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Zen koans /
"What is the sound of one hand clapping?" "Does a dog have Buddha-nature?" These cryptic expressions are among the best-known examples of koans, the confusing, often contradictory sayings that form the centerpiece of Zen Buddhist learning and training. Viewed as an ideal method f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu, Hawaii :
University of Hawai'i Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Dimensions of Asian spirituality.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Origins, functions, and modern receptions of koans : classic and contemporary perspectives
- Developmental stages and rhetorical strategies : a historical overview
- On methods to the madness of koans : a new theory of interpretation
- Personal transformation : cases reflecting doubt, experience, and expression
- Monastic transmission : cases reflecting mythology, monasticism, and succession
- Whither koans, or wither? : current trends and possible new directions.