The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra

The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra
Author: Hsuan Hua
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-09-02
Genre:
ISBN: 1601030231

(also known as the Vajracchedikā or Diamond Sutra) A highly readable translation of the Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra as transmitted in the Chinese tradition, this brief text summarizes the teachings on emptiness of the Prajñāpāramitā, the perfection of wisdom. In this Sutra, the Buddha teaches his disciple Subhuti the subtle points of Buddhist philosophy on emptiness, the lack of true existence of anything—thoughts are illusions; life is a dream. Master Hua enriches the text by providing details and narratives, and he explains how to incorporate the concept of emptiness into our lives.

The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra

The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra
Author: Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2013-08-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1601030223

A highly readable translation of the Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra as transmitted in the Chinese tradition, this brief text summarizes the teachings on emptiness of the Prajñāpāramitā, the perfection of wisdom. In this Sutra, the Buddha teaches his disciple Subhuti the subtle points of Buddhist philosophy on emptiness, the lack of true existence of anything—thoughts are illusions; life is a dream. Master Hua enriches the text by providing details and narratives, and he explains how to incorporate the concept of emptiness into our lives. (Based on audio recordings of lectures given by Master Hua at the Buddhist Lecture Hall in San Francisco, 1968)

New Media as Performance in Site-specific Art

New Media as Performance in Site-specific Art
Author: Shih-yun Lu
Publisher: Airiti Press
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2013-01-30
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9866286630

This practical based research explores space, sites and interventions; in particular, site-specific installation of art works, involving the physical, virtual space and interactive theatre space within new media art.

The Chan Handbook

The Chan Handbook
Author: Hsuan Hua
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2012-10-27
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1601030207

Not everyone is fortunate enough to attend a meditation retreat with a Chan master, yet everyone can benefit from this handbook that explains the essential principals of chan meditation as taught by the late Tripitika Master Hsuan Hua, former instructor at Nan Hua Monastery in Canton, China, the bodhimanda of the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng. Compiled from Chinese and translated into English, these talks span a 40 year period during retreats in China and America. Topics covered include - What are the benefits of meditation? - How do we sit in meditation? - What are the states of meditation? - How do we reach nirvana? - What is absolute enlightenment?

Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation

Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation
Author: Carl Bielefeldt
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 1990-08-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 052090978X

Zen Buddhism is perhaps best known for its emphasis on meditation, and probably no figure in the history of Zen is more closely associated with meditation practice than the thirteenth-century Japanese master Dogen, founder of the Soto school. This study examines the historical and religious character of the practice as it is described in Dogen's own meditation texts, introducing new materials and original perspectives on one of the most influential spiritual traditions of East Asian civilization. The Soto version of Zen meditation is known as "just sitting," a practice in which, through the cultivation of the subtle state of "nonthinking," the meditator is said to be brought into perfect accord with the higher consciousness of the "Buddha mind" inherent in all beings. This study examines the historical and religious character of the practice as it is described in Dogen's own meditation texts, introducing new materials and original perspectives on one of the most influential spiritual traditions of East Asian civilization.

The Buddhist Teaching of Totality

The Buddhist Teaching of Totality
Author: Garma C C Chang
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 113502958X

Originally published in 1971. Long regarded as a classic, this volume is one of the most systematic treatments of Hwa Yen to have appeared in the English language. With excellently translated selections of Hwa Yen readings, factual information and discussion, it is highly recommended to readers whose interests in Buddhism incline toward the metaphysical and phenomenological.