Chan and Enlightenment
Chan enlightenment is attained through a sudden encounter; or, it may come about spontaneously after serious and sincere investigation and introspection. Chan philosophy represents a clear current that is empty yet responsive, detached and magnanimous, open and broad-minded, bright and luminous. Chan as a way of life is positive and progressive, free and easy, simple and modest, confident and comfortable. Chan as a way of thinking is to let go of selfishness, self-deceit, self-pity, self-arrogance, and self-confinement, and only then can there be complete boundless freedom. Chan methods teach people to first practice knowing the self, affirming the self, and then shattering the self, and thus the enlightened state will appear. —Master Sheng Yen—
Content
Author's Preface
Chan Enlightenment and Sitting Meditation 1
Chan and Enlightenment 11
Chan and Entanglement 35
True Enlightenment and Mistaken Enlightenment 55
Emotion and Reason: Dealing with Complex Relations 71
Good and Evil: Establishing Correct Values and Concepts 81
Talking about Dreams While in Dreams 97
Dharma Joy and Chan Delight 109
Pure Mind, Pure Land 115
A Pure Land on Earth 127
Chan: Thus Come, Thus Gone 143
Chan: Freedom and Liberation 153
Chan: Ordinary Body and Ordinary Mind 163
Chan: Carrying Water and Firewood 175
Chan: Human Consciousness 197
Chan: Mental Health 205
Chan: Peace Within and Without 217
Chan: You, I, They 227
Chan: Many, One, and Nothingness 235
Discrimination and Non-discrimination 245
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Content
Author's Preface
Chan Enlightenment and Sitting Meditation 1
Chan and Enlightenment 11
Chan and Entanglement 35
True Enlightenment and Mistaken Enlightenment 55
Emotion and Reason: Dealing with Complex Relations 71
Good and Evil: Establishing Correct Values and Concepts 81
Talking about Dreams While in Dreams 97
Dharma Joy and Chan Delight 109
Pure Mind, Pure Land 115
A Pure Land on Earth 127
Chan: Thus Come, Thus Gone 143
Chan: Freedom and Liberation 153
Chan: Ordinary Body and Ordinary Mind 163
Chan: Carrying Water and Firewood 175
Chan: Human Consciousness 197
Chan: Mental Health 205
Chan: Peace Within and Without 217
Chan: You, I, They 227
Chan: Many, One, and Nothingness 235
Discrimination and Non-discrimination 245
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