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Seeing through Zen : encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism /

Using modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, John McRae shows how a skeptical, accurate & productive assessment of Chan lineages may be made. He offers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices & religious history.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McRae, John R., 1947-2011
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations; Preface; Conventions; McRae's Rules of Zen Studies; 1 Looking at Lineage: A Fresh Perspective on Chan Buddhism; 2 Beginnings: Differentiating/Connecting Bodhidharma and the East Mountain Teaching; 3 Metropolitan Chan: Imperial Patronage and the Chan Style; 4 The Riddle of Encounter Dialogue: Who, What, When, and Where?; 5 Zen and the Art of Fund-Raising: Religious Vitality and Institutional Dominance in the Song Dynasty; 6 Climax Paradigm: Cultural Polarities and Patterns of Self-Cultivation in Song-Dynasty Chan; Notes; Character Glossary; Bibliography; Index.