WCF News

John Crook interviewed on the topic of 'Silence' by the Archbishop of Canterbury, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Sunday 22^nd February at 9.40pm.

The Chan Practice of Huatou

Another new book from Chan Master Sheng Yen, Shattering the Great Doubt: the Chan Practice of Huatou.

A new book by Chan Master Sheng Yen: 'Footprints in the Snow - The Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk'. The autobiography of Chan Master Sheng Yen.

A new book by Chan Master Sheng Yen: 'The Method of No-Method - The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination'.

A comprehensive discussion and instruction on the practice of the method of Silent Illumination.

A party of WCF group leaders visited many sites in Eastern China, and ended up visiting Chan Master Sheng Yen in Taiwan at the end of the trip.

The Dharma Drum website carries a report of the meeting with Master Sheng Yen when several of the party took a precepts and refuge ceremony with Master Sheng Yen.

A new book by Chan Master Sheng Yen is now available, 'Orthodox Chinese Buddhism'.

This is the first translation of a book written in Chinese in 1965 and gives the orthodox presentation of Chan views for a Chinese audience.

A new book by Master Sheng Yen is now available, 'Attaining the Way'.

New Book by Master Shengyen

A new book by Master Shengyen is published in early 2005, Song of Mind.

Previously in WCF literature and on this website we have tended to use Wade Giles transliteration of Chinese Characters. But we are now to standardise on Pinyin instead, since this is the more common standard. Some characters will change very little, whilst others will seem quite different. It will take quite some time to update the whole website, so for a while you will see a mixture of usages.…