The door of Ch’an is entered by Wu. When we meditate on Wu we ask “What is Wu?” On entering Wu, we experience emptiness; we are not aware of existence, either ours or the world’s.
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1: AUTHOR’S PREFACE
2: EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
3: 1. THE CH’AN RETREAT
4: II.THE BOOK
5: Part One
6: AUTOBIOGRAPHY
7: THE CH’AN SEVEN-DAY RETREAT
8: FOUR CONDITIONS FOR PRACTICING CH’AN
9: SELFLESSNESS
10: NON-OPPOSITION
11: STAGES OF EMPTINESS
12: THE FOUR GREAT BARRIERS
13: KUNG-AN PRACTICE
14: THE EXPERIENCE OF WU
15: THE STAGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT
16: A DREAM
17: CONTEMPLATING MIND By Han Shan Te-ch’ing (1546-1623)
18: ON ‘CONTEMPLATING MIND’ BY HAN-SHAN
19: SILENT ILLUMINATION By Hung Chih Cheng-Chueh (1091-1157)
20: ON ‘SILENT ILLUMINATION’ BY HUNG-CHIH (1091-1157)
21: Part Two
22: RETREAT REPORT BY D.S.
23: RETREAT REPORT BY R.A.
24: RETREAT REPORT BY K.S.
25: RETREAT REPORT BY D.W.
26: RETREAT REPORT BY M.I.C.
27: RETREAT REPORT BY M.H.
28: RETREAT REPORT BY L.H.
29: RETREAT REPORT BY BHIKSU C.C.
30: September 1
31: September 2
32: September 3
33: September 4
34: Appendices
35: STATION WBAI INTERVIEW: THE PRACTICE OF RETREAT
36: Glossary
37: CH’AN RETREAT DAILY SCHEDULE
Total: 37