Chan Magazine Spring 2009
As a conclusion, I compose the following verse:
Busy with nothing, growing old.
Within emptiness, weeping, laughing.
Intrinsically, there is no "I."
Life and death, thus cast aside.
Bhikkhu Sheng Yen 1930-2009, Founder, Dharma Drum Mountain
Contents
From Dharma Drum Mountain
Official notification of Shifu’s passing
Last Will and Testament
Transmission
Dharma teachers-in-training meet Shifu for the final time
New Year Greetings
Master Sheng Yen’s final talks
Gratitude and Vows
by Guogu
The Noble Eightfold Path
The third of four articles by Chan Master Sheng Yen
The Past
News from the Chan Meditation Center and DDMBA
The Future
Retreats, classes and other upcoming events
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