Chʼan and Zen Teaching: Master Hsu Yun's discourses and Dharma words. Stories of six Chʼan masters. The diamond cutter of doubts. A straight talk on the heart Sūtra

The first volume contains - The practice as taught by the Venerable Hsu Yun, the best-known modern Ch'an Master. It elaborates upon the technique known as hua t'ou which is taught in Japanese zendos; six representative stories (kung-ans) of Ch'an Masters are translated from the Imperial Selection of Ch'an Sayings. Each kung-an is fully explained so that it makes sense to the uninitiated; a translation of the Diamond and Heart Sutras with the Commentary of Ch'an Master Han Shan. Ch'an & Zen Teaching: Series 1 TOC Editor's Foreword PART I: Master Hsu Yun's Discourses and Dharma Words 1 Prerequisites of the Ch'an Training 2 The Ch'an Training 3 Daily Lectures at Two Ch'an Weeks 4 The Master's Arrival at Ts'ao Chi PART II: Stories of Six Ch'an Masters Foreword 1 Master Teh Cheng, the Boat Monk of Hua Ting 2 Master Chih Hsien of Hsiang Yen 3 Master Chu Ti of Chin Hua 4 Master Hui Tsang of Shih Kung 5 Master Wu Chu, alias Wen Hsi of Hang Chou 6 Master Fu Ta Shih. (Bodhisattva Fu, alias Shan Hui) PART IIII: The Diamond Cutter of Doubts Foreword Preface Part One Part Two PART IV: A Straight Talk on the Heart Sutra by Ch'an Master Han Shan Foreword Commentary Chinese Appendix of Persons, Places and Terms Glossary of Chinese and Sanskrit Names, Terms and Places, with dates where known Index ser. 1. Master Hsu Yun's discourses and Dharma words. Stories of six Chʼan masters. The diamond cutter of doubts. A straight talk on the heart Sūtra.