The Method of No-Method
Subtitle: The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination
By: Chan Master Sheng Yen
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boston, USA; London, UK
Language: eng
Format: ePub
ISBN-13: 9780834824843
Copyright date: 2008
First sentence: The talks and lectures in this book derive from two *Chan (Zen) meditation retreats presented by Master Sheng Yen, in November 1998 and June 1999, at the Dharma Drum Retreat Center in Pine Bush, New York.
Table of contents: label: Editor's Preface; label: Acknowledgements; label: Translator's Introduction; label: PART ONE
title: THE PRACTICE OF SILENT ILLUMINATION; title: Before the Retreat; title: Evening Talk: Approach to Silent Illumination; title: The First Day; title: Morning Talk: Impermanence; title: Afternoon Talk: Key Points in Practicing the Method; title: The Second Day; title: Morning Talk: Some Common Problems; title: Afternoon Talk: Stages of Silent Illumination; title: The Third Day; title: Morning Talk: Emptiness and No-Self; title: Evening Talk: Be Completely in the Present; title: The Fourth Day; title: Dawn Talk: Correct Views and Practice; title: Morning Talk: Selflessness; title: The Fifth Day; title: Dawn Talk: Arousing Bodhi-Mind; title: Morning Talk: The Third Stage of Silent Illumination; title: The Sixth Day; title: Dawn Talk: Silent Illumination in Daily Life; title: Morning Talk: Direct Contemplation; title: The Seventh Day; title: Afternoon Talk: Repentance; title: End of Retreat; title: Dawn Talk Gratitude, Transferring Merit, and Generosity; label: PART TWO
title: MASTER HONGZHI'S DISCOURSE: FIRST COMMENTARY; title: On Silent Illumination: Excerpt from the Discourse Record of Chan Master Hongzhi; title: First Evening Lecture: The Great Function Is Free from Hinderances; title: Second Evening Lecture: Get Hold of the Essence; title: Third Evening Lecture: Cultivating the Mind-Field; title: Fourth Evening Lecture: The Ox-Mind Is Free from Fetters; title: Fifth Evening Lecture: Dharma Food; title: Sixth Evening Lecture: All Things Manifest as They Are; label: PART THREE
title: MASTER HONGZHI'S DISCOURSE: SECOND COMMENTARY; title: On Silent Illumination: Excerpt from The Discourse Record of Chan Master Hongzhi; title: First Evening Lecture: The State of Silent Illumination; title: Second Evening Lecture: Silence Is the Absence of Self; title: Third Evening Lecture: You and the Environment Sitting Together; title: Fourth Evening Lecture: The Intrinsic Field of Pure Mind; title: Fifth Evening Lecture: Just Directly Relinquish This Self; title: Sixth Evening Lecture: The Wondrous Function of All Things; label: Glossary; label: Index; label: E-mail Sign-Up