Shattering the Great Doubt
The Chan Practice of Huatou
$35.93
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2009
Summary
From today’s most prominent and beloved teacher of Chinese Zen—the traditional practice of huatou, meditating on an unanswerable question as a way to enlightenment.
Ask yourself a question without an answer. Keep asking it. Don’t let it go. That, in a nutshell, is the Chinese Zen practice called huatou. It’s a traditional method for breaking through the trap of our habitual thinking into the spacious mind of enlightenment. In this book, Chan Master Sheng Yen brings huatou practice to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590306215 |
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| ISBN-10: | 159030621X |
| Author: | Chan Master Sheng Yen, Dahui |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2009 |
| Weight: | 268g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm x 13mm |
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“Master Sheng Yen is a true spiritual practitioner of deep and broad learning.”—H. H. the Dalai Lama
“Master Sheng Yen has the truly rare ability to harmonize classical teaching with actual meditation practice.”—Larry Rosenberg, author of Breath by Breath
About The Author
Chan Master Sheng Yen
Chan Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009) was a widely respected Taiwanese Chan (Chinese Zen) master who taught extensively in the West during the last thirty-one years of his life. He established twenty-one centers throughout North America, and dozens of others worldwide. He co-led retreats with the Dalai Lama and authored numerous books in Chinese and English, including Song of Mind, The Method of No-Method, and his autobiography, Footprints in the Snow.
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