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Contents:
1. Introduction: Chan and Buddhist Meditations
Chan and Emptiness
Meditation and the Principles for Training Body and Mind
2. The Three Disciplines in the Graduated Path of Practice
The Buddhist Precepts and Meditative Development
The Five Methods for Stilling the Mind
Developing Insight or Wisdom
3. The Direct and Sudden Approach of Chan
Chan and the Sudden Path to Enlightenment
The Use of Gong'an and Huatou
The praqctice of Silent Illumination
Prerequisites for Chan Practice
What It Means to Be a Chan Master
The Ten Oxherding Pictures