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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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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • List of Plates
  • Preface
  • Conventions Used
  • Introduction: Zen Monasticism and the Context of Belief
  • Chapter One: Buddhism in Contemporary Korea
  • Chapter Two: Daily and Annual Schedules
  • Chapter Three: Songgwang-Sa and Master Kusan
  • Chapter Four: A Monk's Early Career
  • Chapter Five: The Support Division of the Monastery
  • Chapter Six: Relations with the Laity
  • Chronology of the Puril Hoe
  • Chapter Seven: The Practice of Zen Meditation in Korea
  • Chapter Eight: Training in the Meditation Hall
  • Chapter Nine: The Officers of the Meditation Compound
  • Conclusion: Toward a Reappraisal of Zen Religious Experience
  • Epilogue: Songgwang-sa after Kusan
  • Appendix: Principal Chants Used in Korean Monasteries
  • Glossary of Sinitic Logographs
  • Works Cited
  • Index