Platform Sutra
Platform Sutra is the most important text of Chan Buddhism. By depicting how Sixth Patriarch Huineng studied and practiced Buddhardharma and attained his enlightenment, this text reveals the best instruction that helps with achieving sudden awakening and
Yongjia's Song of Enlightenment
Yongjia's Song of Enlightenment is written by the great Chan master Yongjia after he achieved his realization in Tang Dynasty. This text, easy to understand and expounding the core idea of Chan Buddhism, is the must-read one for anyone who is genuinely in
The Path to Sudden Enlightenment
The Path to Sudden Enlightenment is written by the great Chan master Dash Huihai. It has two volumes, explaining the essence of achieving liberation through Buddhist practice. When Mazu, one of the greatest Chan masters, came cross this text, he was so am
Straight Talk to True Mind
Straight Talk to True Mind, written by the great Korean Chan master Zhina, expounds the theory and practice of Chan Buddhism that emphasizes the union of meditative concentration and wisdom as well as achieving sudden enlightenment with gradual practice m
Ten Oxherding Pictures
The Ten Oxherding Pictures uses ten images of subduing the ox as a metaphor to illustrate the process of a Buddhist practitioner whose quest leads him to practice, achieve the state of awakening, tame and transform his obscured mind to the point where he
Chan Koan&Dharma Talks
This text is a collection of the essence of various teachings that Chan masters carried on and passed down, illustrating experiecens of their practices and spiritual accomplishments, methodologoies to promote the teachings and educate followers.