Master Hsu Yun’s Chan Teachings

Return to Self-Nature

Go Straight Home:

to your own

Buddha Nature.

Leave the baggage behind --

attachments to all those things we hold onto so dearly.

Find the Way

When you meet an obstacle

Go on!

Don't Linger!

Let the mind rest nowhere.

Take a breath and move forward,

ready for the next one.

Watching your thoughts

Sit still.

Look inside.

Watch what happens . . .

Where does the thought begin?

Warning!

Heed Master Han Shan's warning.

Do not become immersed in stagnant waters!

Move forward . . .

always!

Enter the Dharmakaya

Recognize the constant changing of all things

Cultivate indifference - Be unmovable, yet aware,

watching things arise and pass . . .

Have Faith

Blessings to you

on the Path.

Discovering the

unknown ...

Climbing into the

cloud of Truth.

Transitions

Reaching the top of the

hundred-foot pole . . .

What will you let go of?

Where will you go?

Wisdom

The Hua Tao has led here . . .

Clear, like the autumn moon

reflected in a still pool.

Buddha Mind

Discovering Buddha Mind everything is changed.

No longer following the stream of birth and death -

There is only Eternity.

Formlessness

Abiding in complete detachment.

No form. No opinions. No objections.

Just peace.

Gate, Paragate

"Master Hsu Yun's Chan Teachings"

text by Rev’s. Chuan Zhi and Fa Lian

illustrations by Rev. Fa Lian Shakya