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Only a Great Rain: A Guide to Chinese Buddhist Meditation
by Master Hsing Yun. A guide to Chinese Buddhist meditation. One of
the few books to describe the Chinese approach to Buddhist meditation.
Excellent commentary on Chinese Buddhism in general. Published by Wisdom
Publications.
 
The Way to Buddhahood
by Venerable Master Yin-shun.
Instructions from a Modern Chinese Master. This book is one of the best
for overall Buddhist doctrine. It is used in Buddhist Monasteries and
Academies as a text book. Published by Wisdom Publications, Boston.
Usually available in major book stores or on-line.

Zen's Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings The
popular belief is that Zen Buddhism is the property of Japan; this
excellent and exhaustive book reminds us of the vast, though often
neglected, patrimony of Buddhist spiritual knowledge that comes not from
Japan but China. Ferguson's work is at once a history and an anthology of
this fascinating tradition and includes many koans, anecdotes, and
stories, as well as a wonderfully clear wall chart "Map of the Zen
Ancestors." This splendid repository should give instruction and pleasure
to the general reader as well as the professed Buddhist. Highly
recommended for general and academic collections alike.

The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen This is an
excellent reference book and should be in every Buddhist's library.
Published by Shambhala Publications, Boston, MA
Zen Dawn: Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang. Dating from the
eighth century, and only recently rediscovered in Tun Huan, China, these
books offer the best information currently available on the early
meditation techniques of the "northern school" of Zen (Chan) Buddhism in
China.
 
Chan and Zen Teachings, Vo. l 1by Charles Luk (Lu K'uan Yu).
Part 1 of this volume has many of Master Hsu Yun's teaching.
Chan
and Zen Teachings, Vo. 2 by Charles Luk (Lu K'uan Yu). Part 2
discusses the Seven Buddhas of Antiquity, The Twenty seven Indian
Patriarchs and the Six Chinese Patriarchs. Part 2 has stories of the
founders of the 5 Chinese Chan Sects. Currently out of print. Occasionally
Barnes and Noble can obtain copies and I'm sure other book sellers as
well.
Chan
and Zen Teachings, Vol. 3 by Charles Luk (Lu K'uan Yu). This
volume discusses the Sixth Patriarch's Sutra. All three Volumes are
published by Samuel Weisner. Currently out of print. Occasionally Barnes
and Noble can obtain copies and I'm sure other book sellers as well.
Empty
Cloud (Hsu Yun) "The autobiography of the Chinese Zen Master Hsu
Yun", by Charles Luk (Lu K'uan Yu). This is an excellent book about the
life of Hsu Yun, unfortunately it is currently out of print. Occasionally
Barnes and Noble can obtain copies and I'm sure other book sellers as
well. Published by Element Books.
A Pictorial Biography of the Venerable Master
Hsu Yun
Two volumes. San Francisco: Buddhist Text Translation Society, 1983,
1985. ISBN: 0917512405 Available through the Buddhist Text Translation
Society at:
http://www.bttsonline.org/
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