New edition. Inspiring advice for practice based on the poem Hsin Hsin Ming, or Faith in Mind, by the third Ch'an patriarch, Seng Ts'an. This renowned text expresses the profoundest truth of the enlightened mind in only a few pages. Master Sheng Yen's approach is unique among commentaries on the text in that he views it as a supremely useful and practical guide to meditation practice.
"I do not adopt a scholarly point of view or analytical approach. Rather, I use the poem as a taking-off point to inspire the practitioner and deal with issues that arise during the course of practice. True faith in mind is the belief grounded in realization that we have a fundamental, unmoving, and unchanging mind. This mind is precisely Buddha mind." Master Sheng Yen.
"The supreme way is not difficult, if only you do not pick and choose. Neither love nor hate, and you will clearly understand. Be off by a hair, and you are as far from it as heaven and earth." Seng Ts'an.
