Ch'an and Zen Teaching: First Series
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Ch'an and Zen Teaching: First Series
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Description
The first volume contains - The practice as taught by the Venerable Hsu Yun, the best-known modern Ch'an Master. It elaborates upon the technique known as hua t'ou which is taught in Japanese zendos; six representative stories (kung-ans) of Ch'an Masters are translated from the Imperial Selection of Ch'an Sayings. Each kung-an is fully explained so that it makes sense to the uninitiated; a translation of the Diamond and Heart Sutras with the Commentary of Ch'an Master Han Shan. (Source Accessed Apr 19, 2022)
Citation
Luk, Charles (Lu K'uan Yü), ed. and trans. Ch'an and Zen Teaching: First Series. The Clear Light Series. Berkeley, CA: Shambhala Publications, 1970. First published 1960 by Rider (London).
Interconnections
1 Full translation of
One of the most revered and recited scriptures of the perfection of wisdom genre (prajñāpāramitāsūtras), perhaps second only to the Heart Sūtra, both of which became especially popular in the East Asian Buddhist traditions. It is a crucial source for Mahāyāna tenets of selflessness and the emptiness of phenomena, and its discourse is framed as an explanation of how to enter into the vehicle of the bodhisattvas by developing and sustaining their enlightened perspective.
1 Contains chapter or part
An English translation of the Vajracchedikāprajñāpāramitāsūtra by Charles Luk from the edition of Kumārajīva, T235, with a commentary by Hanshan Deqing (1546–1623).
