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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Page Corner Crease on pg. 157”
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Shattering The Great Doubt The Chan Practice of Huatou
- Signed
- No
- Publisher
- Dharma Publishing
- Genre
- Mind, Body & Spirit, Philosophy
- Topic
- Enlightment
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781590306215
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
159030621X
ISBN-13
9781590306215
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4038462566
Product Key Features
Book Title
Shattering the Great Doubt
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Zen, Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen)
Genre
Religion, Philosophy
Format
Uk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10 oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-044899
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"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 ofBreath by Breath, "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
Dewey Decimal
294.3/420427
Synopsis
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 life. Huatou is similar to the better-known Zen discipline of koan practice, the key difference being that the person meditating on a huatou ('What is mu nothingness ?' is the classic one) is not concerned with coming up with an answer to the question, but simply with concentrating on the very quality of doubt that arises from asking it. The practice then leads to a shattering of doubt and thus to the deep realization that there is no separate, independently existing 'self.', Huatou is a skillful method for breaking through the prison of mental habits into the spacious mind of enlightenment. The huatou is a confounding question much like a Zen koan. Typical ones are "What is wu nothingness]?" or "What was my original face before birth-and-death?" But a huatou is unlike a koan in that the aim is not to come up with an answer. The practice is simple: ask yourself your huatou relentlessly, in meditation as well as in every other activity. Don't give up on it; don't try to think your way to an answer. Resolve to live with the sensation of doubt that arises, and it will pervade your entire existence with a sense of profound wonder, ultimately leading to the shattering of the sense of an independent self. Master Sheng Yen brings the traditional practice to life in this practical guide based on talks he gave during a series of huatou retreats. He teaches the method in detail, giving advice for dealing with the typical pitfalls and problems that arise, and answering retreat participants' questions as they experience the practice themselves. He then offers commentary on four classic huatou texts, grounding his instructions in the teaching of the great Chan masters.
LC Classification Number
BQ9288.S518 2009
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