Top products from r/chan
We found 12 product mentions on r/chan. We ranked the 12 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
2. The Record of Linji (Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture)
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Show Reddit reviews3. Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening: being the teaching of the Zen Master Hui Hai, known as the Great Pearl
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Show Reddit reviews4. Essential Chan Buddhism: The Character and Spirit of Chinese Zen
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Show Reddit reviews5. Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present
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Show Reddit reviews7. The Blue Cliff Record
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Show Reddit reviews8. Attaining the Way: A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism
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Show Reddit reviews9. The Method of No-Method: The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination
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Hmm yes, the comparison you made is between a collection of discourses from Master Huangbo and a collection of Koans and stories. I can recommend really any more discourse oriented Chan teachings ranging from Master Foyan's "Instant Zen" to the recorded sayings of Master Linji. The Recorded sayings of Master Linji also include some interactions and stories, but also some clear discourses from the Master... the same with the Recorded sayings of Master Zhaozhou, which is mostly interactions and some discourses. Another one that you might find interesting is "Ch’an Master Hui Hai- Zen Teaching of Instantaneous Awakening" or The Letters of Chan Master Dahui Pujue.... but really, reading those discourses and not doing the practice won't be very helpful... hence the 'clear discourses' are rather rare since you should penetrate it yourself directly and not have it chewed out by those old grandmothers
Master Sheng Yen was a master of both the Caodong and Linji lineages. He wrote some books that are actually transcriptions, more or less, of retreats he led.
One book that I have listed in our wiki is "The Method of No-Method". I personally do like this book. For the most part, as I understand it, the schools of Chan aren't as different as the schools of Zen. They share practices and whatnot as well. I also wholly recommend Essential Chan Buddhism and Attaining the Way, also by Sheng Yen, seems to be a hit as well, but I've not read it yet.
Unfortunately, my knowledge of hummingbirds is limited to the fact that they are adorable and flap their wings really fast.
I hope you get much better. Namo Amituofo.
The author used "Zen and Zen Classics, Vol 1" by R. H. Blyth for this quote. You can research there, if you like.
That said, I will just remind everyone to avoid getting hung up on words. That's a rabbit hole that will take one far from seeing the true nature of reality. That's pretty much all they do over on /r/zen - and we've all seen where that leads. :)
Here you can find the book from wich this koan is from . Its called The Blue Cliff Record
Here you can find it on Amazon.
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