advised to try and use the Chan cultivation methods in this book to harmonize themselves, and dissolve their attachment to “self.” From relaxing the body and mind for as little as three minutes to attending to body and mind throughout daily life, these methods show the simplicity and practicality of expedient Chan methods. --Master Sheng Yen
目次
Contents Preface Basic Methods for Chan Sitting Meditation 1 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 11 The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in Daily Life 19 The Evolution of Chan Practice Methods 25 What is Chan? 39 Chan Wisdom 51 Wisdom and Blessings 65 Chan: Uplifting the Self 77 Chan: Dissolving the Self 89 Chan and Life 101 Chan and Daily Life 111 The Chan of Protecting the Spiritual Environment 121 Chan: Understanding and Practice 131 Chan and the Arts 145 Harmonizing Life155 Life, Time, and Space 167 Reason and Emotion 181 The Ability to Take Things On and Let Things Go 209 Taking Things On, Letting Things Go 219 Impermanence and Non-self 235 Uplifting the Character of Humanity 241 A Positive View of Life 253 Contemporary Buddhism, Contemporary Life 269 Today’s Young Buddhists and the Proper Outlook on Life 279 Pure Minds, Pure Environments 291 Green the Globe, Purify the World 297 Our Living Environment: A Buddhist Perspective 305 A Pure Land on Earth 323 Appendix 335
