Selected Works

Getting the Buddha Mind: On the Practice of Chan Retreat (1982) – Master Sheng-Yen

Faith in Mind (1985) – Master Sheng-Yen

Common Questions in the Practice of Buddhism (1988) – Master Sheng-Yen

The Meaning of Life (1996) – Master Sheng-Yen

In the Spirit of Ch’an: An Introduction to Ch’an Buddhism (1998) – Master Sheng-Yen

The Bodhisattva Precepts (2005) – Master Sheng-Yen

Chan Practice and Faith (2005) – Master Sheng-Yen

he believed in nothing but himself. Actually, this is neither Buddhism nor Chan

Why take refuge in the three jewels? (2007) – Master Sheng-Yen

Orthodox Chinese Buddhism: A Contemporary Chan Master’s Answers to Common Questions (2007) – Master Sheng-Yen

Footprints in the Snow: The Autobiography of a Chinese Buddhist Monk (2008) – Master Sheng-Yen

I have seen much death in my lifetime–war, famine, disease. I am at the end of my life now. One day soon I will die. The lesson of the flood is still with me, I know that there is no use worrying about death. The important thing is to live fully until the moment when it comes.

Buddha Beeds (2012) – Master Sheng-Yen