Master Sheng-yen is an expatriate monk from mainland China who has been teaching in Taiwan and the United States for over two decades. He is the author of numerous popular and academic works and leads Dharma Drum Mountain, one of the three largest organizations in Taiwan.
Part I : Introduction - Chan Buddhist Meditation
Introduction to Master Sheng-yen
1: Chan and "Emptiness": Chan and the Classical Buddhist Path
2: Meditation and the Principles for Training Body and Mind
Part II : The Three Disciplines in the Graduated Path of Practice
3: The Buddhist Precepts and Meditative Development
4: The Five Methods for Stilling the Mind
5: Developing Insight or Wisdom: The Four Stations of Mindfulness
Part III : The "Direct and Sudden" Approach of Chan
6: Chan and the Sudden Path to Enlightenment
7: The Use of "Gong'an" and "Huatou"
8: The Practice of "Silent Illumination"
9: Prerequisites for Chan Practice
10: What it Means to be a Chan Master
11: The Ten Ox-herding Pictures
