VolumefiveofStudiesonHumanisticBuddhismcontainseightarticlestranslatedfromChinese,onearticlethatwaswritteninEnglish,andfourstudentpapers.ThethemeofthearticlesisHumanisticChanBuddhism,particularlyFoGuangChanasdevelopedbyVenerableMasterHsingYun.ThearticlesinthisvolumegiveusatasteoftheflavorofChan.WeseethatChanisbothprosaicandprofound.Chanemphasizesthecultivationofwisdomthroughpracticeineverydaylife.
