This book contains excerpts from the orthodox Chan Ding sessions taught by the 85th Patriarch Chan Master Wujue Miaotian, which includes correct Sitting Chan postures, and proper ways to cultivate the “qi”, all accompanied by illustrations to help you learn more easily.

　　本书是由禅宗第八十五代宗师悟觉妙天禅师亲传禅宗正统禅定基础系列课程中，撷取菁华部分，以文字配合图像汇编而成，将禅宗递传二千五百年最正确的禅坐基本姿势，以及内在气脉的运转方法，有次第的详加介绍，让人容易阅读，轻松练习。

本书特色

　　In the state of Chan Ding, we will find our self-nature emanating light. We will also learn of its origin. We will realize that everyone has the same spiritual entity and spiritual light, and that we all came from the same source.

　　在禅定中，你将会发现自性所发出光芒，也会知道光芒来自何处，原来每个人都有同样的灵体与灵光，而且都来自同一个生命本源。

Chan Master Wujue Miaotian
禅宗第八十五代宗师 悟觉妙天禅师

作者简介：

Chan Master Wujue Miaotian　悟觉妙天禅师

　　Chan Master Wujue Miaotian started his spiritual journey at age forty. After visiting and studying numerous religions, he became a disciple of the 84th Patriarch of the Order of Chan. After practicing the Profound Buddha Heart Dharma, he attained enlightenment and received transmission from Buddha. Due to his inner witness of the Buddha Heart, along with his inheritance of the Lingji Order, he became the 85th Patriarch of the Order of Chan (an orthodox lineage of Buddhist practice originally trasnmitted from Shakyamuni Buddha to MahaKasyapa.)

　　The venerable Chan Master witnesses that for the attainment of enlightenment within one lifetime, one must awaken first, must open one’s heart, must witness one’s self-nature, through the state of Right Ding by practicing the formless dharma - the authentic lineage teachings of Chan, transmitted directly from Buddha’s heart to the heart of the practitioner.

　　The Chan Master graduated from the National Defense University and went to the graduate school in the Political Science Department at the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Philosophy at the Toyo University in Japan in 1993. In 1999, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree by the Institute of International Education in New York.

　　悟觉妙天禅师于四十岁开始正式修行，在参访了许多教派后，皈依于禅宗第八十四代宗师门下，修行佛心印心正法，并继承禅宗临济法脉，为摩诃迦叶尊者以来禅宗第八十五代宗师（中土第五十八代、临济宗第四十八代）。

　　禅师认为，由开悟修行禅定，到佛的境界，必须先明心见性，要识自本心，见自本性，这惟有透过禅宗「佛心印心」佛法，秘密内证，才能证得。因为只有入甚深禅定，才能在短时间让思维归零，然后从人的境界离开我执、法执，进入灵性的真空本体，此时自性光明自然显现。

　　禅师毕业于国防管理大学，曾在文化大学政治研究所研究，后于西元一九九三年获得日本东洋医学哲学研究院哲学博士学位，并于西元一九九九年荣获美国纽约国际教育学院颁授荣誉哲学博士荣衔。

推荐序　Endorsement
出版序　Notes from the Publisher
悟觉妙天禅师　简介　Introduction of Chan Master Wujue Miaotian

第一篇　般若智慧　Prajna Wisdom
Part1-1　为什么要修行？　Why Practice Chan?
Part1-2　修行为什么一定要禅定？　Why Is Reaching Chan Ding a Must?
Part1-3　禅宗印心佛法的传承　The Lineage of Heart Chan
Part1-4　印心佛法的四度空间　The Four Dimensions of Heart Chan

第二篇　基础禅坐　Basics of Sitting Chan
Part2-1　禅坐前的准备　Preparations for Sitting Chan
Part2-2　禅坐的姿势　Sitting Chan Postures
Part2-3　禅坐入定要领　Keys to Entering Chan Ding
Part2-4　禅坐注意事项　Watch List for Sitting Chan
Part2-5　调气　How to Breathe Correctly
Part2-6　名色脉轮唿吸　Navel Chakra Breathing
Part2-7　养气与用气　Qi Cultivation and Application
Part2-8　禅坐的步骤　Proper Steps of Sitting Chan

第三篇　禅定心法　Tips for Entering Chan Ding
Part3-1　如何超越酸痛麻　How to Overcome Physical Soreness, Pain, and Numbness
Part3-2　如何排除妄念　How to Eliminate Wandering Thoughts

第四篇　禅修问答　Frequently Asked Questions
有关禅坐的问题　Questions about Sitting Chan
有关唿吸的问题　Questions about Breathing
有关专注脉轮的问题　Questions about Chakras
有关妄念的问题　Questions about Wandering Thoughts

第五篇　案例见证　Testimonials
案例见证1：名色脉轮唿吸，让我大难不死！Testimonial 1：Navel Chakra Breathing Saved My Life
案例见证2：可恼的气胸，再见！Testimonial 2：Goodbye Pneumothorax
案例见证3：解脱痛苦，法喜自在Testimonial 3：From Pain and Suffering into Happiness
案例见证4：悦禅于心Testimonial 4：The Joy of Practicing Chan

第六篇　附录　Appendix
名词释义　Keys to Read beyond Our Written Words