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Four Steps to Magical Powers

by Sheng-yen| July 13, 2018

Four Steps to Magical Powers

Before you fully embark on the path of the bodhisattvas and buddhas, says Sheng Yen, you must first practice the four steps to magical powers.

Let’s Be Realistic

by Sheng-yen| May 16, 2011

Let’s Be Realistic

Chan Master Sheng Yen reminds us not to be discouraged that we haven’t attained enlightenment. After all, we’re only human.

Living and Dying With Dignity

by David Berman and Sheng-yen| June 1, 2009

Living and Dying With Dignity

With the death of Master Sheng Yen, Chan Buddhism lost a great teacher and its most prominent voice in the West.

Into the Depths of Emptiness

by Sheng-yen| June 1, 2006

Into the Depths of Emptiness

Master Sheng Yen surveys the path to enlightenment, explaining how it progresses and where its pitfalls are. Our intellectual understanding, our temporary realizations, even the exalted state of oneness—all must be dropped to realize the deepest emptiness, the highest truth.

Niutou’s Song of Mind: A Commentary by Sheng Yen

by Sheng-yen| March 1, 2005

Niutou’s Song of Mind: A Commentary by Sheng Yen

Teachings at a meditation retreat by the renowned Chan Master Sheng Yen on stanzas one through five of the Chinese classic Song of Mind.

There Is No “I” Who Is Sitting

by Sheng-yen| September 1, 2003

There Is No “I” Who Is Sitting
Photo by Jason Chamberlain.

Master Sheng-yen teaches the technique of silent illumination.

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