Acknowledgments ........................................... ix
Introduction .............................................. xi
I The Circumstances of My Awakening .......................... 1
The Life of Huineng ....................................... 17
The Robe and Bowl ......................................... 19
Self-Liberation ........................................... 20
The Hidden and Profound ................................... 23
Patience .................................................. 27
Approaching the Dharma .................................... 28
Life After Awakening ...................................... 31
II Prajna .................................................... 33
Understanding Prajna ...................................... 45
Dependent Origination and Emptiness ....................... 49
All Is One, One Is All .................................... 52
Affliction Is Bodhi ....................................... 53
The Three Poisons ......................................... 56
Chan and the Diamond Sutra ................................ 58
Let the Mind Be Present without an Abode .................. 60
Good Dharma Friends ....................................... 62
Non-Thought ............................................... 63
III Resolving the Unresolved .................................. 71
Merit and Virtue .......................................... 79
Where is the Pure Land? ................................... 83
Chan and the Pure Land .................................... 86
Seeing the Pure Land ...................................... 89
One Dharma ................................................ 92
Delusion and Awakening .................................... 96
Finding Peace ............................................. 98
Monastics and Laity ...................................... 102
How to Practice .......................................... 104
IV Meditative Concentration and Wisdom ...................... 107
The Objective, the Essence, and the Foundation ........... 113
Samadhi .................................................. 116
Obstacles ................................................ 118
The Nature of the Mind ................................... 121
Skillful Differentiation ................................. 123
The Power of the Mind .................................... 125
Seeing, Hearing, Feeling, and Knowing .................... 127
V Sitting Meditation ....................................... 131
How to Meditate .......................................... 133
The Illusion of the Mind ................................. 141
Not Judging Others ....................................... 144
Internal and External .................................... 148
The Unmovable Mind ....................................... 152
Chan Sickness ............................................ 157
VI Repentance and Reformation ............................... 163
Recognizing Intrinsic Nature's Buddha .................... 175
The Three Bodies of the Buddha ........................... 178
The Fivefold Dharmakaya Fragrance ........................ 184
Two Kinds of Repentance .................................. 188
The Four Universal Vows .................................. 190
The Three Refuges ........................................ 194
The Treatise on the King of Treasures Samadhi ............ 196
VII Opportunities and Conditions ............................. 201
The Mind is the Buddha ................................... 227
The Parables of the Lotus Sutra .......................... 230
Consciousness-Only ....................................... 238
The Tathagata's Knowledge and Vision ..................... 244
Nirvana .................................................. 247
VIII Sudden and Gradual ....................................... 251
The Northern School and the Southern School .............. 263
The Threefold Training of North and South ................ 266
Stealing the Dharma ...................................... 268
Permanence and Impermanence .............................. 270
The Struggle of North and South .......................... 271
Criticism between the Schools ............................ 273
The Unity of North and South ............................. 276
IX Dharma Protector ......................................... 279
Imperial Support of Buddhism ............................. 283
The Endless Lamp ......................................... 287
Neither Arising nor Ceasing .............................. 288
The Pure Mind ............................................ 290
Huineng's Patriotism ..................................... 291
Declining the Invitation ................................. 294
X Final Instructions ....................................... 297
The Thirty-Six Pairs and the Middle Way .................. 313
Real and False, Motion and Stillness ..................... 316
Single-Form Samadhi and Single-Practice Samadhi .......... 319
The Lineage of the Chan School ........................... 320
The Sentient Beings within the Mind ...................... 322
Life and Death ........................................... 324
The Life of Venerable Master Huineng .......................... 327
Temples and Locations ......................................... 328
Lineage Chart of the Chan Patriarchs .......................... 329
The Five Houses and the Seven Schools ......................... 330
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