Buddhism Dhyana(Chan,Zen) Book recommendation
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Foyan Chan Master
"Strike the evening chime at noon."
I think it is high time we can start discussing on the various Zen literature out there for a peek at Patriach teacher
throughout the century ,all chan practitioner favourite must have list :
The Platform sutra by 6th patriach Hui Neng
The Blue Cliff Record
The 3 Pillars of Zen
Anymore recommendation to let the Snowball rolling and increase in mass ?
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http://www.dharmamind.net/ZTHH1.htm
The Essential Gateway to Truth by Means of Instantaneous Awakening
Although I am not exactly from the Chan/Zen school, my Master used this to explain his points during one of his dharma discourses.
[Being a translation of ChÂ’an Master Hui HaiÂ’s own shastra, A Treatise on the Essential Gateway to Truth by Means of Instantaneous Awakening]
1. Humbly I prostrate myself before the Buddhas of the ten quartersÂ’ and the excellent company of Bodhisattvas. In setting forth this treatise, I am apprehensive that I may fail correctly to interpret the sacred mind. If so, may I be given a chance for repentance and reform. However, if I do succeed in imparting the sacred truth, I dedicate the resultant merit to all living beings in the hope that each of them will attain Buddhahood in their next life.
Q: What method must we practice in order to attain deliverance?
A: It can be attained only through a sudden illumination.
Q: What is a sudden illumination?
A: ‘Sudden’ means ridding yourselves of deluded thoughts’ instantaneously. ‘Illumination’ means the realization that illumination is not something to be attained.
Q: From where do we start this practice?
A: You must start from the very root.
Q: And what is that?
A: Mind is the root.
Q: How can this be known?
A: The Lankavatara Sutra says: ‘When mental processes (hsin) arise, then do all dharmas (phenomena) spring forth; and when mental processes cease, then do all dharmas cease likewise.’ The Vimalakirti Sutra says:
‘Those desiring to attain the Pure Land’ must first purify their own minds, for the purification of mind is the purity of the Buddha Land. The Sutra (of the Doctrine Bequeathed by the Buddha) says: just by mind control, all things become possible to us.’ In another sutra it says: ‘Sages seek from mind, not from the Buddha; fools seek from the Buddha instead of seeking from mind. Wise men regulate their minds rather than their persons; fools regulate their persons rather than their minds.’ The Sutra of the Names of the Buddha states: ‘Evil springs forth from the mind, and by the mind is evil overcome.’ Thus, we may know that all good and evil proceed from our minds and that mind is therefore the root. (continued in webpage -
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for those who deeper in the study of zen -
Good Verse to recommend .... <> Hsin Shin Ming
by zen patriach Tsen Tchan