Chan Magazine Autumn 2006

"Compassion of the third level has no object to which it is directed. There is no purpose or goal ... no idea of contribution ... one goes wherever and whenever there is a need. One does one’s best, within one’s ability, to help the person in need. When the need is fulfilled, then in one’s mind, there is no trace. It is like a boat travelling through the water – there is no trace left after the wake of the boat."

– Chan Master Sheng Yen, from his closing remarks to the Women Faith Leaders Retreat, Dharma Drum Mountain, June, 2006.

Contents

From the Editor

The Four Steps to Magical Power
   The first of two lectures on the third group of practices known together as the Thirty-Seven Aids to Enlightenment, by Chan Master Sheng Yen

Wind At Rest
   Poem by Chang Wen Shi

Life Koans and Retreat Experience
   Part two of a Dharma talk given at the Chan Meditation Center in Elmhurst, NY by Dr. John Crook

Compassionate Mind, Compassionate World
   The 2006 Women Faith Leaders Retreat: Closing Remarks by Chan Master Sheng Yen; Report by Rebecca Li

The Past
   News from the Chan Meditation Center and DDMBA

The Future
   Retreats, classes, and other upcoming events

Chan Center Affiliates