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Chanting at a Discount
A son who had lost his father went to the temple to ask Chan Master Foguang to chant sutras for his father’s liberation. The Master prepared offerings of incense, flowers, and vegetarian fruits, then began chanting sutras for the departed.
ReadThe Zen Master's Throne
When Master Foguang gave teachings, held discourses, or met with students in mind-to-mind encounter, he always sat on a throne in the Dharma Hall. To everyone in the monastery, the throne was a symbol of the Dharma and a mark of awakenin...
ReadAppreciating a Chan Verse — When Patience Immortal Sat in Meditation Beneath the Trees, King Kali Once Dismembered His Limbs
Chan Master Guishan Zhizhen of the Tang Dynasty
ReadWhy Chanting the Shurangama Mantra Can Purify Karmic Obstacles and Eradicate the Most Heinous Offenses
purifying karmic obstacles.
ReadWhy Does Zen Buddhism Always Have a Bone to Pick with Demons?
In modern Chinese, 魔 and 鬼 are often spoken in the same breath — both suggest beings or forces that bewitch and disturb, luring people into obsession, unsettling them with fear, and causing harm.
ReadAppreciating Chan Verse — Who Says Living in the World Hinders the Way? The Golden Grain Tathāgata Once Took the Form of an Elder
By Chan Master Zhizhen of Guishan, Tang Dynasty
ReadThe Transmission of the Zen Lamp
One day, when the monastery’s monks were working in the fields, Huangbo picked up a hoe and noticed Linji trailing behind him empty-handed. “Where’s your hoe?” he called. Linji replied, “Someone took it.” Huangbo said, “Come here. I’d li...
ReadChan Meditation | Deep Faith in Cause and Effect
Chan meditation is the proper practice and the direct path for those who cultivate the Way. Yet speaking of it is easy: it only takes a single pure thought, constant self-reflection and inner illumination, and keeping a clear, luminous a...
ReadAppreciating a Chan Poem — The Mind Already Free of Dust, Why Wash It? The Body Without Illness, Why Seek a Doctor?
Chan Master Zhizhen of Guishan [Tang Dynasty]
ReadVenerable Master Gangxiao: Zen Seven Lecture – Reciting the Buddha's Name with the Three Minds
Amitabha. Blessings to all the masters.
ReadMaster Gangxiao: Zen Seven Talks — How to Do the Seven
(The earlier part of the recording tape had a problem and wasn't captured) ...In this biography, the text is not long to begin with, yet within that short space, apart from the necessary introductory remarks, only this one incident is re...
ReadVenerable Gangxiao: Lecture on the Chan Seven Retreat, What Is "Seven"?
Venerable masters, with your great compassion, I'll continue from where I left off yesterday. We covered the reasons for holding a seven-day Chan retreat. There are two.
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