Chan Magazine Winter 2007

"Among the great masters and adepts, Chan was known as the Dharma gate of ‘letting go of one’s life’ and ‘putting to death one’s delusion.’ When one can die the great death of delusion, then one can live the great life of awakening. This is the meaning of resolving the great matter of life and death."

– Chan Master Sheng Yen, from the introduction to his new book 'Attaining the Way: A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism'.

Contents

From the Editor

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

Communicating from the Heart 
   Keynote address to the First World Buddhist Forum by Chan Master Sheng Yen

Receiving the Great Precepts 
   Report on the ordination ceremony into the Chinese monastic Buddhist tradition by Chang Wen Fashi

The Past 
   News from the Chan Meditation Center and DDMBA

The Future 
   Retreats, classes, and other upcoming events

Chan Center Affiliates