The Method of No-Method: The Chan Practice of Silent Illumination
by Chan Master Sheng Yen
Shambhala Publications, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008. 152 pages
“All phenomena result from causes and conditions and are subject to change as causes and conditions change. Therefore, phenomena are empty of enduring self-nature. Phenomena exist and coexist, but their nature is transient, lacking inherent, abiding, and unchanging reality. Thus, self-nature is intrinsically empty. Understanding that all things are empty of substantial reality and therefore impermanent, one will naturally not be attached to phenomena. This conceptual understanding of emptiness is basic Buddhadharma.” (pp. 22-23)
-- quote submitted by Jack Y.
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