9780881399516-0881399515-The Chan Handbook

The Chan Handbook

ISBN-13: 9780881399516
ISBN-10: 0881399515
Author: Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, Buddhist Text Translation Society
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Format: Hardcover 196 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780881399516
ISBN-10: 0881399515
Author: Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, Buddhist Text Translation Society
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Format: Hardcover 196 pages

Summary

The Chan Handbook (ISBN-13: 9780881399516 and ISBN-10: 0881399515), written by authors Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, Buddhist Text Translation Society, was published by Buddhist Text Translation Society in 2005. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Chan Handbook (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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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?

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