Shengyan
Birth date: December 04, 1930
Died: February 03, 2009
Shengyan's Books
I really like this book. It's a collection of lessons the author uses when conducting zen retreats, all inspired by an ancient zen poem, "Faith In Mind". There is a lot of concentrated wisdom in this slim volume - I highly recommend it.
This book contains an English translation of the ancient Chinese translation from the Sanskrit by Buddhatrata in 693 of the Sutra of Complete Enlightenment, an important text in Mahayana Buddhism. Approximately 4/5 of the book consists of a commentary on the sutra by the Ch'an master Sheng-yen. To b...
Buddhist Master Sheng-Yen is one of the foremost teachers of Chan (Chinese predeccessor of Zen) Buddhism in the world. Now in his late seventies, the author of over 100 books and founder of Buddhist meditation centers in the United States and Taiwan tells his own story, recounting his travels and tr...
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