The Master: Teachings for Enlightenment

by Chao-Hsiu Chen

Become an apprentice and travel with the Master on a path to spiritual enlightenment. A modern telling of a traditional Chinese Buddhist parable, The Master is an account of the wanderings of an enlightened monk and his pupil. It will appeal to readers not just for its rendition of Buddhist themes, but also for the insights it gives into ancient Chinese daily life. In the story, the pupil is presented as an ingenuous youngster eager to acquire wisdom, but subject to all the faults, impatience, and lack of understanding of youth. As the two travel, they encounter sages and tempters, emperors and beggars, each of whom offer lessons for the pupil on his path to Enlightenment. The book’s style is poetic, especially in its descriptions of the natural world, and its unstructured style is ideal for browsing. Wherever it opens the reader will find something thought-provoking in the insightful • Everything is tasty when it is prepared with respect and eaten with gratitude.
• Each house was crowned by a golden roof.
• The path is in yourself. A book for students of Buddhism and seekers of any kind, The Master is both a source of inspiration and a literary delight.

Genres: Self Help

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Anna Fletcher-Tse · Rating 4 out of 5]

'Whatever will happen, we can't avoid it. And whatever won't happen, we can't force it. Everything happens because it has to happen.'
Beautiful book.

[Anthony Tenaglier · Rating 5 out of 5]

I lovely book reminding us of controling attachment to things and finding true meaning in our existence. "knowledge without wisdom is like a lamp you hold in your hand that cannot be lit. wisdom without knowledge is like a flame that goes out quickly when deprived of oil. only if one has both... will the lamp illuminate even the darkest night."

[Grady Ormsby · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Master is a delightful tale of a young man who leaves his home in search. He finds a master and the pair journey through China. The cycle is completed when the man, no longer young, becomes a master and takes on an apprentice of his own. Doubts, temptations, experience, wisdom. Sublime, beautiful, inspirational.

[Mills College Library]

181.043 C51812 2002