{"product_id":"the-sweet-dews-of-chan-cheng-kuan-9781729841457","title":"The Sweet Dews of Ch'an","description":"A Summary of The Sweet Dews of Ch'an \u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about Meditation in various aspects, including fundamental principles, techniques, applications, and stages of advanced practice. First of all, it enunciates the Essentials of Ch'an Buddhist meditation in Chapter 1, followed by explicating some basic concepts and terms about meditation (Chapter 2). And then in Chapter 3 it goes on to delineate the Advanced Meditations, including\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Four Contemplations (i.e. the Contemplations on the Body, Sensations, Mind, and Dharma). \u003cbr\u003e2. The Contemplation on the Four Elements (Earth, Water, Fire, and Air)\u003cbr\u003e3. The Contemplation on the Mind. \u003cbr\u003e 4. The Contemplation on Buddha Nature.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 presents the Five Flavors of Ch'an (i.e. the Five genres of meditation): e.g. (1) the Worldly Meditation, (2) Other Religion's Meditation, (3) Hinayana Ch'an, (4) Bodhisattva Ch'an, and (5) Tathagata Ch'an. \u003cbr\u003e In Chapter 5 it treats the Five Contemplations for Ceasing the Perturbed Mind: \u003cbr\u003e 1. Anapanasmrti (the Breath Contemplation) \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Contemplation on Uncleanliness \u003cbr\u003e 3. The Contemplation on the Twelve Causality Links \u003cbr\u003e 4. The Contemplation on Compassion \u003cbr\u003e 5. The Contemplation on Buddha's Merits. \u003cbr\u003e The above are the most important techniques in Buddhist Meditation. \u003cbr\u003e Then the following three chapters are the development of the 2nd item above; they are the Three Visualizations: \u003cbr\u003e 1. the Contemplation on Defilement (Chapter 6) \u003cbr\u003e 2. the Nine Visualizations on a Corpse (Chapter 7) \u003cbr\u003e 3. the White-Bone Visualization \u003cbr\u003e And then in Chapters 9 and 10, the Five Stages in Realizing Dhyana are depicted at length. These further include 3 steps: \u003cbr\u003e Step 1: to denounce the Five Desires \u003cbr\u003e Step 2: to renounce to Five Shrouds \u003cbr\u003e Step 3: to execute the Five Cultivations \u003cbr\u003e Finally, in the last chapter, it relates the legend of Running Meditation and the Incense Board. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn fine, this book, though not really big in bulk, it virtually treats almost all the significant aspects that a serious practitioner needs to know concerning Buddhist meditation, both theoretically and practically, and it should be very helpful and informative as a personal practice guide book, or as a textbook or reference book for group practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cheng Kuan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1729841457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781729841457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.38d","brand":"Cheng Kuan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937848525055,"sku":"9781729841457","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d7c9feb5-5767-4a4a-9e01-58847c0585c7.jpg?v=1681432313","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sweet-dews-of-chan-cheng-kuan-9781729841457","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}