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The Arising of Conditioned Appearance from the True Mind (I)
by Venerable Guo Xing This is the first in a series of articles taken from Dharma talks given by Ven. Guo Xing at the Shurangama Sutra Retreat in August 2012. The talks focus on the first four chapters of the Shurangama Sutra, and include the discussion of Chan theory and practice, stories of the Chan Masters, and how to apply Chan methods in daily life. Today I would like to discuss the Chan theories that can help us deepen our Chan practice. Practice requires both understa...
{Dharma Talk} Discover the True Mind
by Abbot Venerable Guo Xing From a talk given at the Chan Meditation Center on Februrary 13, 2011. Translated by Echo Bonner, transcribed by Lingyun Wang and edited by Buffe Maggie Laffey. The practice of the methods of Huatou and Silent Illumination is to discover the true mind. According to the Shurangama Sutra, the mind you are using now to listen to my talk is actually the deluded mind, not the true mind. Therefore, whether you think my talk is good or not good— this is al...
The Chan Practice of Non-abiding (II)
This is the second part of The Chan Practice of Non-abiding written by Ven. Guo Xing, a Dharma heir of the late Master Sheng Yen. Ven. Guo Xing is the Managing Director of DDM's Chan Hall and the former abbot of the Dharma Drum Retreat Center, New York, as well of the Chan Meditation Center in Queens, New York. The article was translated from Chinese by Echo Bonner and Harry Miller, and edited by Ernest Heau. (Check out the first part here.) The purpose of the first stag...
The Chan Practice of Non-abiding (I)
This article is written by Ven. Guo Xing, a Dharma heir of the late Master Sheng Yen. Ven. Guo Xing is the Managing Director of DDM's Chan Hall and the former abbot of the Dharma Drum Retreat Center, New York, as well of the Chan Meditation Center in Queens, New York. The article was translated from Chinese by Echo Bonner and Harry Miller, and edited by Ernest Heau. The Diamond Sutra contains the sentence, "(One) ought not abide anywhere, and there will arise this mind....