Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

daily-life practice. He said:
If one has realized sunyata and passed through the two
stages above, then not only can one live Chan in every
time and place but one will acquire supernormal powers.
If one does not possess these, there are three reasons:
one has not experienced sunyata, nor passed these two
stages, and one is unfit as yet to practice Chan in
everyday life.
(When so many people are deluded on this issue and
one hears so much of "Zen groups," and so forth, it
is worth noting what Mr. Chen says: "One does not
begin with Chan; after many years of great toil, one
may end by accomplishing it." For confirmation of
this, see the lives of many great Chan or Zen
Patriarchs.)
Mr. Chen then elaborated on the above stages:
1. The follower of Chan must receive the realization
from his own guru and respond with his own realization.
This is called "Entering into the Chan 'Area'," and may
cover a period of many years.
2. Next, one must "Get out of Chan 'Area'," that is, get
rid of the volition of Chan.
3. When one can exercise Chan without using a hand,
then one may get some function from Chan. At this
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