FOURTH SERIES - DHARMA JOURNEY MEDITATIONS

              THE FORGOTTEN BASE

            OF DHARMA MEDITATION

             

                                             THE PERFECTION OF THE END OF KNOWLEDGE

                                                                   IN THE PRESENT LIFE AND WORLD

                                          This is the most important teaching on Meditation

   

 

               CHAN

       CONTEMPLATION

 

 THE SECRET CHAN GATE'S SIX CONTEMPLATIONS    

The models of: 

          GUIFENG ZONGMI 圭峰宗密

          FAYAN WENYI 法眼文益

GUIYANG 溈仰

CAODONG 洞山本寂 (Soto)

 

LINJI YIXUAN 臨済義玄 (Rinzai)

 

YUNMEN WENYAN 雲門文偃

 

 

                                                                                          

                                THE REVELATION CONCERNING THE TRUE PATH

                      TO FULL AWAKENING WITHOUT FORMAL MEDITATION

                        

                                                              The Direct Path of Function  

                                                   DAJIAN HUINENG 大鑒惠能 

                     THE REVELATION CONCERNING THE UNTHINKABLE

                                    

                                     A Contemplation revisited in the name of Justice 

                                                     YIGUAN SHENXIU 玉泉神秀

         

    REVELATION OF THE CONTEMPLATION OF TATHAGATA CHAN

            The Contemplation of the Function of Function that is Difficult to reach

                          HEZE SHENHUI  神會神会

                                                                                                 

        

             CONTEMPLATIONS OF THE PATRIARCH CHAN

                      The Mind of Buddha and Buddha Nature Consciousness

                      GUNABHADRA (求那跋陀羅), the First patriarch of Chan

      

                                            BODHIDHARMA 菩提達摩 

Within this are the early contemplations on Emptiness,

 Stained Mind and the Single Samadhi Contemplation

                                              

THe Student who completes this series effectively can pass to the following:

                 EXAMINING ZEN PATHS

                                                      

                      Fifth Series of Teachings

  

                CHAN RECOVERED TREASURES

                 Sixth Series of Teachings