The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice

By Ting Chen, tr. by Dharma Master Lok To 

For free distribution Buddha Dharma Education Association Inc.

The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice

by Ting Chen

Translated by Dharma Master Lok To Edited by Sam Landberg & Dr. Frank G.  

Transfer-of-Merit Vow (Parinamana) For All Donors

May all the merit and grace gained from adorning Buddha’s Pure Land, from loving our parents, from serving our country and from respecting all sen­tient beings be transformed and transferred for the benefit and salvation of all suffering sentient be­ings on the three evil paths. Furthermore, may we who read and hear this Buddhadharma and, there­after, generate our Bodhi Minds be reborn, at the end of our lives, in the Pure Land.

Sutra Translation Committee of the United States and Canada, 1999 — website: http://www.ymba.org/freebooks_main.html

Acknowledgments We respectfully acknowledge the assistance, support and cooperation of the following advisors, without whom this book could not have been produced: Dayi Shi; Chuanbai Shi; Dr. John Chen; Amado Li; Cherry Li; Hoi-Sang Yu; Tsai Ping Chiang; Vera Man; Way Zen; Jack Lin; Tony Aromando; and Ling Wang.

They are all to be thanked for editing and clarifying the text, sharpening the translation and preparing the manuscript for publication. Their devotion to and concentration on the completion of this project, on a voluntary basis, are highly appreciated.

Contents
• Translator’s Introduction        
•    The Foundation of Meditation Practice..
•    The Levels of Buddhist Discipline        
•    Preparing For Meditation        
•    Regulating The Mind        
•    Counting The Breath        
•    Varieties of Ch’an        
•    Glossary