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CharlesLuk
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CharlesLuk(18981978)(simplifiedChinese:traditionalChinese:pinyin:LKunyWade
Giles:LuK'uanY)wasanearlytranslatorofChineseBuddhisttextsandcommentariesintotheEnglishlanguage.
HewasborninGuangdongprovince,andmovedlatertoHongKong,wherehewrotemostofhisbooks.
Contents
1 Buddhistpractice
2 Publications
3 References
4 Externallinks
Buddhistpractice
CharlesLukoftenusedthetitleUpsaka(),e.g."UpsakaLuK'uanY"(),referringtohisrole
asadevoutlayfollowerofBuddhism.HisfirstBuddhistteacherwasatulkuofEsotericBuddhism,theKhutuktu
ofXikang.LaterhebecameadiscipleofHsuYun,thefamousinheritorofallfivehousesoftheChnschoolin
China.[1]MasterHsuYunpersonallyaskedCharlesLuktotranslatekeyChineseBuddhisttextsintoEnglish,so
thatWesternBuddhistscouldhaveaccesstoauthenticteachingstoassisttheirpractice.Uponhisdeathin1978,
thistaskwastakenonbyhisBritishdiscipleRichardHunn(19492006),alsoknownasUpasakaWenShuwho
editedthe1988ElementeditionofCharlesLuk'sbookentitledEmptyCloudTheAutobiographyoftheChinese
ZenMaster
Publications
CharlesLukcontributedbroadlytoBuddhistpublicationsinIndia,London,Paris,andNewYork.
Translations:
ShurangamaSutra(1966)
PlatformSutra
VimalakirtiSutra(1972)
SomeworksonDaoistNeidanmeditation.
Otherworks:
Ch'anandZenTeachings,FirstSeries(1960),
SecretsofChineseMeditation(1964)
Ch'anandZenTeachings,SecondSeries(1971),
PracticalBuddhism,Rider,(1971)
Ch'anandZenTeachings,ThirdSeries(1973),
TaoistYoga:AlchemyAndImmortality,(1973)
EmptyCloud:theAutobiographyoftheChineseZenMasterXuYun(1974)
TheTransmissionoftheMind:OutsidetheTeaching(1974)
MasterHsuYun'sDiscoursesandDharmaWords(1996)
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References
1."AboutLuK'uanYu(CharlesLuk)".Retrieved26October2010.
Externallinks
CharlesLuk'sObituary(byRichardHunn)(http://wenshuchanonline.weebly.com/charlesluksobituary.htm
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