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BOOKS
The following books are written by Master Hsing
Yun:
Buddhist Ethics
for Everyday Life
A Guide to Chinese Buddhist Meditation
An
Interpretation of Ch'an Poems
Lotus in a Stream
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Buddhist Ethics for
Everyday Life
By Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Translated by Tom Graham
Published by
WEATHERHILL, 1998, 176 pages, $14.95
The aim of this book
is simple: to invite readers to consider what it means to lead a
good life, and to offer practical advice, based on the Buddhist
teachings, as to how this can be accomplished. In each of more
than thirty brief essays, Master Hsing Yun treats a specific
moral or ethical issue, using quotations from the rich treasury
of the Buddhist scriptures as a point of departure for his
discussion.
Among the topics
he considers are control of the body and of speech, overcoming
greed, ending anger, patience under insult, how to manage
wealth, how to get along with others, what it means to practice
Buddhism, and the blessings and joys of that practice. The
Buddhist precepts are introduced as guideposts along this path
of liberation, and friendship, gratitude, and service to others
are presented as essential elements of a common quest to
discover and to embody our innate goodness and humanity.
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A Guide to Chinese
Meditation
By Venerable Master Hsing
Yun
Translated by Tom Graham
Published by Wisdom
Publications, 1999, 146 pages $14.95
Very
little has been published to date on China's rich traditions of
Buddhist meditation. Inspired by the need to increase meaningful
dialogue between China and the West, modern meditation master
Hsing Yun here brings this vast legacy to life in
straightforward and engaging language. He begins by showing us
the intimate connections between ethical conduct, meditation,
and wisdom and goes on to describe a variety of meditation
techniques, drawing on the insights of the Ch'an (Zen),
T'ien-t'ai, Hua-yen, and Pure Land traditions. Professor McRae's
introduction provides a helpful context for understanding
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An
Interpretation of Ch'an Poems
By Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Translated by Fo Guang Shan International Translation Center
Published
by Hsi Lai University Press, 2000, 72 pages
Clouds
float by water flows on. In movement there is no grasping, in
Ch'an there is no settling. The cloud and water life is a life
of living in the moment, always fresh and ready to experience.
These poems have been grouped together because of the tone and
feeling that they share. Many of these poems were set down by
celebrated masters, while for others their authors remain
unknown.
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Lotus
in a Stream
By Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Translated by Tom Graham
Published
by WEATHERHILL, 2000, 173 pages, $14.95
Over the
centuries, Buddhism has produced an enormous quantity of
teachings, doctrines, and highly complex systems of thoughts,
making it very difficult to obtain a grasp of the full range of
Buddhist philosophy and practice. In Lotus in the Stream,
Chinese Buddhist Master Hsing Yun offers a Buddhist primer that
organized the major ideas and practices of Buddhism, from the
most basic to the most complex, and presents them in concise,
accessible, yet highly insightful mini-essays. An accomplished
scholar of Buddhism, Master Hsing Yun also illuminates Buddhist
doctrines with the light of decades of practice. Whether read
straight through of flipped through as a handy encyclopedia,
Lotus in the Stream is the perfect reference for beginners and
advanced students of Buddhism alike. |
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