A Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun
A Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master Hsu Yun

Author: Hsuan Hua

Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society

Published:

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 1601030355

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Master Hsu Yun (虛雲, alternately romanized as Xuyun; “Empty Cloud”) was a renowned Chan master and one of the most influential Chinese Buddhist teachers of the 19th and 20th centuries. He founded Zhenru Monastery in Jiangxi Province and restored Nanhua Monastery in Guangdong Province, the monastery of the Sixth Chan Patriarch Huineng. At Nanhua Monastery, he transmitted the Dharma-seal of the Weiyang lineage of the Chan school to Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua (then Tu Lun). Over his 119-year lifespan (1840–1959), he witnessed the end of imperial rule in China, the short-lived rise of the democratic republic, two world wars, and the eventual rule of the Chinese Communist Party. Volume One covers Venerable Master Hsu Yun’s birth and enlightenment. Volume Two covers Venerable Master Hsu Yun’s propagation of Buddhism

Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva
Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva

Author: Hsüan Hua

Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13:

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This Sutra tells how Earth Store Bodhisattva became known as Foremost in Vows. Also called the Sutra of Filial Piety, this text describes several of the Bodhisattva's past lives. It is a clear, practical manual for how to handle the circumstances of life, death, and rebirth.

The Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment
The Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment

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Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1999-02-25

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1438413815

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The Sūtra of Perfect Enlightenment, used in monastic education for more than a millennium, is a concise guide to the key paradigms of the practice systems of the East Asian meditational schools (Ch'an, Sǒn, and Zen). Contained in its twelve chapters are definitive explanations of the meaning of innate and actualized enlightenment, sudden and gradual enlightenment, the true nature of ignorance and suffering, along with numerous examples of methods of contemplation that accord with and reflect the basic Ch'an views on enlightenment and practice. Although the Sutra was popular throughout the East Asian region, it attained its highest canonical status within the Korean Chogye school, where it is still a key text in the core curriculum of modern-day monks and nuns. The Sutra is translated here in full, along with the eloquent and revelatory commentary of the Chǒson monk Kihwa (1376–1433).

Great Compassion Mantra Verses
Great Compassion Mantra Verses

Author: Hsüan Hua

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780881395181

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Verses on the Eighty-Four Transformational beings that correspond to each line of the Great Compassion Mantra.

Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record
Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record

Author: Thomas Cleary

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2002-12-10

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0834828839

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The Blue Cliff Record is a classic text of Zen Buddhism, designed to assist in the activation of dormant human potential. The core of this extraordinary work is a collection of one hundred traditional citations and stories, selected for their ability to bring about insight and enlightenment. These vignettes are known as gongan in Chinese and koan in Japanese. Secrets of the Blue Cliff Record is a fresh translation featuring newly translated commentary from two of the greatest Zen masters of early modern Japan, Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768) of the Rinzai sect of Zen and Tenkei Denson (1648–1735) of the Soto sect of Zen. This translation and commentary on The Blue Cliff Record sheds new light on the meaning of this central Zen text.