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

Chan Center Affiliates