The document discusses various topics related to Chan meditation, including: 1. It introduces the Buddhist Association of Canada Cham Shan Temple and provides an overview of citta mindfulness. 2. It describes the concepts of Chih-Kuan (Samatha and Vipassana meditation) and the nine mental states. 3. It discusses the 12 sequential stages of Dhyanas, or meditative absorptions, including the prerequisites, benefits, and five steps of the first Dhyana.

1. 加拿大佛教會 湛山精舍 學佛班 禪坐 入門 Introduction to Chán Meditation 2010/5/22 Buddhist Association of Canada Cham Shan Temple

2. Buddhist Association of Canada Cham Shan Temple ná mó fó tuó 南 無 佛 陀 Namo Buddha ná mó dá mó 南 無 達 摩 Namo Dharma ná mó sēng qié 南 無 僧 伽 Namo Sangha

4. Chih-Kuan ( Samatha Vipasanna) 止觀 1. Gradual Chih-Kuan - Practice is shallow at first and deep later, which implies a gradual development. Understanding, however, is said to come suddenly. 渐次止观 – 修是由淺到深 , 最終悟是頓然 , 如十二門禪。 2. Unfixed Chih-Kuan - The Six Wonderful Dharma Gates ,is the step-by-step method leading to sudden understanding. Here, practice is gradual at first and then sudden. 不定止觀 - 六妙法門 , 雖漸進但門門可入定開悟。 3. Perfect Chih-Kuan - All conditions and reality are merely three contemplations in one mind, and that there is only sudden understanding with no distinction as to when it began or as to how and where it progressed thereafter. 圓頓止觀 – 一切有為法以空假中觀之 , 無時空的限制 , 頓然開悟。

5. Nine Mental State 1.Fixing the Mind 2.Fixation with Some Continuity 3.Patch-like placement 4.Good Fixation 5. Becoming Disciplined 6. Becoming Peaceful 7. Fully Pacifying 8. Becoming Single- pointed 9. Fixed Absorption 九住心 1. 內住 2. 等住 3. 安住 4. 近住 5. 調順 6. 寂靜 7. 最極寂靜 8. 專注一趣 9. 等持