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Chan Master Sheng Yen

Sheng Yen (1930–2009) was a widely respected Taiwanese Chan (Chinese Zen) master who taught extensively in the West during the last twenty years of his life. He is the author of numerous books, including Song of Mind, The Method of No-Method, and his autobiography, Footprints in the Snow.

Titles by Chan Master Sheng Yen

Attaining the Way
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A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism
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This is an inspiring guide to the practice of Chan (Chinese Zen) in the words of four great masters of that tradition. It includes teachings from contemporary masters Xuyun and Sheng Yen, and from Jiexian and Boshan of the Ming Dynasty (1368–...

Dharma Drum
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The Life and Heart of Chan Practice
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Here is an ideal guide to the practice of Chan Buddhism by a great modern teacher. Part One presents Master Sheng Yen’s lively, anecdotal account of the history and main principles of the Chan tradition, along with his careful instructions for meditation. Part Two consists of 180 of his gemlike...

Faith in Mind
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A Commentary on Seng Ts'an's Classic
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978-1-59030-397-9
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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.

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The Infinite Mirror
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Commentaries on Two Chan Classics
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Here is the inimitable Master Sheng Yen at his best, illuminating the ancient texts of the Chinese Zen tradition to show how wonderfully practical they really are, even for us today.  The texts, written by two of the founders of the Ts’ao-tung sect of Chan Buddhism, are poems entitled...

The Method of No-Method
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The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination
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978-1-59030-575-1
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Here is a spiritual practice uncomplicated enough for anyone to learn, yet rich enough to be worked with for a lifetime. The traditional Chan (Chinese Zen) practice called Silent Illumination begins with nothing more than putting aside all thoughts except the awareness of oneself “just sitting....
The Poetry of Enlightenment
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Poems by Ancient Chan Masters
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978-1-59030-399-3
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For the masters of the Chan tradition, poetry was a form of creative expression, but even more than that, it was a primary vehicle for teaching. Here a modern master presents ten teaching poems from the ancient masters, with illuminating commentary. “These poems flow directly from the minds...

Shattering the Great Doubt
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The Chan Practice of Huatou
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978-1-59030-621-5
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Huatou is a skillful method for breaking through the prison of mental habits into the spacious mind of enlightenment. The huatou is a confounding question much like a Zen koan. Typical ones are "What is wu [nothingness]?" or "What was my original face before birth-and-death?"...

Song of Mind
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Wisdom from the Zen Classic Xin Ming
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978-1-59030-140-1
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"No words can explain enlightenment," says the seventh-century Zen classic Xin Ming, or "Song of Mind," yet, paradoxically, this poem is a masterpiece of expressing the inexpressible. In his commentary on it, Chan Master Sheng Yen takes a practical approach, opening...

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