Guo Gu, a senior teacher of Chan and founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center is the author of Silent Illumination. In this special, hour-long event, Lorne Ladner, teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, psychologist, and director of Guhyasamaja Buddhist Center will introduce Guo Gu, who will provide an introduction to silent illumination practice. Lorne and Guo Gu will then dialogue, comparing and contrasting silent illumination practice from the Chan tradition with Mahamudra from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

This event is co-sponsored by:

Shambhala Publications

Guhyasamaja Buddhist Center of Fairfax, VA

Tara Buddhist Center of Nashville, TN

Tallahassee Chan Center, TN

Thubten Kunga Buddhist Center of Deerfield Beach, FL

Dharmakaya Center of Reno, NV

Namdrol Ling Study Group of Miami, FL

Praise for Silent Illumination

“Buddhist readers will learn much from Guo Gu’s intellectually robust yet pragmatic introduction to silent illumination Chan.” —Publishers Weekly

“In Silent Illumination, Guo Gu offers a strikingly fresh perspective on the significance of this phrase, grounded in the Chinese Chan perspective, compellingly reintroducing silent illumination and the teaching of Zen Master Hongzhi to the English-speaking world. For Guo Gu, silent illumination is not a specific practice but a synonym for buddha nature. Silent Illumination, then, includes the whole path of practice and realization. If you think you know what silent illumination is, think again! And read this book!” —Dōshō Port, author of The Record of Empty Hall