New Chan Forum 34

Principle and Practice

What is the Principle and what the Practice on the path of Buddha Dharma? The articles in this issue throw light on these vital questions at an important time. Our Dharma Advisor and Patron, the Venerable Chan Master Dr Shengyen, is retiring from his headship of the Dharma Drum Mountain following his benediction of the Venerable Guo-dong as Abbot President. We wish the new Abbot well and trust we will get to know him in the near future. Shifu however remains the founder and spiritual leader of Dharma Drum and thus remains our patron and our inspiration. Our best gift to Shifu at this time will be our continuing practice and development of Chan Dharma in Europe and, as testimony of our endeavour, we dedicate this issue of New Chan Forum to him with profound respect and affection. In our opening article we listen again to his words of wisdom.

Contents

• Wisdom and Compassion, Master Sheng Yen
• Introducing Silent Illumination, Simon Child
• Nalanda: the place that confers the Lotus, David McKay
• The Conference on Death and Dying: Introduction, John Crook
• Euthanatos, Sister Ruth Furneaux
• Obituary: Richard Hunn, Adrian Chan-Wyles
• Introducing Katsuki Sekida, A.V. Grimstone
• Haiku: One Mind, Nigel Jeffcoat
• Retreat Experiences:
  • Keep Practising
  • Seeing the Wonder
  • Everything in its Place
• The Friends of Manjushree Vidyapith, David Brown & Di Gallagher
• Remarkable Events in India, Vishvapani
• Book Reviews:
  • Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud, Eddy Street
  • Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas, John Crook