[  The body of Master Han-shan at the Monastery of the Sixth Patriarch:
Nan-hua Monastery at T'sao Chi (Cao-xi), Gauangdong Province. ]

Han Shan
(of the Ming Dynasty)

(Han-Shan Te'-Ch'-ing, Shrama.na Han-shan De-ching, Sramana Te Ch'ing,

Silly Mountain)

( 1546 - 1623 )
 
 

Look upon the body as unreal,
an image in a mirror,
the reflection of the moon in water.
Contemplate the mind as formless,
yet bright and pure.

Not a single thought arising,
empty, yet perceptive;
still, yet illuminating;
complete like the great emptiness,
containing all that is wonderful.

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links

The Autobiography and Maxims of Master Han Shan
from Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun

Instructions in the Critical Essentials of
Cultivating Dhyana (Ch'an / Zen)

Han Shan Heart Sutra Commentary

Master Han-shan's Marvelous Elixir
for the Weary Bodhisattva.

Instructions for Conjoint
Pure Land & Dhyana (Ch'an / Zen) Practice

Instructions for Cultivating the Pure Land Dharma
all the above from:
Kalavinka Dharma World
 

bibliography

A Buddhist Leader in Ming China:
The Life and Thought of Han-Shan Te'-Ch'-ing
Sung-Peng. Han Shan.
New York: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1979.
(published in cooperation with
The Institute for the Advanced Study of World Religions)
information and order from:
amazon.com | * | barnes and noble

Practical Buddhism
Lu K'uan Yu (Charles Luk), trans.
Wheaton, Ill.
Theosophical Publishing House, 1973.
information and order from:
amazon.com | * | barnes and noble
amazon.com | * | barnes and noble
amazon.com | * | barnes and noble

The Surangama Sutra (Len Yen Ching)
Chinese rendering by Master Paramiti of
Central North India at Chih Chih Monastery,
Canton, China, A.D. 705.
Commentary (abridged) by Ch'an Master Han Shan (1546-1623).
Translated by Upasaka Lu K'uan Yu (Charles Luk)


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