Teachings of Chan Patriarch Hsuan Hua (1918-1995)

  Teachings of Chan Patriarch Hsuan Hua
(1918-1995)

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Note: The best source for published versions of the Venerable Master's teachings, both in Chinese and in English translation, is the Buddhist Text Translation Society. Writings about the Venerable Master

• The Eighteen Great Vows of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
• Biographical Sketch of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
• The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua Brings the Dharma to the West
• The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua Dedicated His Life to Propagating theBuddhadharma
• Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, His Life, His Legacy (website)
• Re-Encountering the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua in China
  

Writings by the Venerable Master

• The Buddha Speaks of Amitabha Sutra (.pdf files)
• The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra with the Commentary of Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua
• The Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra (.pdf files)
• "The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra with the Standless Verse Commentary" by Venerable Master Hsüan Hua
• "The Heart of Prajna Paramita Sutra with Verses Without a Stand and Prose Commentary" by Venerable Master Hsüan Hua (.pdf files)
• The Sixth Patriarch's Dharma Jewel Platform Sutra and Commentary by Chan Master Hsuan Hua (.pdf files)
• Sutra in Forty-Two Sections with the Commentary of Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua
• Song of Enlightenment with the Commentary of Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua
• "Some Recorded Sayings of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua"
• "The Dharma-Door of Mindfulness of the Buddha"
• "Chan: the Essence of All Buddhas"
• "Guanyin, Guanyin, Guanshiyin"
• "The Shurangama Mantra--the Efficacious Language of Heaven and Earth"
• "Is the Shurangama Sutra an Inauthentic Sutra?"
• "White Universe"
• "Electric Brains' and Other Menaces"
• "Back to the Source: an Interview with Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua"
• "The Professor Requests a Lecture From the Monk in the Grave"
• "Master Hsuan Hua on the Hells"
• "Master Hsuan Hua on Stupidity Versus Wisdom"
• "Doing It Just Right Is the Middle Way"
• "To Prevent A Nuclear Holocaust, People Must Change Their Minds"
• "The Future of Humankind"
• "Monsters Appearing in the World"
• "The Horror of Taking Lives and Eating Meat"
• "Eating Flesh: Pros and Cons"
• "For Hundreds of Thousands of Years, the Stew in the Pot Has Boiled Up--A Resentment Very Hard to Level"
• "Should One Practice Filiality?"
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  "Smashing Empty Space to Reveal the Mind Ground"

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Revised August 2002.
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