The Secrets Of Chinese Meditation
CHARLES LUK
(Lu K’uan Yu)
Self – cultivation by mind control as taught in the Ch’an,
Mahayana and Taoist schools in China
Rider & company
PREFACE
We take refuge in the Buddha,
We take refuge in the Dharma,
We take refuge in the Sangha,
We take refuge in the Triple Gem within ourselves
The Buddha Dharma is useless if it is not put into actual practice because if we do not have personal experience of it, it will be alien to us and we will never awaken to it in spite of our book-learning. An ancient said:
Self- cultivation has no other method,
It requires but knowledge of the way,
If the way only can be known,
Birth and death at once will end.
Therefore, in our self-cultivation, we should first known the way, and the Buddhas and great masters have taught us the appropriate methods in the sũtras and treatises. The purpose of this volume is to acquaint readers with various methods of meditation as practiced in China so that they can choose any one of them for their self-cultivation...
Contents
Preface
1.Self-cultivation as taught in the Sũrangama Sũtra
2.Self-cultivation according to the Ch’an (Zen) school
3. Self-cultivation according to the Pure land school
4. Self-cultivation according to the T’ien T’ai (Tendai) school
5. Self-cultivation according to the Taoist school
6. Authentic experiments with Buddhist and Taoist methods of self-cultivation
7. Physical and spiritual culture according to Chinese yoga
Conclusion
Glossary
Index