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Master Sheng-Ru
Cultivation of Concentration and Chan Meditation for Realization of the Way (Part 1)
Author：Venerable Shengru
Update：2025-07-20 15:15:21
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Contents
Introduction
Preface
Chapter One: Specific Methods for Cultivating Concentration
Section 1: The Method of Buddha Recitation and Entering Samadhi
Section Two: The Practice Method of Moving Meditation
Section 3: Cultivating Meditative Concentration through the Method of Reciting Scriptures and Mantras
Section 4 Breath and Meditation
Section V: The Initial Approach to Meditation
Section 6: State of Concentration
Section Seven: Cultivating Concentration in Motion through the Lenong Method
Section Eight: Training in the Dhyana of Manas
Chapter Two: The Meaning of Zen Meditation
Section 1: The Definition of Meditation
Section 2: Types of Meditation
Section 3: Samatha and Vipassanā Is Concentration and Wisdom
Section Four: Samadhi and Right Concentration
Section V: The State of Dhyana
Section 6: Worldly Meditation and Unworldly Meditation
Chapter 3: How to Master Zen Meditation
Section One: Diminishing Desires Is Essential for Cultivating Meditation
Section Two: Reasons for Failure to Enter Samadhi
Section Three: Principles of Cultivating Meditative Concentration
Section Four: The Benefits of Cultivating Concentration
Chapter Four: Methods of Meditation and Contemplation in Buddhist Scriptures
Chapter 5: The Importance of Precepts, Concentration, and Wisdom
Section 1: Precepts, Meditation, and Wisdom Are the Key Factors for Enlightenment
Section Two: The Interconnection of Precepts, Meditation, and Wisdom
Part III: The Power of Meditation—Generating Wisdom and Eliminating Afflictions
Section 4: Dhyana as the Prerequisite for Attaining the Fruition
Section Five: Liberation Is Inseparable from Meditation
Section 6: Accomplished Practitioners Throughout the Ages Have All Attained Meditative Concentration
Chapter VI: Problems Encountered in Meditative Concentration
Chapter 7: Miscellaneous Discussions on Meditation
Chapter 8: How to Practice Chan Meditation by Investigating the Huatou
Section 1: Method of Observing the Head Word of a Koan
Section II: Samadhi Required for Zen Meditation
Section III: The Approach to Diligent Practice in Chan Meditation
Section IV How to Seek the Eighth Consciousness
Section 5: Prerequisites for Enlightenment in Chan Meditation
Chapter 9: Zen Meditation Requires Discernment Between the True Mind and the Deluded Mind
Chapter 10: On the Right View Regarding Realization
Chapter XI: Answers to Questions on Contemplation
Only When Precepts, Concentration, and Wisdom Are Perfected Can One Attain Realization and Avoid Mere Intellectual Understanding
