Master Sheng Yen: 10 books
Hoofprint of the Ox
Principles of the Chan Buddhist Path as Taught by a Modern Chinese Master
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2002
Revered by Buddhists in the United States and China, Master Sheng-yen shares his wisdom and teachings in this first comprehensive English primer of Chan, the Chinese tradition of Buddhism that inspired Japanese Zen. Often misunderstood as a system of mind games, the Chan path leads to enlightenment...
Song of Mind
Wisdom from the Zen Classic Xin Ming
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2004
"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 up the language...
Illuminating Silence
Insights on the Path of Chinese Zen Meditation
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
An insider's guide to the principles of Chan – or Chinese Zen – this book gives unfiltered access to the kind of illuminating experience with a Zen Master that is usually only available to a few fortunate practitioners.
Having originated in China in the 6th century, Chan Buddhism is now...
Subtle Wisdom
Understanding Suffering, Cultivating Compassion Through Ch'an Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Master Sheng-yen, a dharma descendant from the founders of Buddhism in China, considers the concepts of suffering, enlightenment, and compassion; provides a glossary of key terms; and briefly recaps the history of Buddhism in China. But he goes beyond these issues to discuss contemporary matters and...
The Poetry of Enlightenment
Poems by Ancient Chan Masters
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
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 of...
Dharma Drum
The Life and Heart of Chan Pracice
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
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...
by Master Sheng Yen
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 1999
Complete Enlightenment is the first authoritative translation and commentary on The Sutra of Complete Enlightenment, a central text that shaped the development of East Asian Buddhism and Ch'an (Chinese Zen). The text is set in the form of a transcription of discussions between the Buddha and the...
Faith in Mind
A Commentary on Seng Ts'an's Classic
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
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.
These vivid lines begin one of the most beloved and commented upon of all Zen texts, the Hsin Hsin Ming...
The Infinite Mirror
Commentaries on Two Chan Classics
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
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 Inquiry into...
Attaining the Way
A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
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 (1368–1644). Though the texts were written over a period of...