num_pages: 144
description: Here is a spiritual practice uncomplicated enough for anyone to learn yet rich enough to be worked with for a lifetime. The traditional Chan (Chinese Zen) practice called Silent Illumination begins with nothing more than putting aside all thoughts except the awareness of oneself just sitting. Its so simple in execution that it has sometimes been called the method of no-methodyet simple as it is the practice is subtle and profound with the potential for ever subtler refinements as the practitioner moves toward mastery of it. When fully penetrated this radical form of emptying ones busy mind-stream leads to perception of the vast ocean of pure awareness.
language: English
title: The Method of No-Method: The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination
publisher: Shambhala