Practical Buddhism: The Application of Ch'an Teaching to Daily Life

by Charles Luk

This is a wide-ranging introduction to the main forms of Buddhist meditation and the meditational techniques of the Chinese Ch'an masters from whose teachings Zen developed. The author has also written "Taoist Yoga" and "The Secrets of Chinese Medicine".

167 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Charles Luk (Lu K'uan Yu) was a Buddhist scholar. He translated many important Buddhist texts from Chinese into English.

Reviews

[Alexa Tanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

An interesting read, but far from practical! This is a book for people with experience and knowledge in Buddhism, intermediate or advanced level. He assumes you know the terms he is using throughout and the Buddhist concepts are not explained in an introductory way. The stories of Chinese masters are very interesting, but I would really only recommend this book to people already quite engrossed in the study/practice of (Chinese) Buddhism.