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The Zen monastic experience : Buddhist practice in contemporary Korea /

Robert Buswell, a Buddhist scholar who spent five years as a Zen monk in Korea, draws on personal experience in this insightful account of day-to-day Zen monastic practice. In discussing the activities of the postulants, the meditation monks, the teachers and administrators, and the support monks of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buswell, Robert E., Jr., 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©1992.
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Robert Buswell, a Buddhist scholar who spent five years as a Zen monk in Korea, draws on personal experience in this insightful account of day-to-day Zen monastic practice. In discussing the activities of the postulants, the meditation monks, the teachers and administrators, and the support monks of the monastery of Songgwang-sa, Buswell reveals a religious tradition that differs radically from the stereotype prevalent in the West. The author's treatment lucidly relates contemporary Zen practice to the historical development of the tradition and to Korean history more generally, and his portrayal of the life of modern Zen monks in Korea provides an innovative and provocative look at Zen from the inside.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index.
ISBN:9780691034775
069103477X
069121610X
9780691216102