Chinese Buddhism

Walk down the streets of Chinatown in any American or western European city and look around. She is there. Walk through the downtown streets, look in a shop window. She is there. Go to any city in China and open your eyes. She is there, too. Kuan Yin is the most ubiquitous Chinese deity - and the most loved. She is the living expression of compassion whose gentle face and elegant figure form the center of devotion in most Chinese homes and workplaces. Until relatively recently, she was barely known in the West, and few studies had been made of her. 

The Shaolin Monastery charts for the first time in any language the history of the Shaolin Temple and the evolution of its world-renowned martial arts. In this meticulously researched and eminently readable study Meir Shahar considers the economic political and religious factors that led Shaolin monks to disregard the Buddhist prohibition against violence and instead create fighting techniques that by the 21st century have spread throughout the world.

The Secret of the Golden Flower is an ancient Chinese text, passed on for centuries, in which Taoist mystics reveal the path to true enlightenment. The first written version was believed to have originated with Lü Dongbin, a legendary scholar, poet, and spiritual master. Lü Dongbin was the founder of the School of the Golden Elixir of Life during the Tang dynasty. In the text, symbols for light represented awareness, which is normally directed outward toward externals.

禅学智慧感悟——如何才能没有烦恼，营造清净、悠然的氛围，不迷失自己，让身心得到真正的释放和休息？……禪學智慧感悟——如何才能沒有煩惱，營造清淨、悠然的氛圍，不迷失自己，讓身心得到真正的釋放和休息？ 

迷者二元对立，即心即执即妄，实为边见；觉者超越二元，即心即离即真，入不二法门。也就是说，超越二元不是中庸或折中，而是中道，是统领……迷者二元對立，即心即執即妄，實為邊見；覺者超越二元，即心即離即真，入不二法門。也就是說，超越二元不是中庸或折衷，而是中道，是統領…… 

读佛，与伟大的佛陀交心，涵养我们荒芜干涸的心田。悟道，和智慧的高士对话，滋养我们浮躁瘦削的本性。…… 讀佛，與偉大的佛陀交心，涵養我們荒蕪乾涸的心田。悟道，和智慧的高士對話，滋養我們浮躁瘦削的本性。