Chan Magazine Winter 2010

"The practitioner in Silent Illumination is not concerned with meaning and therefore grasps at nothing. He may see a bird fly through the sky. He does not deny that the bird has flown...yet this is not a focus of his concern. The thing has happened; now it has passed by...but there is no trace of this in his mind, no grasping, no discarding. Rising from the cushion, he drinks a cup of tea, nothing remarkable; he just gets on with whatever needs to be done."

From Illuminating Silence by Chan Master Sheng Yen, Watkins, 2002

Contents

From the Editor

The Seven Factors of Enlightenment
   The second of three articles by Chan Master Sheng Yen

"Brush and Ink Painting..."
   poem by frank crazy cloud

On the Use of Harsh Methods
   Retreat talk by Guo Ru Fashi

John Daido Loori Roshi, 1931 - 2009
   Remembrance by Victor Sessan Lapuczynski

The Past
   News from the Chan Meditation Center and DDMBA

The Future
   Retreats, classes and other upcoming events

Chan Center Affiliates