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BOOKS BY CHAN MASTER SHENG YEN

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FAITH IN MIND

Issue Date 2015/10/1

The Supreme Way is not difficult If only you do not pick and choose. Neither love nor hate,

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THE WORLD OF CHAN

Issue Date 2015/1/3

This book is a collection of 29 articles. Most of them are edited transcripts of the lectures by Chan master Cheng Yen given both in the East

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CHAN AND ENLIGHTENMENT

Issue Date 2014/2/1

"This book is not Chan itself, but it attempts to convey the readers some of the messages about Chan. " The author of the book, Chan

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THINGS PERTAINING TO BODHI

Issue Date 2010/1/1

The Thirty-seven Aids to Enlightenment are a set of fundamental teachings of Buddhism in the form of a list.

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SHATTERING THE GREAT DOUBT

Issue Date 2009/1/1

Huatou is a skillful method for breaking through the prison of mental habits into the spacious mind of enlightenment.

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FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW

Issue Date 2008/1/1

In this landmark memoir, a renowned Buddhist master traces his spiritual journey against the panoramic story of China from the pre-

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THE METHOD OF NO-METHOD

Issue Date 2008/1/1

Here is a spiritual practice uncomplicated enough for anyone to learn, yet rich enough to be worked with for a lifetime.

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THE POETRY OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Issue Date 1988/4/1

For the masters of the Chan tradition, poetry was a form of creative expression, but even more than that, it was 

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ATTAINING THE WAY

Issue Date 2006/1/1

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

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GETTING THE BUDDHA MIND

Issue Date 2005/1/1

”In meditation, we go from phenomena to emptiness by progressively voiding our mental states”. This sentence from Getting the

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SONG OF MIND

Issue Date 2004/1/1

"No words can explain enlightenment," says the seventh-century Zen classic Xin Ming, or "Song of Mind," yet, paradoxically, this poem is a

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ILLUMINATING SILENCE

Issue Date 2002/1/1

This book provides a rare opportunity to explore and understand the practice of a Chinese Zen Retreat and a fascinating first hand

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THE SWORD OF WISDOM

Issue Date 2002/1/1

The Sword of Wisdom is a penetrating commentary on the Song of Enlightenment, a famous Chan text that speaks of proper

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ZEN WISDOM

Issue Date 2002/1/1

Zen, in Chinese, is Ch’an In Zen Wisdom, renowned Ch’an Master Sheng Yen, speak to his students’ questions about Practice,

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HOOFPRINT OF THE OX

Issue Date 2001/1/1

Revered by Buddhists in the United States and China, contemporary Master Sheng-yen shares his wisdom and teachings in this first

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THERE IS NO SUFFERING

Issue Date 2001/1/1

The Heart Sutra, just over a page long, distills the teachings of the Buddha to their purest essence. 

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LIBERATED IN STILLNESS AND MOTION

Issue Date 2017/1/4

"Many masters in the history of Chinese Chan Buddhism emphasized practice as daily living. Whether monastic or lay, ....

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DHARMA DRUM

Issue Date 1998/1/1

Here is an ideal guide to the practice of Chan Buddhism by a great modern teacher. Part One presents Master Sheng Yen’s lively, 

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COMPLETE ENLIGHTENMENT

Issue Date 1997/1/1

Complete Enlightenment is the first authoritative translation and commentary on The Sutra of Complete Enlightenment, a central

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A JOURNEY OF LEARNING AND INSIGHT

Issue Date 12015/3/26

During his long career as a monk, teacher of Buddadharma, and founder of monasteries, meditation centers, and educational institutioN

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