Liberation in the Two Vehicles

Selected Lectures on Saṃyukta Āgama, Volume 1

The Saṃyuktāgama Sūtra, in fifty fascicles, is an important Buddhist classic that encompasses the practice methods from the first fruit to the fourth fruit. Whether one studies the Mahāyāna dharma or the Hīnayāna dharma, this sūtra is the most fundamental and important Buddhist teaching upon which Buddhist practitioners should rely. The excerpted content of this sūtra is close to contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) in daily life, being both fundamental and comprehensive and meticulous, simple, easy to understand, and plainly clear, making it easy to begin practice accordingly. This sūtra provides detailed explanations of the impermanence, emptiness, suffering, and non-self of the five aggregates (pañca-skandha), as well as how to engage in contemplative practice and introspect upon oneself in daily life, subdue afflictions, how to cultivate meditative concentration (samādhi), how to attain liberation, and so forth; therefore it is essential content that must be studied for the actual practice of the eradication of the view of self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi-prahāṇa).

A Concise Exposition of the Seven Factors of Enlightenment

Contemplating the Five Aggregates and Eliminating the View of Self (Part I) (Second Edition)

Based on the purport of the four Āgama sūtras expounded by the Buddha, this book guides readers in detail through the contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) of the five aggregates (pañca-skandha) to achieve the eradication of the view of self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi-prahāṇa). The practice steps are clear and easy to understand; as long as one's meditative concentration (samādhi) is sufficient, it is very easy to begin actual practice, and realizing realization according to the teachings of this book is relatively easy. The book introduces in detail the practical methods of contemplative practice, and can be regarded as a rather detailed guide for study and practice for modern Buddhist practitioners. As long as students genuinely cultivate and practice according to these methods, generate the mind of renunciation, and strengthen their meditative concentration, they will find the way to eradicate the view of self; attaining the fruits of realization and the meritorious benefit of liberation is not difficult. This book also explains the difference between "understanding" and "realization," so as to prevent sentient beings from mistaking understanding for actual realization—the retribution in future lives would be fearsome, and one would merely ruin one's own progress on the Path.

An Explanation of the Twelve Nidānas in the Āgama Sutras

This book explains the twelve links of dependent origination as taught in the Āgama sūtras, the Sūtra Spoken by the Buddha to the Old Woman, as well as modern-language explanations of various Buddhist terms and concepts.

Observing the Five Aggregates to Cut Through the View of Self (Part 2)

Based on the purport of the four Āgama sūtras expounded by the Buddha, this book provides detailed guidance for the public in the contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) of the five aggregates (pañca-skandha) to achieve the eradication of the view of self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi-prahāṇa); the practice steps are clear and easy to understand, and as long as meditative concentration is sufficient, it is very easy to begin actual practice, and realization according to the teachings of this book is relatively easy to attain. The book gives a detailed introduction to the practical methods of contemplative practice, and may be regarded as a rather detailed guide for study and practice for the modern Buddhist community; as long as practitioners genuinely cultivate and earnestly train according to these methods, generating the mind of renunciation and strengthening meditative concentration, they will find the way to the eradication of the view of self, and attaining the fruit of realization and the beneficial function of liberation in merit will not be difficult. This book also explains the difference between "understanding" and "realization," so as to prevent sentient beings from mistaking understanding for realization; the retributive consequences in future lives are fearsome, and one would merely delude one's own progress on the Path.

Commentary on the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (Second Edition) (Newly Revised)

How can one eradicate the view of bodily self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi)? How can one subdue afflictions? How can one attain liberation? The successful path lies within this sutra. The core content of this book is that through cultivating the four foundations of mindfulness (catvāri smṛty-upasthānāni), namely: contemplating the body as impure, contemplating feelings as suffering, contemplating the mind as impermanent, and contemplating dharmas as non-self, one can realize the first fruit through the fourth fruit, enter pure nirvāṇa, and attain liberation. During the practice, as long as every thought and every moment is devoted to the contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) of the four foundations of mindfulness, with sustained effort over time one will surely eradicate the view of self (satkāya-dṛṣṭi) and realize the fruit of liberation, thereby severing the three fetters and all afflictions, untying the bond of birth-and-death that has bound us throughout countless kalpas, never falling into the three evil destinies, and no longer suffering the misery of transmigration through the six realms.