Illumination of Chan with Rebecca Li

An open, spacious conversation with Dr. Rebecca Li on her
practice & teachings on Chan Buddhism and her newly released
book, Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of
No-Method

GUEST:
Dr. Rebecca Li, a Dharma heir in the lineage of Chan Master
Sheng Yen, is the founder and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma
Community. Her books include Allow Joy into Our Hearts: Chan
Practice in Uncertain Times and the upcoming book Illumination: A
Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method. She lives in New
Jersey with her husband.
Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of
No-Method, clarifies the practice of  "Silent
Illumination," (shikantaza in the Japanese tradition) and
outlines the potential "traps and snares" that are encountered on
the path to Awakening, as well as the potential remedies. Each
chapter illuminates mind habits that cause difficulty to earnest
meditation students, including: craving mode (striving for
enlightenment), aversion mode (trying to eliminate thoughts
completely), trance mode (cultivating a peaceful but foggy mind
state), Intellectualization mode (substituting concepts for
direct experience), quietism mode (dwelling in a cave of no
thoughts), and forgetting emptiness (belief in someplace to
arrive at and dwell in).

CONNECT with her writings, talks, guided meditation,
teaching, buy her book, & see the book tour schedule
at www.rebeccali.org

HOST
Rev. Liên Shutt (she/they) is a recognized leader in the
movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered
convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a
contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Zen priest,
licensed social worker, and longtime educator/teacher of
Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the nexus of
spirituality and social justice, offering a special warm welcome
to Asian Americans, all BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, and those
seeking a “home” in the midst of North American society’s
reckoning around racism, sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia.
Shutt is a co-founder of Buddhists of Color (1998) and founder of
Access to Zen (2014). As the creator, producer, and host, she
launched a podcast series, “Opening Dharma Access: Listening to
BIPOC Teachers,” in 2022 with Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön, Sister
Peace and Dalila Bothwell. You can learn more about her work at
AccessToZen.org

Her new book, Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with
the Engaged Eightfold Path was released on Tuesday, Aug.
22! To see when it's in your part of the U.S. or is virtual,
go to BOOK TOUR INFO.  See all her offerings
at EVENTS