Chan Chronicles

Master Hua Emphasized one set of teachings above all others - The Six Guidelines. These guidelines, based on Precepts, guide one towards cultivating the Mind Ground. By watching one's mind as a gardener tends to crops, one can begin to practice skilful discrimination of certain virtues and attitudes that encourage stillness of mind. In this episode, we learn Master Hua’s views on intoxicants in the context of his Guideline of “No Pursuit of Self Benefit.” This concludes our exploration of the Six Guidelines with Rev. Heng Sure. The Sixth Guideline was a repetition of Guideline 4 - No Lying. The repetition was deliberate; it was added by Master Hua to emphasize its importance.

Master Hua Emphasized one set of teachings above all others - The Six Guidelines. These guidelines, based on Precepts, guide one towards cultivating the Mind Ground. By watching one's mind as a gardener tends to crops, one can begin to practice skilful discrimination of certain virtues and attitudes that encourage stillness of mind. In this Episode, we hear from Rev. Heng Sure that Master Hua’s fourth guideline of “no lying” was a fundamental part of the social contract we hold with each other. Song Excerpt - Cause & Effect, or Here Comes Karma Now from Rev. Heng Sure's CD Paramita: American Buddhist Folk Music

Master Hua Emphasized one set of teachings above all others – The Six Guidelines. These guidelines, based on Precepts, guide one towards cultivating the Mind Ground. By watching one’s mind as a gardener tends to crops, one can begin to practice skilful discrimination of certain virtues and attitudes that encourage stillness of mind. In this episode, we learn Master Hua’s views on intoxicants in the context of his Guideline of “No Pursuit of Self Benefit.” This concludes our exploration of the Six Guidelines with Rev. Heng Sure. The Sixth Guideline was a repetition of Guideline 4 – No Lying. The repetition was deliberate; it was added by Master Hua to emphasize its importance.

Master Hua Emphasized one set of teachings above all others – The Six Guidelines. These guidelines, based on Precepts, guide one towards cultivating the Mind Ground. By watching one’s mind as a gardener tends to crops, one can begin to practice skilful discrimination of certain virtues and attitudes that encourage stillness of mind. In this Episode, we hear from Rev. Heng Sure that Master Hua’s fourth guideline of “no lying” was a fundamental part of the social contract we hold with each other.

Master Hua Emphasized one set of teachings above all others - The Six Guidelines. These guidelines, based on Precepts, guide one towards cultivating the Mind Ground. By watching one's mind as a gardener tends to crops, one can begin to practice skilful discrimination of certain virtues and attitudes that encourage stillness of mind. In this episode, Rev. Heng Sure explains the Guideline of "No Seeking." Featuring  a tracks from Rev. Heng Sure's 2009 CD, Buddhist Stories of Awakening, "The Nun Subhasa and the Playboy."